GLAS Eligibility

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 December 2014

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Ceisteanna (509)

Andrew Doyle

Ceist:

509. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had correspondence with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding devising a protocol to facilitate long-term leasing of national park lands for a period longer than the current ten-month leases in order to qualify for the GLAS scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46937/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

I am advised that, while my Department has received no correspondence on the GLAS scheme, it has had some informal contacts with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the matter. My Department will consult with that Department to clarify and consider the full implications of the GLAS scheme for grazing arrangements on all National Park lands owned by my Department.