Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if participants in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme are allowed to transfer to the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environmental Scheme before the expiry of their Agri Enivonment Options Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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All farmers currently participating in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) are eligible to submit an application to join GLAS in the first tranche of applications. Admission to the scheme will be on the basis of a hierarchy of environmental assets and actions with priority being given to those delivering the greatest environmental dividend. Where an AEOS participant's application for GLAS is successful provision will be made for them to transfer into GLAS and this may occur before the expiry of their AEOS plan. In such cases, AEOS payment will be made up to the date of the new GLAS contract.