Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2019
474. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 18 December 2018, the length of time a person (details supplied) must keep the sheep under the GLAS 2 scheme. [2363/19]
View answerThe above named person was accepted into GLAS 2 with a start date of 1 January 2016 and is fully up to date with payments.
As the GLAS contract of the person named contains the commonage action, Commonage Management Plans (CMP) were developed, in consultation with shareholders, for each of the five commonages claimed by the appointed Commonage advisor. These plans set out defined stocking levels, a grazing regime and other activities for GLAS participants farming the commonages. Under the CMPs in question the person named is required to graze the commonages for a six month period annually from 1 April to 30 September. It is open to the person named to contact the Commonage Advisor if clarification is required in relation to any aspects of the Commonage Management Plan.
