Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1181. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that have moved from the Agri-Environment Options Scheme to the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme, GLAS, that had not finished their full term in AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1120/18]
View answerThe position is that 3,778 AEOS1 participants transformed to GLAS for the final three months of AEOS1 which was scheduled to finish at the end of 2015. At the same time 321 AEOS 2 and 443 AEOS 3 participants also transformed.
661 AEOS 2 participants transformed with effect from 1 January 2016. 804 AEOS 3 participants also transformed from this date.
A further 2,152 AEOS 3 participants transformed to GLAS with effect from the 1 January 2017.
