Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister will admit, as far as he is concerned, GLAS is a flagship scheme. People are anxious to find out how many completed applications have been submitted for the scheme. Now that the Minister has announced GLAS for 2016, farmers are curious to learn the date from which they will be able to participate. What is the effect of the change in the rule to require applicants to obtain 16.3 points to access tier 3? How many completed applications has the Department received as a result of this change?

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