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Common Agricultural Policy

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 September 2021

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Questions (820)

Holly Cairns

Question:

820. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planned support for beef farmers in the new Common Agricultural Policy. [44200/21]

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The development of the CAP Strategic Plan is well under way.  Most recently, a five-week public consultation on the draft interventions concluded on Friday 3rd September.

There is a proposed suckler carbon efficiency scheme as part of the new CAP strategic plan which is aimed at improving the economic and environmental sustainability, as well as the animal welfare credentials, of beef production.  The proposed measure will build on the gains made from the current supports including the Beef Data and Genomics Programme and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme.

The core support for the beef sector under the current RDP is the €300 Million Beef Data and Genomics Programme.  In addition to this support, over the last two years, over €200 million of additional supports were made available specifically to the beef sector, including the BEAM and BEEP schemes in 2019 and the Beef Finishers Payment and BEEP-S in 2020.

In Budget 2021, €85 million has been allocated for specific supports for sustainable beef farming. This includes over €40 million for the extension of the BDGP during the transition period before the next CAP. The Beef Sector Efficiency Pilot with an allocation of €45 million was launched earlier this year.

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