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It may come as no surprise that the counties with some of the largest amounts of agricultural land area receive the largest share of money from the Common Agricultural Policy. This is made up of the Basic Payment Scheme, GLAS, ANC, Sheep Welfare Scheme, the BDGP and other schemes in the Rural Development Programme.
According to figures from the IFA, Cork receives €193.96m worth of funding from the CAP. This is the largest amount received by any one county in Ireland and includes nearly €157m in BPS money and over €37m from the RDP.
Galway comes in second place with €139m in funding. The value of BPS in Galway is over €81m and it is also the highest recipient of RDP money, which is valued at over €57m for the county.
The counties receiving the least amount of money from the CAP are Carlow (€28m), Louth (€22m) and Dublin (€11m).
Rural Development Programme
After Galway, Mayo receives the second-highest amount of money in the RDP. It receives nearly €53m, largely driven by the €25m it receives in GLAS money. This is followed by Donegal, which receives nearly €43m from the RDP, including €20m from GLAS.
The lowest RDP spends are again in Carlow (€5m), Louth (€3.4m) and Dublin (€1.9m).
Galway receives the highest amount in ANC (€24m), GLAS (€27m) and BDGP (€3.6m) funds. Donegal receives the highest amount of Sheep Welfare Scheme money at just over €2.5m.
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