Planners have been burning the midnight oil this week to ensure over 20,000 farmers will get into GLAS, but the BPS dealine on 29 May is now fast approaching.
More than 20,000 applications to GLAS are expected to be submitted by the deadline of midnight tomorrow night.
Planners have been burning the midnight oil in the last week and will finally get a good night’s sleep.
The online system has been creaking under the
volume of traffic in recent days, with some private
planners working night shifts to get applications in on time.
ADVERTISEMENT
There were some calls for an extension to GLAS, but most planners were wary due to the work they face into for the next major scheme deadlines on 29 May.
IFA Rural Development Committee chair Flor McCarthy has said that Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must ensure all applicants who apply for the current phase of GLAS must be accepted into the scheme, even if this means allowing applications in after next Friday.
After Friday, the focus will switch to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications. With more than 100,000 already in, the pace is bound to be less frenetic.
However, it is the other new schemes such as the Beef Data and Genomic Programme and Scottish derogation where more time will be needed to explain the impact for farmers applying, or in some cases not applying.
Register for free to read this story and our free stories.
This content is available to digital subscribers and loyalty code users only. Sign in to your account, use the code or subscribe to get unlimited access.
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
CODE ACCEPTED
You have full access to the site until next Wednesday at 9pm.
CODE NOT VALID
Please try again or contact support.
More than 20,000 applications to GLAS are expected to be submitted by the deadline of midnight tomorrow night.
Planners have been burning the midnight oil in the last week and will finally get a good night’s sleep.
The online system has been creaking under the
volume of traffic in recent days, with some private
planners working night shifts to get applications in on time.
There were some calls for an extension to GLAS, but most planners were wary due to the work they face into for the next major scheme deadlines on 29 May.
IFA Rural Development Committee chair Flor McCarthy has said that Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must ensure all applicants who apply for the current phase of GLAS must be accepted into the scheme, even if this means allowing applications in after next Friday.
After Friday, the focus will switch to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications. With more than 100,000 already in, the pace is bound to be less frenetic.
However, it is the other new schemes such as the Beef Data and Genomic Programme and Scottish derogation where more time will be needed to explain the impact for farmers applying, or in some cases not applying.
If you would like to speak to a member of our team, please call us on 01-4199525.
Link sent to your email address
We have sent an email to your address. Please click on the link in this email to reset your password. If you can't find it in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If you can't find the email, please call us on 01-4199525.
ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE:
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
SHARING OPTIONS