Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 February 2018
454. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of delayed GLAS payments to persons in County Wexford in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8600/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraGLAS 2017 advance payments have now issued in over 44,400 cases, representing 95% of all farmers that are eligible for the payment. Payments are continuing every week.
GLAS payments cannot issue until all regulatory requirements are met. Each GLAS payment claim must be put through a suite of checks for each action and where any individual check fails the issues must be investigated and resolved before being cleared for payment.
In addition to the checks outlined above, in approximately 2,700 cases, applicants remain ineligible for payment until they complete the steps they must take before the Department can process their payment. The general issues preventing payments taking place include the non-submission of nutrient management plans, commonage management plans, low emission slurry spreading forms, rare breeds forms and 2017 BPS application issues that remain to be resolved.
Details of GLAS payments to Wexford applicants are as follows:
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GLAS 1 |
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GLAS 2 |
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GLAS 3 |
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Total |
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County |
Cases |
Advance |
Advance not paid |
Cases |
Advance |
Advance not paid |
Cases |
Advance |
Advance not paid |
Cases |
Advance |
Advance not paid |
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Wexford |
758 |
660 |
98 |
263 |
210 |
53 |
308 |
269 |
39 |
1,329 |
1,139 |
190 |
