Agriculture to retain major tax reliefs for 2014

Agriculture funding in 2014 will include €195m for Disadvantaged Areas Payments; €184m for REPS/AEOS payments;

€105m for forestry; €40m for the beef sector including the new genomics scheme, €10m for the Beef Data Programme, €5m for the Beef Technology Adoption Programme, and €2m for the Suckler Welfare Scheme; €28m for Research and Training; €84m for Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (including €35m for TB and brucellosis eradication); €15m for Targeted Agriculture Measures (TAMS); €15m for the Grassland Sheep Scheme and €3m for Sheep Technology Adoption Programme; €10m for fishery harbours capital works; €54m in support of the horse and greyhound racing industries; and €190m for state sponsored bodies under the Department’s aegis.

Retained tax reliefs are: