Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
EU Funding
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much money in total was the total CAP budget worth for pillar 1 and pillar 2 for the 2023 recording year; of the total CAP budget in 2023 for pillar 1 and pillar 2, how much money was allocated to - farmers, sub-contractors and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14966/24]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) will deliver some €9.8 billion to our farm families over the next five years to support them to continue to produce world-class, safe and sustainable food as well as supporting them in their important work of meeting our climate ambitions. This includes EU CAP funding for Ireland of €7.53 billion over the five-year period from 2023 to 2027. This EU funding is split between Pillar I Direct Payments and Sectoral Interventions (€5.97 billion) and Pillar II Rural Development Interventions (€1.56 billion). The allocation from the national exchequer to co-fund the Rural Development element of the CSP amounts to €2.30 billion bringing the total to €3.86 billion in respect of the Rural Development component of the Plan. The increased national co-funding of €2.30 billion is a substantial increase on the existing rural development programme, and reflects an increase in the co-financing percentage from 43% to 60% over the previous programme.
All funding under Pillar 1 went directly to farmers. Under Pillar 2, approximately €8 million was paid to the ACRES Co-operation Project teams. This accounted for 0.5% of the total payments of €1.5bn under both Pillars paid out in 2023. These teams are facilitating farmers to receive higher payments through a local approach to addressing biodiversity, climate and water objectives in their area. All other payments were made to farmers.
Table 1: CSP Expenditure by Intervention, 2023
Intervention | Total |
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Pillar I | €m |
Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) | 660.0 |
Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) | 113.5 |
Eco-scheme | 295.5 |
Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CIS-YF) | 23.0 |
Protein Aid | 9.5 |
Total PI | 1,101.5 |
Pillar II | €m |
Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) | 246.0 |
ACRES (including CP Teams) | 76.5 |
ACRES Training | 5.0 |
Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) | 13.0 |
Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme incl training (SCEP) | 46.5 |
Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) | 19.0 |
Technical Assistance | 0.8 |
Total PII | 406.8 |
Total PI + PII | 1,508.3 |
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