Kerry farmers received over €106 million in payments in the last quarter of 2020.
Almost €1.7 billion has been paid directly to farmers under a range of schemes operated by the Department of Agriculture and co-funded by the European Union.
These include the Basic Payment Scheme, environmental scheme GLAS, the Sheep Welfare Scheme, Beef Data Genomics Programme and the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme.
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Payments were also made through the Hen Harrier and Pearl Mussel projects totalling almost €2 million.
Cork farmers received the highest amount of payments at over €198 million.
