My Department’s 2021 Budget estimate includes provision of €79 million in new funding for a range of agri-environment initiatives. This includes the development of a pilot scheme to examine the implementation of results-based environmental actions from farmers who are not currently in GLAS, and a number of pilot environmental actions that will be available to farmers on a broader basis. The details of this pilot project, including possible payments to participating farmers, are currently being examined.
I expect these pilot actions to inform the development of a major new environmental scheme for agriculture following on from GLAS.