Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the GLAS scheme to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47612/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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GLAS (the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme) is part of a suite ofproposed measures under Ireland’sRural Development Programme (RDP) which was submitted to the European Commission in July. The Commission services haverecently notified us of their observations on the draft Scheme, to which my Department provided immediate and detailed replies. Discussions are now continuing with the Commission, with a view to gaining approval at the earliest possible date. Once approval is granted, my Department will move to open the Scheme for applications.