Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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It remains to be seen. I have accepted everybody into the scheme and I want everyone to stay in it. Certainly, we will pay full payments for that for last year and this year. We recently had the issue around the changes to the star ratings and they are making adjustments to make sure that farmers are protected within the actual SCEP for its duration. My full expectation this year is that every single participant will get the full amount and we will do all we can to encourage everybody to stay in the scheme.