Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021
1168. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of pillar 1 funds in 2020 in bands (details supplied) per county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/21]
View answer1170. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of CAP pillar 1 recipients; the amount paid in pillar 1 funds by county in tabular form in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30533/21]
View answer1171. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pillar 1 CAP payments per county in 2020; the amount that would have distributed per county in 2020 if there had been full convergence of pillar 1 payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1168, 1170 and 1171 together.
The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular format below.
These figures are derived from the total amounts paid to applicants under CAP Pillar 1 (Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Greening, Young Farmers Scheme (YFS), and Protein Aid schemes).
The process of convergence of payment entitlement values began in Ireland in 2015, and over the years 2015 to 2019, approximately €60m in funds were transferred between entitlements with values above the average to those below the average. When greening is added, the total value of this transfer is approximately €93m.
This process saw a minimum entitlement value reached in 2019 of 60% of the average. If full convergence were implemented in 2020 with no changes to the direct payments ceiling, i.e. to move from the minimum 60% to full flattening in that single year, approximately €150m in total would have been redistributed (this figure includes entitlement value adjustment and greening). The requested county breakdown of this amount is not available at this time but is part of ongoing work. It should be noted that this amount reflects the convergence process and direct payments structures which apply in the current CAP programme.
Note : Figures for the category €50,001 - €60,000 have also been included in the table below
