Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am not aware of any upfront costs. We have provided for environmental grant payments. Usually the planting grants cover the cost of planting for the forestry companies to plant. That is covered by grants. I am not aware of any upfront costs until they get approved.

There may be some associated costs that they may have to carry until the grant is approved but that would be not dissimilar to other schemes; for example, one has to buy one's targeted agriculture modernisation schemes, TAMS, item and claim back the money.