Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In REPS, in the old days, one got cash upfront when one joined the scheme. AEOS was introduced and one could only get 75% of the payment after the first year following checks at the end of the year and so on. The exact terminology was used in the parliamentary reply to me. It seemed to indicate to me that one would not get a GLAS payment until one had completed year 1 and they had done the checks and then one would receive the remaining 25% as with the AEOS scheme.

The Minister's news is great if it is true. Is he saying that under GLAS, farmers will get 75% once they have checked they are eligible and at the commence of the scheme rather than after the first year?