Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 December 2013
207. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will estimate the total direct single payments likely to benefit Irish farmers from 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54714/13]
View answerThe annual ceilings available to Ireland under the Direct Payment Regulation for the period 2015 to 2019 are set down in the Annex II of that Regulation as follows:
|
Year |
Ceilings available |
|
2015 |
€1,215,003,000 |
|
2016 |
€1,213,470,000 |
|
2017 |
€1,211,899,000 |
|
2018 |
€1,211,482,000 |
|
2019 |
€1,211,066,000 |
The ceiling available to Ireland for the 2014 scheme year is set down in the Transitional Regulation dealing with the arrangements for that year and is €1,216,547,000.
The total amount available to Ireland under the Direct Payment Regulation for the period 2014 to 2019 is €6,062,920,000.
