When approving Ireland’s CAP strategic plan (CSP), comments by European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski indicated that at 67%, Ireland had allocated the highest proportion of regional development funds from plans submitted to environmental measures.
This tallies with the aim of Ireland’s CSP, which outlined that the environmental and climate ambition within the CSP will be achieved through the CAP’s new “Green Architecture.”
This focus is evident across both Pillar I and Pillar II through conditionality, which replaces cross compliance, the new eco schemes, the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) and in numerous measures in other schemes.
The CAP budget of €9.78bn is made up of approximately €7.5bn EU funding and €2.3bn of National Exchequer funding.
Pillar I
When we look at Pillar I, there are substantial changes which will be discussed in detail in this booklet.
The greening component of the Basic Payment Scheme has been replaced by the eco scheme while a new concept called the Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability will aim to redistribute support from larger to smaller-/medium-sized farms.
Convergence increases from 60% in the last CAP to 85% and this will see some farmers gain and others experience a significant hit to their direct payments.
The funding allocated to the Young Farmers Scheme and the Coupled Income Support for Protein Aid will also increase significantly.
Pillar II
The Irish funding contribution of €2.3bn equates to 60% national co-funding, up significantly from 47% in the 2014 to 2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP).
This increase in funding is being primarily underpinned by allocating funds from carbon tax to support ACRES – the Government’s largest ever funded agri-environment scheme.
Another big change on the previous RDP is a 500% increase in funding allocated to the Organic Farming Scheme. At €256m over five years the level of funding is similar to suckler scheme funding. This is aimed at growing the area of land farmed organically from less than 2.5% of utilisable agricultural area (UAA) to 7.5% of UAA within the lifetime of the CSP.
The landscape has determined where trees grow on Tommy Moyles' farm. They are present in sheltered dips and valleys but are not as abundant on the exposed areas.
Funding for the suckler scheme remains unchanged, while funding for sheep at €20m per annum is down €5m from the previous CAP where funds were not drawn down.
Funding for farm infrastructure is unchanged with the €100m allocated for the On-Farm Capital Investment Scheme boosted by €300m allocated under transitional funds.
Funding for LEADER has reduced by about €70m, while a new component is funding of €50m for the Straw Incorporation Measure.
When approving Ireland’s CAP strategic plan (CSP), comments by European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski indicated that at 67%, Ireland had allocated the highest proportion of regional development funds from plans submitted to environmental measures.
This tallies with the aim of Ireland’s CSP, which outlined that the environmental and climate ambition within the CSP will be achieved through the CAP’s new “Green Architecture.”
This focus is evident across both Pillar I and Pillar II through conditionality, which replaces cross compliance, the new eco schemes, the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) and in numerous measures in other schemes.
The CAP budget of €9.78bn is made up of approximately €7.5bn EU funding and €2.3bn of National Exchequer funding.
Pillar I
When we look at Pillar I, there are substantial changes which will be discussed in detail in this booklet.
The greening component of the Basic Payment Scheme has been replaced by the eco scheme while a new concept called the Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability will aim to redistribute support from larger to smaller-/medium-sized farms.
Convergence increases from 60% in the last CAP to 85% and this will see some farmers gain and others experience a significant hit to their direct payments.
The funding allocated to the Young Farmers Scheme and the Coupled Income Support for Protein Aid will also increase significantly.
Pillar II
The Irish funding contribution of €2.3bn equates to 60% national co-funding, up significantly from 47% in the 2014 to 2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP).
This increase in funding is being primarily underpinned by allocating funds from carbon tax to support ACRES – the Government’s largest ever funded agri-environment scheme.
Another big change on the previous RDP is a 500% increase in funding allocated to the Organic Farming Scheme. At €256m over five years the level of funding is similar to suckler scheme funding. This is aimed at growing the area of land farmed organically from less than 2.5% of utilisable agricultural area (UAA) to 7.5% of UAA within the lifetime of the CSP.
The landscape has determined where trees grow on Tommy Moyles' farm. They are present in sheltered dips and valleys but are not as abundant on the exposed areas.
Funding for the suckler scheme remains unchanged, while funding for sheep at €20m per annum is down €5m from the previous CAP where funds were not drawn down.
Funding for farm infrastructure is unchanged with the €100m allocated for the On-Farm Capital Investment Scheme boosted by €300m allocated under transitional funds.
Funding for LEADER has reduced by about €70m, while a new component is funding of €50m for the Straw Incorporation Measure.
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