Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2024
840. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual funding under the tillage incentive scheme that was expended on payments for newly converted lands and maintenance payments, respectively, in each of the years 2022 to 2024, in tabular form. [44457/24]
View answer841. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area under the tillage incentive scheme that received payments for newly converted lands payment and for maintaining tillage land, respectively, in each of the years 2022 to 2024, in tabular form. [44458/24]
View answer842. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated for the tillage incentive scheme in each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [44459/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 840 to 842, inclusive, together.
The Tillage Incentive Scheme was introduced in 2022 in direct response to the illegal invasion of the Ukraine. It was a one-year scheme to provide support for the conversion of eligible grassland into specific tillage crops. This increased tillage area would help in reducing the dependency on imported feed material directly impacted by the war in the Ukraine.
The scheme was extended into 2023 and again provided support for newly converted grassland in 2023, in addition to providing a maintenance payment for those who continued to maintain their overall tillage area from 2022.
In 2024 the scheme will provide a maintenance payment to those farmers who converted grassland in 2023 and continue to maintain their overall tillage area in 2024. I have allocated €30 million for a new tillage scheme in 2025.
Breakdown of data requested
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- |
Budget € |
Expenditure € |
Expenditure € |
Hectares (ha) |
Hectares (ha) |
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Conversion |
Maintenance |
Conversion |
Maintenance |
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2022 (Conversion) |
€10 million |
€11 m |
N/A |
27.4k ha |
N/A |
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2023 Conversion and Maintenance) |
€10 million |
€6.5 m |
€2.1m |
16.3k ha |
10.6k ha |
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2024 (Maintenance) |
€ 0.850 million |
N/A |
No payments calculated yet |
N/A |
No payable hectares calculated as yet |
