Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure what the various reasons might be. Every farmer's reason will be different. We had the REAP as well, but that was for farmers not currently in GLAS. There was a very successful uptake of that, which shows, even for those who are outside of GLAS, the appetite that is there to come into a scheme. My approach to GLAS was to try to make sure that, while we were in the two transition years, it would be as practicable and hassle-free as possible for farmers to roll over their GLAS participation and to continue it. We saw 42,000 of the 49,000 who had completed five years roll over their participation and avail of the extra second year, which will, I hope, be there next year to-----