Government sets out CAP funding and allocations
Minister of State Martin Heydon TD Taoiseach, Micheal Martin TD Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD during a press briefing on funding of Ireland’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 at Government Buildings, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins
The Government has agreed an exchequer contribution of €2.3bn for the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 that will bring the total funding for the plan to €9.8bn, a 30% increase on the previous period.
The plan includes €260m for a suckler carbon efficiency programme; €100m for a sheep improvement scheme, €1.25bn for areas of natural constraints (ANC) and €256m for organic farming.
