Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1209. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalty imposed under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme, GLAS, in cases in which a person has applied under the rare breeds category and in which they cannot prove membership of the relevant society for the relevant years; the number of persons who have been penalised under this rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1281/18]
View answerThe requirement to be a registered member of the relevant society for specified years prior to commencing a GLAS contract and the years during a GLAS contract is clearly outlined in the Specifications for each of the three GLAS schemes.
In the event that this documentation establishing membership cannot be provided, the applicant loses the action from their application. If the applicant does not have another priority action, the Terms and Conditions state that the applicant will be rejected from the scheme.
As the rare breed action is payable for the first time this year, the data requested in relation to applicants not providing satisfactory proof of membership is not available at this time.
