Written answers

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Departmental Schemes

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated average compliance costs that will be associated with the new GLAS and GLAS plus scheme in terms of planner costs and the cost of works to be carried out by farmers; if an outline of these estimated costs have yet been submitted to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4018/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Decisions on the GLAS and GLAS+ scheme will be made following the consultation process with stakeholders which is currently underway. In order to facilitate this consultation process details of the proposed GLAS scheme have been published in the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014 -2020 Draft Consultation Programme.

Following that process, formal proposals will be submitted to the European Commission. These proposals will include detailed independently verified costings for each of the actions proposed for inclusion in the scheme. It is my intention to prioritise this work in order to gain EU approval at the earliest possible date to facilitate roll out of the scheme.

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