Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2017

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Ceisteanna (489)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

489. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in AEOS whose contracts will end in 2018, by county, in tabular form; if these persons were eligible to apply under tranche 3 of GLAS while still in an AEOS contract; if they were not eligible to join GLAS, the number of such persons who left AEOS contracts in order to join GLAS by the tranche 3 deadline; the number who stayed in AEOS by the tranche 3 deadline; if such persons will be permitted to join GLAS under a fourth round; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The number of participants currently in AEOS that have contracts due to end on 31 December 2018 is 2,253. A breakdown by county can be found below. All these AEOS participants were eligible to apply for GLAS 3. 3,464 AEOS 3 participants moved to GLAS 3.

There are no plans to reopen the GLAS scheme. The target set out in the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 to approve 50,000 GLAS participants has been achieved.  It is one of a suite of many RDP schemes and the reopening of any scheme can only be considered within the overall RDP budget which is currently fully committed.

Current AEOS 3 participants

County	No. of Participants
Carlow	8
Cavan	76
Clare	123
Cork	94
Donegal	321
Dublin	3
Galway	371
Kerry	171
Kildare	6
Kilkenny	20
Laois	19
Leitrim	156
Limerick	53
Longford	18
Louth	14
Mayo	364
Meath	24
Monaghan	46
Offaly	23
Roscommon	139
Sligo	92
Tipperary	37
Waterford	21
Westmeath	31
Wexford	9
Wicklow	14
Total	2,253