Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have this circuitous debate all the time. We are still paying REPS and AEOS applicants. The applications did not fit comfortably into a five-year programme but spilled over. We took in GLAS applicants for 2017, with a closing date of last December, and they will receive payments for five years. The alternative suggested by the Deputy is that they will receive payments for three years under the rural development programme.