Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide up-to-date figures for applications under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, with particular reference to counties Galway and Mayo; and how commonage plans as part of the scheme are progressing. [34202/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Almost 27,000 applications to join GLAS were received under the first tranche of the new scheme this year, making this one of the most successful launches of any agri-environment scheme ever in Ireland. All applications are now being assessed and applicants will be notified in writing in October of the outcome of their application and of their contract commencement date. A total of 3,250 applications were received for Galway and 2,681 applications for Mayo. A full breakdown of the applications received is supplied in the following table: