Press release
Minister McConalogue announces €600,000 in GLAS plus balancing payments
From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has announced that GLAS plus (GLAS+) balancing payments have commenced.
This announcement means that almost €600,000 in balancing payments have been made to over 2,831 participants in the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS).
The balancing payment represents the final 15% of the 2022 GLAS+ payment and completes the total payment for GLAS actions undertaken in 2022. This is the final year of GLAS payments as the Scheme ended on 31 December 2022.
Announcing the issue of the payments, the Minister commented:
“I am pleased to be in a position to commence these GLAS+ balancing payments this week to over 2,831 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 2022.”
The Minister added:
“Today’s payment of almost €600,000 brings to over €1.36 billion the total payments made to date in respect of GLAS. This investment will be surpassed with the ACRES scheme where I have secured €1.5 billion for this new flagship environmental scheme.
“I was delighted to have secured places for 46,000 farmers in ACRES Tranche 1 and I look forward to seeing the scheme being implemented in the coming months.”
Payments will continue to issue in outstanding cases on a regular basis. The Minister encouraged any farmers with queries in relation to GLAS to direct them by email to GLAS@agriculture.gov.ie
GLAS Division can be contacted by email at GLAS@agriculture.gov.ie
The GLAS Helpdesk can be contacted at 053 9163425.
| County | Total number of applicants | Total net payment |
| Carlow | 3 | 218 |
| Cavan | 32 | 6,853 |
| Clare | 372 | 89,499 |
| Cork | 321 | 77,207 |
| Donegal | 269 | 57,491 |
| Dublin | 1 | 300 |
| Galway | 309 | 52,991 |
| Kerry | 514 | 110,953 |
| Kildare | 1 | 295 |
| Kilkenny | 2 | 502 |
| Laois | 31 | 7,640 |
| Leitrim | 88 | 19,394 |
| Limerick | 196 | 49,002 |
| Longford | 4 | 519 |
| Mayo | 335 | 45,563 |
| Meath | 1 | 300 |
| Monaghan | 10 | 2,036 |
| Offaly | 42 | 9,806 |
| Roscommon | 25 | 4,130 |
| Sligo | 51 | 10,093 |
| Tipperary | 123 | 30,728 |
|---|---|---|
| Waterford | 42 | 9,391 |
| Westmeath | 10 | 2,141 |
| Wexford | 24 | 4,964 |
| Wicklow | 25 | 3,493 |
| Grand total | 2,831 | 595,551 |