€138m advanced to GLAS farmers 

40,000 farmers will receive payments from the scheme this week
€138m advanced to GLAS farmers 

Advance payments of over €1.12bn under a number of agri-schemes have been issued to Irish farmers since September. File Picture.

The 2020 advance payments under the Green Low-Carbon Agri Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence this week - 14 days ahead of schedule.

€138 million will arrive in almost 40,000 GLAS farmers’ bank accounts on foot of the move which has been welcomed by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue.

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