Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2026
930. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the number of BISS applications made this year detailing activity class (details supplied), in tabular form. [39951/26]
View answerThe Active Farmer check implemented by my Department in the current CAP programme verifies that an agricultural activity is being carried out by an applicant, with minimum levels of activity specified and required.
The below table details the number of BISS applications made under the requested activity classes only in 2026.
|
Active Farmer Claim |
Number of Claims |
|
Forestry Eligible |
327 |
|
Growing eligible crops |
1847 |
|
Keeping horses/donkeys/deer |
457 |
|
Keeping sheep/cattle/goats |
3940 |
|
Maintaining Landscape Features e.g. cutting hedges, cleaning ditches |
296 |
|
Making Hay/Silage/Haylage |
1539 |
|
Share Farming (applicable only to Applicants with Tillage land parcels) |
7 |
|
Topping |
278 |
Applicants can also, where appropriate, use prior year stocking as their active farmer claim or claim multiple activities.
