Teagasc was the largest corporate recipient of CAP funding, with over €6m granted to it under the heading “improving environment and countryside”. The agency also collected direct payments for its land, for example €120,000 across its Co Cork campuses, just under €100,000 in Carlow for Oak Park, €62,000 at Johnston Castle in Wexford and €52,000 at Kildalton College in Co Kilkenny.

Commercial Mushroom Producers (CMP) ranked second among organisations receiving CAP payments, with nearly €4m in aid to producer organisations.

Bord Bia and Ornua

Bord Bia collected €2.3m, most of which came from the school fruit and veg scheme. The agency also processed €700,000 in aid for the fruit and veg sector.

Ornua received €1m in aid for private storage as the milk crisis forced 1,500t of skimmed milk powder and 11,000t of butter into the scheme in Ireland last year. Glanbia also contributed storage space and received €110,000 in return.

Glanbia and Dublin-based specialist school foodservice company Glanmore Foods collected €230,000 and €294,000 respectively under the school milk scheme.

A number of county-based companies and partnerships administering the LEADER scheme also collect large CAP payments, but they largely redistribute them to local grantees.

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