Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1078. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Mayo and Galway who were in GLAS in 2017; the number in each county who have received their 85% payment for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15797/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra5,096 participants in County Mayo have received a 2017 advance payment with 405 cases continuing to be processed. For County Galway 5,573 have received a 2017 advance payment with 311 cases continuing to be processed. The majority of unpaid cases at this stage are due to the applicant not completing all the requirements to trigger the payment. These include the non-submission of documentation including commonage management plans, low emission slurry spreading forms, rare breed’s forms and 2017 BPS application issues that remain to be resolved
Payments continue to issue on a weekly basis as cases are cleared.
