Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 October 2017
225. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the 31 October 2017 deadline for submission of commonage management plans as required under GLAS (details supplied); if no delays will be made in advance of 2017 GLAS payments in view of the fact that the issues being encountered are beyond the control of commonage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45612/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraCommonage advisors have been assigned to prepare GLAS Commonage Management Plans (CMPs) for the commonages involved. Information sessions for GLAS Advisors on the GLAS online system were held and a video demonstrating the system has been made available. The online system opened on 19 September with the submit button to finalise CMPs available since 12 October. CMPs must be submitted before 2017 advance payments can issue and a target of 31 October has been set for the submission of these plans. Plans submitted later in the year will continue to be processed for payment but will likely miss the first round of payments for the 2017 advance.
