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Agriculture Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 June 2021

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Ceisteanna (354)

Michael Lowry

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354. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number farmers in GLAS that did not take the GLAS extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35062/21]

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Contracts entered into under the 1st and 2nd tranches of the Green Low-Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS 1 and 2) were due to be completed on 31st December 2020. As the negotiations on the new Common Agricultural Policy post-2020 were ongoing, it was decided, with the approval of the EU Commission, to offer an extension to such contracts to 31st December 2021.

Offers to extend were accordingly issued to relevant participants in December 2020 (with a small number subsequently issued in early 2021 as transfers of contracts were finalised). I am pleased to note that the current position is that the bulk of the participants in GLAS 1 and 2 have extended their contracts, as evidenced by their submission of their claims, as part of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) system, for payments in respect of GLAS 1 and 2 contracts for 2021 with a total of 2,355 such participants not availing of extension. This represents just over 6.5% of the overall number in GLAS 1 and 2.

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