New pilot scheme: 'Farmers need meaningful scheme with base payment of €10,000'

March 3, 2021 6:05 pm
Farmers need the government’s promised new agri-environmental pilot scheme to be a “meaningful scheme – with a base payment of €10,000”, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA).
Commenting on this, IFA president Tim Cullinan said the “REPS pilot results-based scheme” – proposed by the Department of Agriculture, based on the “much-hyped commitment” in the Programme for Government – needs to deliver “real money” to farmers.
The president led a delegation including National Rural Development Committee chairman Michael Biggins and National Hill Committee chairman Flor McCarthy to meet Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue about the new scheme this morning (Wednesday, March 3).

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