Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
979. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual payment farmers will be able to draw down, based on current participation rates in the green low carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34785/17]
View answerBased on the current participation levels in GLAS 1 and 2, the average annual contract value, excluding GLAS + is €4,200. The average annual contract value will increase when GLAS+ payments are fully processed and the processing of GLAS 3 contracts to payment may also impact on the average payment. It is only when the 2017 payment processing is complete that the actual average annual contract value for over 50,000 participants will be available.
