Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if participants in the GLAS scheme will be required to take part in the knowledge transfer programme; if they do participate in the two schemes, if they will be entitled to the full payment under both schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34478/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Knowledge Transfer, as proposed in Ireland’s draft Rural Development Programme is a scheme that will result in the transfer of expertise to farmers across six different sectors. Participating farmers will attend a minimum number of knowledge exchange meetings and also complete a Farm Improvement Plan in conjunction with a qualified advisor. This is a separate scheme to GLAS and if farmers are involved in both, they will receive the appropriate payment under both. However, there is also a separate requirement under GLAS for all participants to attend dedicated training courses on the various environment al actions laid out in the new GLAS scheme. P articipants will receive separate payment for such training , to cover the cost of attendance, and this will be over and above what is paid to them under GLAS itself .