May 31, 2021 11:22 am
The below list details the 10 beneficiaries who received the highest direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) last year.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) published its CAP Beneficiaries database for 2020 today, Monday, May 31, with the highest payment going to a recipient in Co. Cork.
Brendan Kelleher, of Co. Cork, received €245,626.91 in the form of direct payments under CAP in 2019 – the highest payment in the country, according to the department.
The farmer also received €28,000 under agri environment climate measures, €15,897.85 under Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and €12,195 from other schemes for a total of €301,719.76.
In second place, in monetary terms, O’Shea Farms Unlimited of Co. Kilkenny (last year’s number one), which received €222,646.95 in direct payments.