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Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2
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The Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2 (PEPS2) is an exceptional adjustment aid scheme drawn up in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/467, giving temporary financial aid to pig farmers in Ireland.
Applicants must nominate one herd in which they wish to make the application in and to which payment applies, to which the 10% reduction of breeding pigs applies and to which all eligibility criteria laid out in Section 6 of the T&Cs applies, regardless of if you own or are linked to multiple herds. This nominated herd must have had a minimum level of 200 pigs produced in 2021. These may be pigs sent to slaughter, exported or sold commercially from a breeding herd.
This is the herd that the payment rate will be calculated on.
To qualify for PEPS 2 you must satisfy the following eligibility and conditionality criteria:
In respect of their nominated herd, an eligible applicant shall:
• be aged eighteen years or over on date of submission of the application for participation.
• Be the holder of an active herd number with Herd Owner Status. Herd Keeper is not acceptable.
• Must have produced 200 or more animals in the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 inclusive. These pigs must have been sent to a slaughtering establishment, exported or sold commercially from a breeding herd in the required period of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 inclusive.
• Must have returned a completed National Pig Census 2021 to Pig ID section, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine before 14 April 2022.
• Be a member of the Bord Bia Pigmeat Quality Assurance Scheme (PQAS) at the time of application or undertake to apply to be a member of the Bord Bia Pigmeat Quality Assurance Scheme prior to 30 August 2022.
• Have completed a Target Advisory Service for Animal Health (TASAH) Pig HealthCheck Biosecurity Review (AHI) between 1 January 2021 and 11 July 2022.
• Have completed a Target Advisory Service for Animal Health (TASAH) Pig HealthCheck Tail Biting Risk Factor Assessment (AHI) between 1 January 2021 and 11 July 2022.
• Demonstrate active participation in the DAFM Pig Welfare Inspection Programme, by scheduling, prior to 11 July 2022 their first inspection, or in the case of herds already inspected under the programme, a follow up inspection where DAFM deems it necessary.
Applicants should contact their local RVO directly to schedule their DAFM Pig Welfare Inspection. Contact details for each RVO can be found in Annex 2 of the Terms and Conditions.
• Have up to date quarterly reporting of antimicrobial data to DAFM for 2020, 2021 and Q1 2022 before 11 July 2022.
In respect of their nominated herd, an eligible applicant shall fulfil the following conditionality:
• Remain in pig farming until 30 April 2023,
• Reduce breeding pig numbers by 10% in the herd to which payment applies as compared to the National Pig Census 2021 return for that herd.
- Provide a self-declaration before 31 December 2022, of the 10% reduction in the number of breeding pigs in the herd to which payment applies as compared to their National Pig Census 2021 return for that herd.
- Maintain that reduction from the date the declaration is received in DAFM for four subsequent and consecutive months. Percentage based on the spot verification checks of the declared reduction will be undertaken at any stage during that four-month period.
• There will be fourteen rates of payment under the scheme:
• A one-off payment, rates of which are detailed below, shall be made per undertaking who produced more than 200 pigs in the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 inclusive for their nominated herd . These pigs must have been sent to a slaughtering establishment, exported or sold commercially from a breeding herd in the required period of 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 inclusive.
| Number of Pigs produced in 2021 | Payment Rate |
| 6,501 and over | €100,000 |
| 6,001 – 6,500 | €90,000 |
| 5,501- 6,000 | €82,500 |
| 5,001 to 5,500 | €75,000 |
| 4,501 to 5,000 | €67,500 |
| 4,001 to 4,500 | €60,000 |
| 3,501 to 4,000 | €52,500 |
| 3,001 to 3,500 | €45,000 |
| 2,501 to 3,000 | €37,500 |
| 2,001 to 2,500 | €30,000 |
| 1,501 to 2,000 | €22,500 |
| 1,001 to 1,500 | €15,000 |
| 501 to 1,000 | €7,500 |
| 200 to 500 | €3,000 |
Each undertaking will only be eligible for one payment as described above. Only one payment will issue per undertaking, irrespective of the number of herds or companies owned and only one payment will issue for the nominated herd number. Undertaking is defined in the Terms and Conditions under Section 3.13.
Please send completed applications to PEPS2@agriculture.gov.ie
Applications are open from 13 June 2022 and will close on 11 July 2022. No late applications will be accepted
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PEPS2 Terms and Conditions
Updated Terms and Conditions, 15 December 2022
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For information on the National Antimicrobial Usage Database for Pigs and guide to using the National Antimicrobial Usage Database please visit https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/fc9b3-pigs-farming-sectors/#national-antimicrobial-usage-database-for-pigs