Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money allocated under pillar 1 of the current CAP, 2014 to 2020, to voluntary coupled support; the percentage of funding allocated to voluntary coupled support out of total Irish pillar 1 funding; the amount of the allocated money that has been expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38604/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under transitional arrangements in 2014 €24m was paid under the Beef Data Programme and the Grassland Sheep Scheme. The Protein Aid Scheme is the only voluntary coupled scheme operated under the Basic Payment Scheme 2015 - 2020. Funding allocated for this scheme amounts to €3m annually which equates to almost 0.25% of Pillar I funding.