Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2020
787. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new GLAS (details supplied) in view of the fact that many farmers that were not already in the scheme cannot now get access to new REPS for at least a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/20]
View answerMy Department’s 2021 Budget estimate includes provision of €79 million in new funding for a range of new agri-environment initiatives. This funding includes a provision to contribute to the development of a pilot scheme to examine the implementation of results based environmental actions from farmers who are not currently in GLAS, and a number of pilot environmental actions that will be available to farmers on a broader basis.
I expect these pilot actions to inform the development of a major new environmental scheme for agriculture following on from GLAS.
