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McConalogue announces €700,000 in GLAS plus balancing payments

written by Staff Writer May 28, 2021
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The Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, has announced that GLAS plus (GLAS+) balancing payments will commence this week. 

This announcement means that almost €700,000 in GLAS+ balancing payments will be made to over 3,200 participants in the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS).

The balancing payment represents the final 15% of the 2020 GLAS+ payment and completes the total payment for GLAS actions undertaken in 2020.

Announcing the issue of the payments, the Minister commented, “I am very pleased to be in a position to commence these GLAS+ balancing payments this week to over 3,200 farmers. This cohort of GLAS participants have undertaken exceptional environmental commitments and are rewarded under GLAS with an additional annual payment of up to €2,000 in respect of 2020.”

Payments will continue to be issued in any outstanding cases. The Minister encouraged any farmers with outstanding queries to respond promptly to the Department to facilitate the issue of payments.

This important agri-environment scheme continues to deliver in line with the Department’s  Action Plan 2021 underpinning all goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reverse biodiversity decline.

The scheme will deliver significant levels of environmental dividends this year including the targeting of vulnerable landscapes (including commonages), the protection of specific identified bird species and high-status watercourses.

Other returns from GLAS include the protection of over 60,000 hectares of traditional hay meadows, the protection of over 5,500 archaeological monuments, planting and maintenance of over 1.1m metres of new hedgerows, the provision of bird, bat and bee nesting facilities, and the planting and maintenance of over 1.5m trees.

 

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