Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is referring to a reduction in the figure last year for phasing out the previous green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, and transitional payments under that. With regard to the ACRES agri-environmental scheme, €200 million has been allocated this year under subhead B14 and that is up from €146 million last year. We have the full 46,000 in there. We have funding and approval for that to increase to 50,000, so we expect to manage and fund those payments from that.