Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
3:15 pm
Dr. Ronan O'Flaherty:
I will try to answer that for Deputy Ó Cuív. In regard to AEOS, as we have said, it is optional and not mandatory to come into the scheme. That is the first thing in terms of GLAS. Farmers can come in at the same time as everybody else, form part of the group, and they will get the full five years.