Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 April 2015
287. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to transfer from the agri-environment options scheme 3 to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14543/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraIt is open to all Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) participants to apply for the GLAS Scheme and those with Priority Environmental Assets will receive priority access, as is the case for all applicants. Any application from an AEOS participant will be subject to the same assessment process as any other application, and it is not a given that any AEOS applicant will automatically be accepted into GLAS. Further details on the exact process by which successful AEOS applicants will convert to GLAS will become available once full EU approval is to hand.
