Payments under the 2019 Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) have commenced to 32,444 farmers to the value of some €75m, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has confirmed.

He said: “This further very significant level of payments to farmers in the beef sector under BEAM represents clear recognition by my Department, the Government and the EU of the very challenging and difficult climate that these farmers have had to face in recent years.”

Additional payments

He outlined that the payments are in addition to the €15.4m under BEEP and €34.4m in BDGP payments that have been issued in recent weeks. Since September, a total of €1.72bn has now been paid out to Ireland’s farmers under a range of schemes operated by the Department.

BEAM payments will be issued on a continuing basis as more farmers are verified as compliant with the requirements of the measure.

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