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Farmers in Cork are receiving the most payments under the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM), with over €7m going to farmers under the scheme in 2019 and 2020.
Tipperary follows close behind, with farmers there receiving €6.9m under the scheme and Galway farmers receiving €5.4m.
The counties with the least payments under the scheme are Dublin, with €315,640, Leitrim, with €702,400 and Sligo, with €1.1m.
To date, BEAM payments amount to €77.7m.
Finished animals attract a payment of €100/head, while suckler cows will be paid €40/head under the scheme.
Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary said the objective of BEAM is to “provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector” in Ireland.
“BEAM is funded by a combination of EU aid and Exchequer support, provided in light of the difficult circumstances that Irish beef farmers have been facing, as a result of market volatility and uncertainty,” he said.
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