Written answers
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agriculture Schemes
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2024 of 19 January 2022, the reason that an organic farming scheme payment has not issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/22]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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As previously advised, all applicants in the Organic Farming Scheme are subject to annual validation checks to ensure the payments are correct. The person named declared an organic parcel on their Basic Payment Scheme application in 2021 that was not included on their Organic Farming Scheme application.
My Department is currently addressing this issue and will update on any progress directly to the applicant.
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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854. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected costs relating to advisers and consultants a farmer is expected to incur in the process of taking part in the Agri-Environment Climate Measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11413/22]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's draft CAP Strategic Plan ##2023 – 2027, which lists the range of interventions currently being proposed, was submitted to the EU Commission on 31st December 2021. One of the intervention proposed therein is an agri-environment climate measure (AECM).
€1.5 billion has been allocated to this flagship agri-environment scheme which will be the successor to the Green Low Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) which was available under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. This is aimed at delivering benefits for the environment as well as delivering a key income support for farmers.
It is proposed that, similar to GLAS, a requirement of the new AECM will be that each applicant must engage the services of an approved agricultural advisor to prepare and submit application on his/her behalf.
The selection and engagement of an advisor is, however, a personal business arrangement between the applicant and their advisor. The Department has no role in determining fees or any other aspect of the arrangement.
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