Farmers whose entitlements exceed €260/ha face a double cut in the next CAP.
The minimum level of convergence is set to rise to 85% of the national average and full flattening is not yet off the table.
A total of 55,000 Irish farmers with payments above the national average of €260/ha will lose money to finance increases for more than 60,000 farmers under it.
Farmers with higher entitlements face a further blow through eco-schemes.
Up to 30% of all direct payments will be withheld to fund these schemes.
Unlike Greening, eco-scheme payments will not be linked to entitlement values and will be paid at a flat rate.
This means that farmers with higher-value entitlements will pay in more than they can get out of eco-schemes.
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