A part-year payment in respect of the final three months of 2015 for certain GLAS actions is due to some 22,000 GLAS tranche 1 applicants. To date, a total of €16,453,507 has issued in respect of payments for the 2015 scheme year.
A first instalment of this 2015 payment, representing up to 85% of the total 2015 payment due, issued to 18,000 applicants in December 2015 to the value of €11,528,700. A further 3,000 applicants received their first instalment of the 2015 scheme year payment in March 2016 which totalled €1,579,300.
The 2015 balancing payments issued to 18,500 applicants in early August 2016, to the value of €3,345,507. My Department is continuing to process outstanding 2015 payments subject to the completion of all the required regulatory checks.