Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2016
601. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual payment farmers will be able to draw down, based on current participation rates in the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30877/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraSome 38,000 farmers have been approved into the GLAS scheme under the first two tranches launched in 2015. The full value of these contracts will only be calculated later this year when the 2016 payments, the first full calendar year of their five-year contracts, are processed. It is only when this full year payment processing is complete that the definitive average payment per contract will be available.
However the latest estimate I have for the average basic annual contract value for GLAS Tranche 1 and GLAS Tranche 2 applications is €4,600.
