EU to recover agriculture funding

IRELAND is not one of 10 European Union member states who will have to hand back a total of €128.2 million of unduly spent farm money to Brussels.

The European Commission said the money will be recovered due to inadequate controls or non-compliance with EU agricultural expenditure rules. It is required to ensure that member states, which are responsible for paying out and checking expenditure under the CAP, have made correct use of the funds.

Belgium, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and Britain will return funds.