Bord Bia, Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland (AHI) are listed among the largest recipients of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments in 2025.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has published the annual list of recipients of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in program year 2025.
The administration must publish the information before the end of May of each year following the year in question.
The data published today (Friday 29 May) shows the amount of funding received by each beneficiary across all aspects of the CAP across Pillar 1 and Pillar 2.
Beneficiaries can be legal persons, such as farmers receiving CAP funding, or another entity, such as a farm operating as a registered company, government bodies, or others.
The data covers the CAP spending period from October 16, 2024 to October 15, 2025.
The entity that received the most funding was listed as Nat Coop Farm Relief Service, based in Tipperary, which received €9.351 million under the heading “EAFRD Technical Assistance”, which stands for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), which funds The second pillar From CAP.
This was followed by the Animal Health Outrage Initiative, based in Leitrim, which received €4,320 million under three headings, including just over €3.5 million for animal welfare and around €780,000 for advisory services, farm management and relief.
Bord Bia, based in Dublin, was the third largest beneficiary, receiving €4.034 million under two headings: just over €2.17 million for food promotion and just over €1.85 million for the School Fruit and Milk Vegetable Programme.
The fourth largest beneficiary was Galway-based Agri Climate & Envir Ser LTD, which received €3,802 million under the heading “Cooperation (CSP)”, a reference to the CAP Strategic Plan.
The second largest beneficiary was WCCP Limited in Kerry, which received €2.604 million under the same heading.
The sixth largest beneficiary was Monaghan’s Gilgro Co-operative Society, with €2,082 million for ‘Sectoral Support – Fruits and Vegetables (CSP)’.
Teagasc came in seventh place on the list with €1,752 million, all of which came under the heading “Knowledge Sharing and Information Dissemination (CSP).”
This was followed by the South Kerry Development Partnership, which received €1.167 million for the Co-operation (CSP).
Inishowen Development Ltd was the second largest beneficiary, receiving €1,143 million in financing under the same title.
Tipperary County Council came in tenth place, receiving €809,677, again under the heading “Cooperation (CSP)”.
Just behind this was the National Dairy Council, which received €788,858 from the School Fruit, Vegetable and Milk Programme.
Furthermore, many of the major beneficiaries were local and rural development bodies in various districts, such as Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs).
Among the top 50 recipients (with the 50th recipient receiving €243,800), there are a few individuals mentioned, as well as some agricultural companies that received the vast majority of their funding from the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS).
