Administration of the Common Agricultural Policy in Ireland

What this means

• The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is Ireland's official paying agency for EU farm funds, meaning it is legally responsible for distributing CAP money to Irish farmers.[source]
• CAP stands for Common Agricultural Policy. It is an EU programme that provides direct payments and rural development support to farmers across member states including Ireland.[source]
• Ireland delivers its CAP supports through a CAP Strategic Plan, which sets out how direct payments and rural schemes are targeted at farmers in this country.[source]
• The legal basis for this role is EU Regulation 2021/2116, known as the CAP horizontal regulation, which governs how member states must manage and account for EU agricultural funds.[source]
• Because the Department handles EU public money on behalf of Irish farmers, its accredited paying agency status makes it directly accountable for how those funds are spent and verified.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of Agriculture, Food and the MarineBody

Indirect impact (7)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Agriculture, food, forestry and marine policyMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Retain the nitrates derogation for farmersCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Review and protect farm income support schemesCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Increase afforestation and support the forestry sectorCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Martin HeydonOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Noel GrealishOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment2-hop via dept-agriculture
  Timmy DooleyOfficeholder