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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.
May 31, 2021 1:07 pm
This week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine published a list of beneficiaries of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) direct payments in the Republic of Ireland for 2020.
The department is obliged, by EU regulations, to publish a list of all beneficiaries of CAP funding – once they receive more than €1,250 – by the end of May each year.
Earlier today (Monday, May 31),
Agriland outlined the top 10 direct payments beneficiaries for last year. But who received the highest payment in each county?
Starting off with Munster, Brendan Kelleher from Co. Cork received the highest direct payment in the province in 2020, amounting to €245,626.91. This was also the highest value of direct payments made to a single recipient across the country in 2020.