Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
1294. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what funding was in place for the 2022 BISS scheme; what funding is in place for the 2023 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38148/23]
View answerThe Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), and its predecessor scheme, the Basic Payment Scheme are both fully EU funded direct payments schemes with overall funding levels specified in EU Regulations.
In 2022, the direct payments funding for Ireland was €1.186bn. This funding ceiling saw some €814m allocated to the old BPS scheme, with €355m allocated to the greening payment, with the balance of the ceiling allocated to Voluntary Coupled Support (Protein aid) and the Young Farmers Scheme.
In the period 2023-2027, the annual direct payments funding for Ireland will continue to be €1.186bn. New EU CAP regulations and their implementation through Ireland's CAP strategic plan have seen changes in the distribution of funding among schemes. The amount allocated to BISS is €728m. Some €297m is allocated to the Eco-scheme, €118m to Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS, often referred to as front loading), and the balance of the fund distributed among Coupled Income Support (Protein aid) and Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CISYF).
