At the moment, advance payments of 70% are being issued. Normally levels of advance payment are fixed at 50%. However, as a result of the difficulties encountered by Irish farmers, like their counterparts elsewhere in Europe in dairying and other sectors, the European Commission has increased the advance payment to 70% in respect of 2015.The next instalment of payments will begin on 1 December. A smaller balancing payment will be distributed in 2016.
Lower payments overall
Of the total budget, 2% is utilised for payment under the Young Farmers Scheme, while 3% of the basic payment ceiling will be used to fund allocations from the National Reserve. Therefore, payments to individual farmers are changing in 2015.
Allocation of 2015 BPS entitlements
As all entitlements are subject to convergence towards 90% of the 2015 national average, the value of all entitlements may slightly alter as the processing of entitlements are finalised.
Greening payment
Greening is a separate scheme and is paid as a percentage of the total value of payment entitlements for which you have declared an eligible hectare. The percentage used for the calculation of the greening payment is 44.1656%.
Deductions
In the vast majority of cases there will be no deductions applicable with the exception of financial discipline, which is applied to all payments in excess of €2,000. There are a number of deductions which may apply in individual cases and include the following:
There are a number of ways to find out if you have been paid.
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