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Minister McConalogue announces commencement of Balancing Payments of â¬16.6 million of the Sheep Welfare Scheme
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced the commencement of the 15% balancing payments to all eligible farmers under year 4 of the Sheep Welfare Scheme. The Scheme is co-funded by the European Union as part of Irelandâs Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020.
The rollout of the balancing payments brings the total paid under Year 4 of the Sheep Welfare Scheme to â¬16.6 million to some 18,300 farmers, providing a significant financial boost to the individual farmers, the sheep sector in general and the wider rural economy.
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It is worth reviewing lost tags when any significant handling tasks are taking place to stay on the right side of SMR 7 and avoid any penalties in the case of an inspection. \ David Ruffles
Sheep/goat identification and registration is one of 13 statutory management requirements (SMRs) set out under cross-compliance.
It is a significant contributor to cross-compliance penalties and is only exceeded by SMR 7: Bovine Identification and Registration.
The latest breakdown of cross-compliance penalties for 2019 shows that 6,149 full cross-compliance and animal identification and registration inspections took place, with 2,649 inspections recording full compliance.
Bovine identification and registration recorded 3,060 cases of non-compliance, while sheep/goat identification and registration recorded 435 cases of non-compliance.
IFA sheep chairperson, Sean Dennehy, has welcomed the move by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to change the reference ye.