The Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six year payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability.
Payments under the 2018 Programme year for both BDGP I and BDGP II commenced in December 2018. As of 11th January 2019 a total of 22,032 participants have received a payment to date.
Advance payments do not issue under BDGP. Payments are issued based on the level of compliance reached under each requirement of the Programme.
All participants who have passed approval checks are paid. Further payments will continue to be made over the coming weeks as more participants become fully compliant with the requirements of the Programme.
Please see the following table by County breakdown.
County
|
Applicants Paid
|
Not yet passed all the required approval checks
|
CARLOW
|
276
|
44
|
CAVAN
|
1121
|
71
|
CLARE
|
1779
|
129
|
CORK
|
1516
|
237
|
DONEGAL
|
1263
|
120
|
DUBLIN
|
46
|
11
|
GALWAY
|
2447
|
271
|
KERRY
|
1186
|
107
|
KILDARE
|
243
|
63
|
KILKENNY
|
483
|
116
|
LAOIS
|
525
|
72
|
LEITRIM
|
909
|
61
|
LIMERICK
|
689
|
111
|
LONGFORD
|
571
|
70
|
LOUTH
|
197
|
30
|
MAYO
|
2116
|
202
|
MEATH
|
507
|
71
|
MONAGHAN
|
791
|
56
|
OFFALY
|
532
|
62
|
ROSCOMMON
|
1294
|
114
|
SLIGO
|
810
|
152
|
TIPPERARY
|
926
|
95
|
WATERFORD
|
289
|
49
|
WESTMEATH
|
665
|
68
|
WEXFORD
|
498
|
86
|
WICKLOW
|
353
|
43
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
22,032
|
2,511
|