€11.09m aid funded by EU must be notified by November

Liquidity concerns, strengthening co-operation, supporting quality schemes, and providing training in financial management, have been identified by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed as issues where the €11.09 million exceptional adjustment aid from the EU offers possibilities for meaningful and innovative interventions.

Member States are required to notify the European Commission by November 2016 of the measures to be adopted.

But details on how Ireland will utilise this aid (which the Government can choose to match with up to 100% co-financing) have not yet been finalised, and are subject to ongoing consideration in consultation with EU and national stakeholders, said the Minister in the Dail.