€1.7m paid to farmers in first year of EID tag subsidy scheme
Under the scheme, which runs from 2022 to 2024, farmers will receive €1 towards the cost of each new EID tag set purchased, up to a maximum of €100.
Over €1.7m has been paid out to approximately 58,000 farmers under year one of the bovine electronic identification (EID) tag subsidy scheme.
The scheme was introduced to assist farmers in transitioning to the new mandatory EID system which requires that all calves born after July 1, 2022, must be identified with a tag set that includes an EID tag.
