GLAS Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 October 2015

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Questions (93)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

93. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers to date who have terminated their contracts under the agri-environment options scheme; the rural environment protection scheme, in order to join the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, GLAS, in line with the statement in reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 324 to 327, inclusive, on 29 September 2015, where he stated that much expenditure under transitional arrangements may transfer directly to GLAS expenditure, as these farmers transform their existing contracts into new GLAS contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35075/15]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Department is finalising the processing of GLAS applications. Confirmation that the AEOS contract has been terminated will be sought from farmers and my officials expect to be in a position, by early November,  to provide a definitive figure for the number of farmers who terminated their Agri-Environment Options Scheme contracts in order to join GLAS.