Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020
902. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be received under the organic farming scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4051/20]
View answerThe person named is a participant in both the Green, Low Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) and the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS). Farmers are permitted to participate in both schemes but certain actions on land parcels in GLAS do not permit a payment on the same land parcel in OFS.
The land parcel mentioned above formed part of the GLAS contract for the person named and the applicant has received a payment each year from 2016 - 2019. The action that the farmer chose on this land parcel, in their GLAS application, does not therefore permit an OFS payment.
The 2019 balancing OFS payment issued to the person named recently.
