Written answers
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BEEP payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36155/20]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The objective of BEEP was to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance supporting decision making on farm.
The 2019 budget allocated a total of €20 million for the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP)
A total of 16,556 farmers participated in the pilot with payments totalling €15.4m.
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