Michael Creed
Ceist:485. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had such a significant reduction in their farm payments this year. [2891/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 23 January 2024
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The new CAP programme, which started in 2023, sees a change in the value of all payment entitlements reflecting the change in allocation of funding under the direct payment schemes.
The Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) payment entitlement values are now derived from a fixed percentage (~59%) of the previous combined Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening value.
Also, all BISS Payments outlined in the statement of entitlements are subject to capping. Capping will apply in two tranches to a herdowner’s BISS payment only.
• The BISS payment above €100,000 is fully reduced;
• BISS payment between €60,000-€100,000 is reduced by 85%.
Convergence will continue from 2023 to 2026, with all payment entitlement values below the average reaching a minimum of 85% of the national average value by 2026. Payment entitlement values above the national average will reduce to fund this convergence.
As this herdowner’s current unit value is above the national average it will continue to converge downwards until 2026.
Note, this is the herdowners BISS payment and it does not include other schemes such as ECO, CRISS, CISYF or VCS that the herd owner may have applied for on their 2023 BISS Application.
Full details of the herdowner’s basic payment for 2023 -2026 have been set out in their Statement of Entitlements which issued on 2nd April 2023.