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The Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for the online submission of GLAS commonage management plans (CMP) and commonage framework plans (CFP).
The deadline has been extended to 31 October 2017.
The Department has said it is finalising the development of the online system and will notify advisers when it is open to upload and submit plans.
According to the Department, this extension relates to the capture and submission on the online system of the CMPs GLAS advisers have prepared for the >10ha commonages they are assigned to and CFPs prepared for their clients who have <10ha commonage(s).
Interim arrangements
Planners haven’t been able to submit CMPs online since GLAS started, with deadlines for submission being pushed further down the road since the scheme began because of IT issues.
In October of last year, so that commonage farmers in GLAS would receive payment, the Department introduced interim arrangements.
The scheme provides for a maximum basic payment of €5,000 per annum to participants on the basis of the range and quantity of environmental actions they deliver as part of their GLAS plan.
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