Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next round of Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) aims to provide 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.

Payments in the amount of €47.8 million issued to some 14,943 SCEP participants eligible for payment in early December 2024. Those not eligible for payment in December 2024 included participants with a land error, those who had been granted additional time to complete SCEP training, etc. Those participants who were not eligible to receive a payment in December 2024, who have since become eligible, will receive a payment in the next payment run which is expected to issue later this month.