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While there were issues with payments in previous years of the scheme, this year has seen the vast majority of GLAS participants receive their 85% advance payment on time. Almost €144m has been paid to 40,841 farmers under GLAS 1, 2 and 3.
To date, 21,282 participants in GLAS 1 have received €75.5m, in GLAS 2 a total of €32.7m has been paid to 9,239 farmers, and in GLAS 3 a further €35.7m has been issued to 10,320 applicants.
Counties Cork, Donegal, Galway and Mayo are to the fore with the highest number of participants and payments.
Ineligible cases
In response to a parliamentary question from Fianna Fail’s Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said a number of cases remained ineligible for payment. In these cases he said the participant/adviser needed to complete certain actions first before payment could be issued.
In the response, issued on 6 December, Minister Creed said; “I would encourage any GLAS applicant with outstanding obligations, such as the submission of a nutrient management plan, GLAS Training or finalisation of a commonage management plan to speak to their adviser and ensure that this work is completed as a priority.”
He added that without submission of all required information applicants would remain ineligible for further GLAS payments.
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