Glas payments pre-Christmas rollout

The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, said 85% of the full-year 2016 payments for Glas will reach farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days.

He expects almost €100m of the scheme’s €117m fund, co-funded under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme, to be distributed before Christmas.

Also, 2016 AEOS payments amounting to more than €17m have also been paid to over 5,200 participants who are still in that scheme.