Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 December 2016
221. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers to date that have applied to join GLAS III, and in each respective tier, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39301/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraTo date some 14,000 applications have been created on the GLAS 3 online system. The information requested by the Deputy on the breakdown of applications will not be available until after an assessment has been carried out on all of applications submitted to the Scheme in advance of the Scheme closing date of 15 December 2016.
Given the large volume of applications being created by applicants I would again urge them to adopt higher priority environmental actions that will promote them from Tier 3 to a higher tier, thus increasing their chances of selection into the Scheme.
