Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are trying to offer every farmer options in terms of GLAS, but we are also trying to ensure that we get appropriate value for money in terms of environmental outcomes. The tranches will change slightly to make sure that we continue to deliver the correct outcomes. That is all that is happening. There is still an option for low-income permanent pasture. The average application for that is just over 7 ha, and we are now making it 5 ha. It is a slight adjustment and farmers should be able to adjust to that.

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