Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With regard to payments, this is the first year of a new CAP. All these schemes are new and have to be applied to for the first time. That includes what was the basic payments scheme, now the BISS. Back in March, I wrote to every single farmer to inform them of what the payment dates would be this year. All staff in the Department have been working hard to make sure those payment dates were met. This Tuesday past, 90% of farmers had their BISS payments issued to their bank accounts. Last Tuesday, they would have received their ANC payments. Next Tuesday, their eco-scheme payments will issue. The vast majority of farmers in Clare will see their payments increase because, under this CAP, an approach has been taken to convergence that will see farmers in Clare receiving more, on balance, than they would have previously. In addition to that, I have delivered money for schemes in respect of suckler cows and sheep, as I have previously touched on.

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