Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2016
211. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of direct payments paid to farmers under European Union and national schemes from 2013 to 2015, inclusive, by pillar 1 and pillar 2 payments; the profiled amount to be paid to farmers in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2989/16]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following tables:
Pillar 1 2013 -2016 Direct Payment to Farmers €'000
|
Title of Scheme/Programme |
2013 Expenditure |
2014 Expenditure |
2015 Expenditure |
2016 Budget |
|
Single Payment Scheme |
1,202,000 |
1,178,000 |
25,216 |
0 |
|
Basic Payment Scheme (incl Greening & Young Farmer & Protein) |
0 |
0 |
1,096,491 |
1,200,000 |
|
Other Pillar 1 (Grassland Sheep Scheme, Burren Life & Dairy Efficiency, Beef Data Programme) |
19,000 |
24,000 |
10,532 |
0 |
|
Market Volatility Payment |
0 |
0 |
10,637 |
2,600 |
|
Total Pillar 1 |
1,221,000 |
1,202,000 |
1,142,876 |
1,202,600 |
Pillar 2 2013 -2016 Direct Payment to Farmers €'000
|
Title of Scheme/Programme |
2013 Expenditure |
2014 Expenditure |
2015 Expenditure |
2016 Budget |
|
Beef Data and Genomics Programme |
0 |
0 |
29,000 |
51,000 |
|
Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) |
138,841 |
133,342 |
30,173 |
315 |
|
Agri - Environment Option Scheme (AEOS) |
58,147 |
60,773 |
79,801 |
40,850 |
|
Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) |
0 |
0 |
11,453 |
142,000 |
|
Locally led Environmental Schemes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,200 |
|
Organic Farming Scheme |
236 |
4,428 |
7,969 |
10,000 |
|
Early Retirement Scheme |
14,719 |
10,523 |
7,143 |
5,016 |
|
Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme |
11,017 |
16,456 |
24,830 |
35,800 |
|
Less Favoured Areas Scheme/Area of Natural Constraint Scheme and Area of Specific Constraint |
201,830 |
194,238 |
205,906 |
202,000 |
|
Total Pillar 2 |
424,790 |
419,760 |
396,275 |
488,181 |
National Schemes 2013 -2016 Direct Payment to Farmers €'000
|
Beef Genomics Scheme |
0 |
21,000 |
2,200 |
0 |
|
Market Volatility National Top –Up |
0 |
0 |
13,450 |
0 |
|
Beef Data Programme |
0 |
0 |
1,980 |
0 |
|
Afforestation |
95,523 |
98,892 |
96,601 |
99,500 |
|
Development of Commercial Horticulture |
3,080 |
3,984 |
3,961 |
4,300 |
|
Development of Organic Sector |
949 |
1,121 |
1,426 |
2,045 |
|
Technology Adoption Programmes |
8,928 |
7,939 |
4,750 |
800 |
|
Suckler Cow Scheme |
10,290 |
1,063 |
29 |
15 |
|
118,771 |
133,999 |
124,397 |
106,660 |
|
|
Total Pillar 1 + Pillar 2+ National |
1,764,561 |
1,755,759 |
1,663,548 |
1,797,441 |
The Burren Life scheme which was originally funded under Pillar 1 is included in the Pillar 2 from 2016. The data for afforestation shown above includes both establishment grants and premia.
