Payments commence for €13 million pig payment scheme
Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today confirmed payments under the Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2 (PEPS2) have commenced. Minister McConalogue introduced the scheme to provide support for pig farmers impacted by a prolonged cost-price squeeze, exacerbated by the impacts of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. PEP2, which is funded by Ireland’s … Read more