Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2015
309. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under tranche 1 of the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme who will qualify for the top-up payments for farmers who are able to avail of two or more priority measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36228/15]
View answerAll required checks on almost 27,000 GLAS applications submitted are now nearing completion and all applicants will be notified in writing of the outcome of their application before the end of October. Until this process is complete and the actions applied on are approved it is not possible to determine the number of farmers who will qualify for additional GLAS+ payment. The level of payments to be made in every case will only be known following completion of all pre-payment validations, which will be undertaken later this year in advance of the first GLAS payment-run.
