Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014
439. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, the reason the RDP leaves the issue of funding the costs of preparing GLAS plans to be borne by farmers alone when it could be funded/part funded directly by his Department under the knowledge transfer or collaborative support measures. [27219/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraGLAS is a voluntary Scheme and one of the requirements is that applications be prepared by approved planners. The choice of approved planner is a matter for individual farmers, or in the case of commonages is a matter to be decided by the active shareholders. Over the minimum five year contract period a farmer can achieve €25,000 in payment and it is not unreasonable to expect the farmer to cover the cost of the application.
