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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Ceisteanna (652)

Matt Carthy

Ceist:

652. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU funds allocated to Ireland for the European agriculture guarantee fund in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount of unspent funding in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18835/20]

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Freagraí scríofa

Please find below the information in relation to Pillar 1 expenditure under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS, Greening Young Farmers Scheme and Protein Aid), for the years 2017 to 2020.  EU Regulation 1307/2013 sets out the maximum ceilings to apply for these payments each year, not a budget.

The following should be noted when comparing the  expenditure column to the ceiling column.  Firstly, not all applicants for BPS fully utilise their allocated entitlements each year.  Secondly, all applicants for aid under the BPS and other schemes are required to satisfy a number of eligibility requirements before payment can be made on foot of the application. In each scheme year, a number of applications for payment fail to meet these requirements and the Department is therefore not permitted to make payment on these applications.

The ceilings set by the Commission are the maximum payment amount allowable within the scheme for each year.  Where the ceiling has not been utilised in full, these amounts remain available to the member states to pay applicants who subsequently become eligible for payment.  Such payments are currently ongoing across all scheme years.

Please note that there has been no expenditure to date under Pillar 1 in relation to the 2020 scheme year.

Year

National Ceiling   

Total Expenditure under Pillar 1

2017

€1,211,900,000

€1,193,054,607

2018

€1,211,500,000

€1,183,898,882

2019

€1,211,100,000

€1,187,115,089

2020

€1,211,000,000

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