The EU’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) of €5.4 billion provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and, environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (EU). Ireland’s allocation is €1.165 billion over the reference period – 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023.
Funding under the BAR will be allocated to affected sectors in tranches. These allocations will be made across 2022 and 2023 in the Budget, Revised Estimates, or Supplementary Estimates, as appropriate. In Budget 2022, it was assumed that €500 million of the overall BAR allocation will be made available in 2022, with the remainder available in 2023. Initial allocations of €54m were included in the Revised Estimates.
Initial allocations were made in REV 2022 in respect of new BAR funded measures.
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Departments
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Amount
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DFHERIS
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Skillnet Digital Skills Programme and Erasmus after Brexit initiatives
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€14.5m
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OPW
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Infrastructure for checks and controls at Rosslare Europort
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€1.8m
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DAFM
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Initial funding for fisheries and horticulture measures
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€33 m
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DETE
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Variety of schemes, including customs readiness, to support business impacted by Brexit
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€5m
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Further allocations will be made as the impacts of Brexit are worked through, including by means of supplementary estimates as required. Work is continuing across Government, with all Departments examining measures that need to be taken. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is progressing the implementation of a range of schemes to address the financial impacts of Brexit across the agri-food sector. This includes schemes for the fisheries sector involving Brexit Adjustment Reserve support of up to € 143 million. State Aid approval is anticipated for further schemes. Work is also under way on the development of additional inspection facilities at Rosslare Europort.
In addition work is underway with between D/PER and D/AFM in relation a number of schemes across the wider food sector.
