Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 May 2018
216. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to lift the requirement that final commonage plans must be in place before the final 15% GLAS 2017 payment is made due to serious cash flow difficulties on hill farms due to the fodder crisis. [19408/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe requirement to prepare a Commonage Management Plan (CMP) is an essential component of the GLAS scheme. A complete CMP is required for each commonage over 10 hectares. The facility to submit CMP's has been available since October of last year and completed CMPs continue to be submitted on an ongoing basis.
The Department has regularly highlighted the importance of the CMP requirements with regard to potential impact on GLAS payments and has communicated again recently with both applicants and their advisors yet to submit a completed CMP. The requirement is to submit a complete CMP. Failure
to submit will prevent further payments, including balancing payments. The Department will continue to bring this requirement to the attention of GLAS participants.
