Avril Doyle
Question:200 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number and name of each Euro-funded scheme now available to farmers; the area each scheme covers; and the year each scheme was introduced.
Written Answers. - Euro-Funded Schemes.
Details as requested are set out in the following statement.
The Department has a number of booklets which give further details namely Schemes and Services 1993 and CAP Reform Information Series which are available from the local offices of the Department, from Teagasc offices or from the Information Division of the Department.
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Scheme |
Area Covered |
Year Introduced |
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Suckler Cow Premium Scheme |
Entire Country |
1980 |
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Suckler Cow Premium Scheme (for small- scale milk producers) |
Entire Country |
1990 |
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Special Beef Premium Scheme (ten months) |
Entire Country |
1987 |
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Special Beef Premium Scheme (22 months) |
Entire Country |
1993 |
|
Deseasonalisation Slaughter Premium |
Entire Country |
1993 |
|
Ewe Premium Scheme |
Entire Country |
1981 |
|
*Extensification Premium |
Entire Country |
1993 |
|
Cattle Headage |
Disadvantaged areas only |
1975 |
|
Beef Cow Headage |
Disadvantaged areas only |
1976 |
|
Equine Headage |
Disadvantaged areas only |
1986 |
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Sheep Headage |
Disadvantaged areas only |
1975 |
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Goat Headage |
Disadvantaged areas only |
1990 |
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FEOGA Processing and Marketing Grants Scheme |
Entire Country |
1973 |
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Commodity Prices-Intervention Support Mechanism covering Beef, Dairy Products and Cereals |
Entire Country |
1973 |
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Fibre Flax Production Aid |
Entire Country |
1973 |
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Grass Seed Production Aid |
Entire Country |
1973 |
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Arable Area Payments Scheme (scheme covers cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, linseed — from the 1994 season) |
Entire Country |
1993 |
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Structural Funds: |
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Producer Group — Fruit and Vegetables |
Ireland |
1973 |
|
Producer Group — Potatoes |
Ireland |
1989 |
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Producer Group — Sheepmeat |
Entire Country: Six groups in Counties Cork (2), Kerry, Meath, Monaghan and Offaly. |
1991 |
|
Producer Group — Cereals |
Ireland |
1979 |
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Joint Interreg Programme for Northern Ireland and Ireland 1991-1993. Sub- Programme 2, Measure (1) — Agriculture. |
Ireland: Counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth. |
1991 |
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Farm Improvement Programme |
Entire Country |
1986 |
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Installation Aid for Young Farmers |
Entire Country |
1986 |
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Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme (Pilot) |
Restricted to pilot areas of Slieve Bloom and Slyne Head. |
1992 |
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Forestry Operational Programme |
Entire Country |
1990 |
|
Forest Premium for Farmers |
Entire Country |
1990 |
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Operational Programme for Rural Development |
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Sub-Programme 1: Diversification |
Ireland |
1990 |
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Sub-Programme 2: Small and Community Enterprises |
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Sub-Programme 3: Rural Infrastructures |
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Sub-Programme 4: R & D and Marketing in the Food Industry |
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Sub-Programme 5: Human Resources |
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Western Package (continuation of Regulation 1820-80) |
All disadvantaged areas (since 1988 — previously only disadvantaged areas in the western counties were eligible). |
1980 |
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—This programme has now terminated except for residual second instalment grants under the afforestation element. |
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Farm Retirement Scheme |
Ireland |
1973 |
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—This scheme will be replaced by a new Farm Retirement Scheme under CAP Reform. |
* Extensification Premium is not a scheme as such but is a top-up premium on Special Beef and Suckler Cow Premia which will be paid automatically to applicants who comply with a specific stocking density.