glas plan

Grueller

I signed up with teagasc for to get a glas plan done. I got the text and opted in and got a letter linking me to an advisor but have heard no more from anybody.
Anyone else in the same situation.

50HX

went with glas farm planners - txt at 10pm one night, got a call the next morning, replied yes to the txt to allow planner access to my maps and he was out 2 days later

FRS are looking after the teagasc clients

lab man

50, I too went with teageasc very dissspointed with them signed up replied to text 4 weeks ago phoned them last wed to kno wats happinen and they tell me they haven't enough planners .so I got a private planner had to sign a form to make him the advisor instead of teagasc he is coming out tomorrow morn to do my plans my word would get a private planner ... im pissed that ive teagasc paid for the year

50HX

lab man wrote: »

50, I too went with teageasc very dissspointed with them signed up replied to text 4 weeks ago phoned them last wed to kno wats happinen and they tell me they haven't enough planners .so I got a private planner had to sign a form to make him the advisor instead of teagasc he is coming out tomorrow morn to do my plans my word would get a private planner ... im pissed that ive teagasc paid for the year

same as myself........scorned i've em paid...went to a big open Glas night ran by them and they were firing out forms at the end "sign up fast as demand will be high" they didn't say they were subbin it out

do you mind me asking what you paying private for the plan? i'm 530e

Grueller

Doesn't sound too promising so. Problem is pruvate planners are like hens teeth about here. If teagasc can't get their plans done will there be an extension as they are the government body?

50HX

Grueller wrote: »

Doesn't sound too promising so. Problem is pruvate planners are like hens teeth about here. If teagasc can't get their plans done will there be an extension as they are the government body?

there's rumours of it but can't see it happening if the 2nd tranche is due to open in the autumn...tis all a bit mad TED

lab man

He was right cool about it said twould be about 400 ... another thing is that my teag advis said that I wouldnt get in at this stage the new planner said I will with no problem as long as I live ill never go in there door again f&f here is a lot more advise than that shower not answering the phone to make an appointment

50HX

lab man wrote: »

He was right cool about it said twould be about 400 ... another thing is that my teag advis said that I wouldnt get in at this stage the new planner said I will with no problem as long as I live ill never go in there door again f&f here is a lot more advise than that shower not answering the phone to make an appointment

the way i was looking at was that if i didn't get in this time the plan will stand for the next round - hoping to get in this time since the take up is low and they should allow in the lads that want to get in now besides the boys sitting on the fence knowing they will get priority nxt time

rant over haha:)

lab man

Same as I havent been a scheme since reps 3 I wanted to jump to rep 4 but advisor said id have no problem getting rep 4 then they closed it .. not great

50HX

the reps was a great job,,,,,badly need to get into Glas to keep the head above water...will have to look at things v differently if i don't get in... fingers crossed

lab man

Badly needed kid badly needed

grassroot1

lab man wrote: »

Badly needed kid badly needed

Lol put in a comma lad had to read the post a few times:D

smokey-fitz

In the same position myself. Signed up in feb, the planner rang a week or 2 later to ask what I was thinking, then said he would be out in a few weeks. Never came.

So he can sit on it now :P havent paid yet thank god and wont be paying now. Think its too late to get the ball rolling now. Either way im not to keen on glas but the extra dosh would have been handy.

carleigh

FRS are doing the GLAS plans for Teagasc clients, and at the meetings held in my locality this was explained and also that Teagasc were only going to be accepting plans from current clients who were up to date with their client fee. The price of the plan is separate, starting at €435. Teagasc also had to stop taking applications the end of April as FRS were experiencing difficulties with the submission of plans, which is a Dept of Agri issue.

I work for Teagasc and the amount of abuse I have gotten from people both in person and over the phone about GLAS, is unreal. I'm actually dreading work on Tuesday because some clients will have found out they have to wait until Tranche 2 in the autumn.

Muckit

Does it really make a blind bit ofdifference whether a person gets in now or in the autumn?

Is it still not 5 calendar years from the date you get in?

carleigh

Yep, its still 5 calendar years regardless. In my opinion it was ridiculous to open GLAS for applications just before the BPS. Even with both closing dates extended, its an awful lot to deal with when Teagasc can't hire additional staff. Thankfully I've only been dealing with the BPS side of things in our office.

I know of a few instances where the FRS planners had made arrangements with clients to walk their farms on a particular day and time, and we get a call from the farmer saying he has decided to go to the mart for a look and cancels the appointment. On Thursday two clients came in to sign off in their plans and at the last minute decided they wouldnt put in the application altogether! So all the time and effort was wasted. Speaking for our office, the 2 FRS planners are working very hard to get as many plans signed off as they can.

50HX

carleigh - that's not on that you should be getting abuse like that - but on the flip side Teagasc were pushing hard at the open meeting i attended a month ago to sign up

i agree that FRS/ all planners are experiencing issues with the department but that doesn't excuse the planner not making contact with clients, FRS/Teagasc are large enough to come out publicly and state this instead of leaving fella's hanging which in turn leads to your experiences with abuse from farmers

i still hold the point that if you went to the bother of getting a planner early, plan drawn up and submitted you should be allowed in on Tranche 1 even if you are not priority and the allocation of places haven't been filled.

alot of the priority boys are playing the waiting game which is unfair on others - seperate issue anyway

votuvant

50HX wrote: »

carleigh - that's not on that you should be getting abuse like that - but on the flip side Teagasc were pushing hard at the open meeting i attended a month ago to sign up

alot of the priority boys are playing the waiting game which is unfair on others - seperate issue anyway

Well I qualify for tier 1 but will have to wait because of a parcel needing to be split.

I think it's nuts that you can't pick just 10 ha within an existing parcel to assign to low input pasture without having to do it for the whole parcel.

Charliebull

My FRS man is telling me plan is ready but can't be uploaded as dept not ready ye, anyone else hearing this

I said

Charliebull wrote: »

My FRS man is telling me plan is ready but can't be uploaded as dept not ready ye, anyone else hearing this

Teargas sending out letters to farmers saying they won't be accepted due to workload.They outscourced planning to FRS what s **** up