Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the pig exceptional payment scheme 2 will be paid to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45294/22]

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers will receive the full funding allocation under the pig exceptional payment scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45295/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together.

One hundred and seventy-four (174) applications were received under Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2 (PEPS2) by the closing date of 11 July; of which 148 applications met the eligibility requirements set out in the scheme’s terms and conditions.

Payments commenced on 9th September 2022 and payments totalling €12.596 million to 148 eligible applicants to the scheme have now been made. Payment rates vary depending on the scale of the enterprise, up to a maximum of €100,000.