Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the number of green low-carbon agri-environment scheme planners approved and registered with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11781/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The process implemented by my Department to register consultants and advisors to file Plans under the GLAS Scheme for farmers ensures that the persons, who apply for registration, have the appropriate qualifications, have undertaken the required training and have been authorised by the farmer clients to act on their behalf. In order to be registered as GLAS Planner, a person must satisfy the following requirements:

- Must have attended and completed satisfactorily at the FÁS training course.

- Have also attended the GLAS module of the FÁS training.

- If the person was not already on the existing FÁS approved listing, he or she is required to submit educational qualifications.

- The educational qualifications must be such that the persons are eligible for registration as a FÁS advisor.

- The person must submit application forms to be registered as a FÁS advisor and as a GLAS planner.

My Department has processed all of the applications received for registration as a GLAS planner and has authorised 477 advisors/consultants as registered GLAS planners. Any outstanding case either does not meet the eligibility requirements already outlined or is in the process of supplying the required documentation to support the application for registration.