Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017
674. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason with regard to a GLAS 3 application by a person (details supplied), protection of watercourses was not an option; if adjoining landowners using the river in question qualified for this option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/17]
View answerThe person named was approved for participation into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the competent authority in defining water courses. The EPA provided spatial datasets to my Department and these datasets were built into the GLAS online system which allowed for watercourses to be identified on the holdings of farmers. Watercourses were presented on this basis on the GLAS online system at the time of preparing GLAS applications.
The GLAS 3 application of the person named was assessed based on the actions submitted to my Department.
