Suckler scheme 'failing to improve the herds of smaller farmers' - TD

Minister McConalogue said he is confident the scheme will "drive further improvements in what are already world-class suckler and beef herds". 

The objective of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is to provide support to suckler and beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd. 

A TD has said that the new suckler scheme is "failing totally to improve the herds of smaller farmers".

The objective of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is to provide support to suckler and beef farmers to improve the environmental sustainability of the national beef herd.