Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
557. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who did not have commonage included as part of a 2014 basic application cannot avail of the GLAS scheme, yet farmers who have acquired land since 2014 are able to avail of the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39877/16]
View answerMy Department revised commonage eligibility requirements for GLAS 3 applications from those which applied for GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 and issued a circular to all advisors and also published the circular on the Department’s website. This update states that for GLAS 3 commonage land declared for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015 whether declared in previous years or not is eligible.
In addition new entrants to farming in 2016 who declared commonage in their first BPS application in 2016 will also qualify. Farmers with commonage receive priority access to the GLAS Scheme.
