Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 April 2017
589. Deputy Michael D'Arcy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be received by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the reason for the delay in processing 5,000 applications for payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16270/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll applications for GLAS payments are subject to passing the required regulatory validations and checks. There are currently 4,000 of the 37,000 active applications in GLAS 1 and 2 awaiting payment of their 2016 advance payment. These cases have not passed all of the required checks or the crosscheck of information on Department databases shows an error. These issues include:
- declared parcel use for BPS purposes not compatible with the GLAS action selected on the parcel;
- changes in parcel boundaries on which a GLAS action is chosen including splitting or merging of parcels;
- applicants no longer claiming parcel on BPS 2016 but this change not notified to GLAS;
- an outstanding error on the 2016 BPS application which must be resolved before GLAS payment can be process;
- incomplete documentation such as incorrect information on Low-Emission Slurry declaration or incomplete interim commonage management plan information.
All of these need to be reviewed on a case by case basis, this work is ongoing and as issues are cleared payments are being processed on a weekly basis.
The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016.
During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases in relation to the applicant's catch crop action. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for the 2016 payment as soon as possible.
