EU CAP Payments To Midlands Bring In Nearly €180 Million Annually

It comes as the IFA are campaigning against reforms to have CAP ringfenced.

New data from the Irish Farmers Association shows Common Agriculture Policy payments from the EU are worth nearly €180 million to the Midlands annually.

The IFA is campaigning against proposed CAP reforms that would see it changed into a super-fund along with other sectors, meaning agriculture will no longer have a ringfenced budget.

The previous agreement saw one traunche of financial support going directly to farmers, with another separate fund going into rural development.

The second pillar of funding totalled €75 million in Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford last year.

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