Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total number of unique farmer applications on an annual basis for the basic payment scheme since the launch of GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/21]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total number of individual LPIS plots or parcels submitted under the basic payments scheme each year since the launch of GLAS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/21]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total area applied for basic payment payments on an annual basis since the launch of GLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28978/21]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the number of applicants for the basic payments scheme by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28985/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281, 282 and 289 together.

I propose to take PQ's 28976/21, 28977/21, 28978/21 and 28985/21 together.

The detailed information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. It is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192, of 19 May 2021, the total number of unique farmer applicants for the GLAS scheme per year since its launch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28979/21]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the number of applicants for GLAS by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 288 together.

The number of applicants accepted into GLAS per county and per tranche is provided in the below table.

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the total number of individual LPIS plots or parcels in GLAS for each year since its launch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28980/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided below.

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the total LPIS area under which GLAS actions are attached on a per year basis since the GLAS was launched in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28981/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, if the total LPIS area under which GLAS actions are attached are excluded from afforestation opportunity for the applicant; if such applicants are forced to pay back the monies received on the actions under the GLAS in cases in which they wish or need to afforest parcels attached or under the terms and conditions of the GLAS scheme; his views on whether this serves as a major disincentive to afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28982/21]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, if LPIS plots or parcels in GLAS are not available for afforestation opportunities for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28983/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together.

The afforestation and GLAS schemes are voluntary schemes intended to provide options to farmers to maximise the contribution of their land to the environment and to improve their income.

GLAS is implemented under the provisions of EU Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013. Section 12 of the GLAS terms and conditions outline that afforestation is fully compatible with GLAS and is recognised as contributing to the creation of a valuable landscape mosaic at farm-level. It is also important to note that GLAS is not a whole-of-farm scheme and that afforestation opportunities continue to exist for GLAS participants on parcels that do not contain GLAS actions. Of course, it is not possible to engage in some GLAS actions and plant afforestation on the same parcel of land at the same time.

GLAS participants are obliged by contract to maintain their GLAS actions for their full contract term. Where changes in land use impact negatively on the delivery of GLAS actions during the course of a GLAS contract, recoupment may apply.

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 191 and 192 of 19 May 2021, the number of farmers that afforested each year since the launch of GLAS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28987/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes a wide range of forestry statistics on the Department's pages of the Government of Ireland website, including the number of farmers who have afforested, which is indicated below.