Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
1064. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received in the latest tranche of the GLAS scheme; the number of these that have been or will be admitted to the scheme; the starting date for these persons in the scheme; the cut-off score in terms of points allocated to be successful in joining the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13643/17]
View answerAlmost 14,000 applications were submitted for the third tranche of GLAS (GLAS 3) on the online application system of which 12,600 have been accepted into the scheme to date with a starting date of 1st January 2017. The remaining 1,400 applications require further investigation. This work is on-going and until completed it is not possible to be definitive about the final number accepted into GLAS 3 but I am confident the majority of these applications will be successful.
All so called Tier 1 and Tier 2 applications which are delivering higher environmental benefits have been accepted into the Scheme and all Tier 3 applications which have met the minimum score of 16.5 as set out in the Scheme terms and conditions, have also been accepted into Scheme.
