Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2020
873. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BDGP payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/20]
View answerThe BDGP forms part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It involves funding of €300 million over the six year programme and addresses widely acknowledged weaknesses in the maternal genetics of the Irish suckler herd, makes a positive contribution to farmer profitability and reduces the greenhouse gas intensity of Ireland’s beef production. A second programme, BDGP II, was launched in 2017 and will run until 2022.
Budget 2019 allocated €45M for BDGP I & II. Payments made under both programmes in 2019 totalled €43.4M.
