Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that are available under the Common Agricultural Policy for owners of commonage or other agricultural schemes that might be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23669/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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In the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027 there are a range of area-based interventions which are paid at different rates depending on entitlements, land type and location. All of the area-based interventions are available to those farming on commonage. These include:

• Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS)
• Complementary Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS)
• Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CISYF)
• Eco-Scheme
• Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC)
• Agri-Climate Environment scheme (ACRES)

Owners or farmers of commonage land may also participate in the animal- or sector-specific interventions in the CSP, including:

• Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)
• Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (DBWS)
• Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS)

Farmers should, in the first instance, check the terms and conditions carefully, to ensure that the actions they select are suitable for their land. Farmers should also be aware that a requirement in all schemes is that the recipient of funding be the active farmer, meaning they are the ones carrying the agricultural and economic risk for the intervention. Farmers may, as part of the administrative checks for eligibility, be asked to demonstrate how they meet this requirement.

More details on all of the schemes and the rates of funding are available to farmers on the Department's website under - Schemes and Payments at www.gov.ie\cap or by contacting the Department's offices.