Agri-Business
GLAS balancing payments worth €24 million will be paid to farmers this week, the Minister for Agriculture has today announced.
GLAS balancing payments in respect of 2020 will commence ahead of schedule this week, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue says.
Environment
The 2020 advance payments under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence this week.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued GLAS PLUS payments amounting to over €675,000 to 3,200 GLAS farmers.
GLAS balancing payments will commence by the end of this week, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has confirmed.
Agri Politics
GLAS balancing payments must be made immediately to ease farmer cash-flow concerns, according to Fianna Fáil's Charlie McConalogue.
The average payment issued to farmers participating in the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) was discussed recently.
The roll-out of the GLAS payments to 33,000 participants has been welcomed by the IFA's rural development chairman, Joe Brady.
Advance payments in respect of the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) for 2018 have commenced today.
This week’s payment run is worth over €17.5 million to 28,000 farmers in the GLAS scheme with a further payrun planned for next week.
The issuing of balancing payments for the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence from this week.
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) held a protest in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, this morning.
Farmers will not tolerate delays to their GLAS payments for 2017, and expect the problems encountered with 2016 payments not to be repeated.
An agricultural consultant has lodged a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman against the Department of Agriculture over GLAS payments.
The Department of Agriculture's administration of some recent farm schemes has been totally unacceptable according to IFA President Healy.
The IFA has been given assurance from the Department of Agriculture that blockages to BPS applications due to issues on GLAS will be resolved
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has clarified the most recent development in GLAS payments for 2016.
To date a total of 5,793 farmers are still awaiting GLAS payments, the latest figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
From 2014 to date €7.5m has been spent on the Department of Agriculture's IT software for processing claims, which includes GLAS.
