Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 October 2017
139. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current or pending green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, applications that must include commonage framework plans. [43222/17]
View answer140. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applications to date that have included commonage framework plans. [43223/17]
View answer141. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consequences for farmers who do not have their commonage framework plans completed by the deadline of 31 October 2017 in view of the fact that applications opened on 2 October 2017. [43224/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 139 to 141, inclusive, together.
Where commonage is included in a GLAS application, a Commonage Management Plan or a Commonage Farm Plan as appropriate, must be submitted before GLAS payment for the 2017 scheme year can be processed.
Payments cannot issue if commonage framework plans are not completed and submitted.
Over 9,000 shareholders across over 3,800 commonages have declared commonage in their GLAS applications. The necessary pre-payment checks, to be carried out over the coming weeks, will determine the number of shareholders who have subscribed to the individual management plans.
