Succession Planning Advice Grant
From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Succession Planning Advice Grant is a scheme specifically aimed at encouraging best practice in intergenerational land transfer in order to address, among other things, significant generational imbalances in farming.
The grant is to encourage and support farmers aged 60 years and above to seek succession planning advice by contributing up to 50% of vouched legal, accounting and advisory costs, subject to a maximum payment of €1,500.
You may qualify for this grant if you are:
• a farmer aged 60 years and above who is currently not in a succession partnership
• farming at least a minimum of 3 hectares of land at the time of the application
• farming for a minimum of 2 years prior to application
50% of vouched legal, accounting and advisory costs, ex VAT, subject to a maximum payment of €1,500.
Applications may be submitted all year round, but payments will be made in Tranches. This year’s application will open on Mon 1st of Jan 2024 and will close on 31st December 2024.
Tranche 2 payment will issue in the first quarter of 2025.
Payments will issue for each Tranche in Quarter 1 of the following year until the end of the current CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Only fully completed applications with the following documents will be processed. These documents are listed below.
You must meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the Terms and Conditions.
• completed checklist
• completed application form
• proof of age
• proof of address
• copies of all invoices claimed
• proof of payment for all invoices
Please ensure you read the Terms and Conditions.
Succession Planning Advice Grant: Terms and Conditions
The Succession Planning Advice Grant is a scheme run by the Farm Partnership Unit and can be contacted as follows: