IFA hopes for €500m in budget for GLAS, TAMS and other schemes
The IFA’s pre-budget submission reminds the Government these funds are already included in the €2.1bn of EU funding and €1.9bn of national funding agreed in the Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2014-2020. The issue relates to the timing of the release of funds.
IFA president, Eddie Downey, said: “The key element in our submission is to put the funding in place in this year’s budget to get 30,000 farm families into GLAS, with applications in early 2015, and payments to be made towards the end of 2015.
