Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 955 of 30 July 2020, the amount of funding that his Department received from the European Union Multiannual Financial Framework in respect of Pillar 1 in each year since 2019; the expected return for 2022 through 2027, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy regarding the amount of funding that this Department received from the European Union Multiannual Financial Framework in respect of Pillar 1 in each year since 2019 and the expected return for 2022 through 2027 is set out in the table below.

It should be noted that while Pillar 1 (EAGF) Direct Payments are subject to a financial ceiling, the total Pillar I funds received from the EU vary year-to-year due to a variety of reasons including the timing of payments relative to the recoupment claim dates, market measures and exceptional measures introduced in a given year and also take account of relevant monies due from the Member State to the Commission.

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos, 1168, 1170 and 1171 of 15 June 2021, if he will provide equivalent information in relation to the number of recipients of Pillar 1 funds, in bands and by county, in tabular form, in each of the years 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34772/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular format below.

These figures are derived from the total amounts paid to applicants under CAP Pillar 1 (Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Greening, Young Farmers Scheme (YFS), and Protein Aid schemes). 

The process of convergence of payment entitlement values began in Ireland in 2015, and over the years 2015 to 2019, approximately €60m in funds were transferred between entitlements with values above the average to those below the average. When greening is added, the total value of this transfer is approximately €93m.

This process saw a minimum entitlement value reached in 2019 of 60% of the average. If full convergence were implemented in 2021 with no changes to the direct payments ceiling, i.e. to move from the minimum 60% to full flattening in that single year, approximately €150m in total would have been redistributed (this figure includes entitlement value adjustment and greening). The requested county breakdown of this amount is not available at this time but is part of ongoing work.  It should be noted that this amount reflects the convergence process and direct payments structures which apply in the current CAP Programme. 

Note : Figures for the category €50,001 - €60,000 have also been included in the table below

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Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 20 May 2021; the amount of funding provided to Pillar 2 schemes from the Exchequer and the amount co-funded by the State, by scheme, in the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34773/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Rural Development Programme (RDP)  is co-funded by the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI), and the National Exchequer.

From April 2021, with the introduction of the 10^thamendment to the RDP, EU support from the EAFRD now amounts to €2.88 billion and from EURI, amounts to €189 million, bringing the total fund to €3.07bn.  The EU funding contribution is supplemented by exchequer funding bringing the total available budget under the RDP to just over €5.6 billion. 

Ireland has one of the highest execution rates of EAFRD funds at 81% drawn down to date.

The RDP has been designed to meet three overriding objectives of RDP funding, as set out in EU legislation:

- Enhancing the competitiveness of the agri-food sector

- Achieving more sustainable management of natural resources; and

- Ensuring more balanced development of rural areas and economies 

The programme has been performing successfully with significant spending taking place on a range of important programmes which support Irish farmers, such as the GLAS programme and Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) payments.

All schemes and pilots under the programme are fully operational with many running at optimum level; based on current projections, the programme is expected to drawdown all EU funding by the end of the programme in 2025. 

Details requested are at the link.

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