Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the GLAS will reopen for new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10558/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) opened in three tranches commencing in 2015. As GLAS is now fully subscribed with its aim of over 50,000 approved participants met well ahead of target and as the Rural Development Programme as a whole is on target to more than spend its entire allocation, there are no plans to re-open this scheme to new applications.

Agri-environment policy is included in the CAP reform negotiations currently under way and any future schemes will be dependent on the outcome of these negotiations.