Written answers
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agriculture Schemes
Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full-year cost of all agri-environmental schemes in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown per scheme. [41051/24]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The 2024 allocations for my department's agri-environmental schemes is set out in the following table.
| Subhead | 2024 Allocation €000 |
|---|---|
| B.3 - AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES | 92,499 |
| B.4 - AREAS OF NATURAL CONSTRAINT SCHEME | 247,000 |
| B.10 - FORESTRY & BIO ENERGY* | 115,000 |
| B.14 - AGRI-CLIMATE RURAL ENVIRONMENT SCHEME | 200,000 |
| B.15 - ORGANIC FARMING SCHEME | 47,000 |
| Total | 701,499 |
*2024 forestry allocation includes €18 million of the Department's 2023 deferred capital surrender.
Subhead B.3 Agri-Environmental Schemes consists of a number of schemes including:
- GLAS
- Locally led Agri-Environmental Schemes
- Traditional Buildings
- Other Agri Environmental Initiatives (e.g. Soil Sampling, Multi-species Sward Measure and Red Clover Silage Measure)
- An agri-environment Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) and an Organic Farming scheme. These schemes will ultimately be funded from the European Union Recovery Instrument
- Straw Incorporation Measure
In addition to the measures outlined above the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) provides support to beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd. The programme aims to build on the gains delivered in recent years through the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) by improving the genetic merit of the Irish suckler herd, to reduce the carbon footprint of Irish beef.
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