€13.35M Basic Payment Scheme Refund announced

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, this week announced the commencement of payments of over €13.35 million to approximately 100,000 farmers.

This money was deducted from their 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments under the Financial Discipline rule and is now being reimbursed in line with the EU regulations.

Minister McConalogue said, "I am pleased to confirm that these payments are now being reimbursed to eligible farmers." The Minister added that, "these payments will bring the total paid to Irish farmers under the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme to over €1.194 billion."