Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Report on EU Developments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

4:00 pm

Photo of Michael ComiskeyMichael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Do the witnesses envisage a further opening of GLAS into 2016? I know we have another week or so to apply for the second tranche of GLAS but will it be opened up in spring 2016? One farmer started farming for the first time recently but the planner he used messed up his application for the basic payment scheme. Can he make an application for GLAS or is he ruled out because he had not sent in the correct basic payment scheme application?

There is substantial interest in TTIP, which affects beef and dairy, though beef would be crucial for me. The forestry sector and climate change are also very serious but we can deal with these at another time.

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