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According to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beneficiary payments database, Teagasc received a total of €2.6m in 2017.
Of this money, just over €2m was for Knowledge Transfer and information action, along with advisory services, farm management and relief.
The remaining €609,650 was for direct payments and money received under Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Agri Environment Climate schemes.
The smallest payment went to Teagasc in Tipperary
In total, 12 Teagasc sites, spread across eight countries, received a payment. Grange in Co Meath, where the Derrypatrick suckler herd is, received the largest payment of €134,529.
A total of €123,010 went to three separate Teagasc sites in Cork.
The next largest payment went to Carlow, where Teagasc have its Crop Research Centre, totalling €93,038.
While the vast majority of money paid to Teagasc in Co Galway was under pillar II payments, two other direct payments were made. One payment of €58,735 was made to the Animal and Grassland Research Centre and another of €14,923 to the Teagasc Organic Herd.
Countries Cavan and Kilkenny, home to the agricultural colleges of Ballyhaise and Kildalton run by Teagasc, also benefitted under CAP. They received payments of €57,558 and €49,625 respectively.
The smallest payment went to Teagasc in Tipperary, where Solohead Research Farm is located. It received just €14,832.
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