Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme (PEPS)

The Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme gives temporary financial aid to pig farmers in Ireland.

To qualify for PEPS you must:

• 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

• There will be twelve rates of payment under the scheme:

A one-off payment, rates of which are detailed below, shall be made per farmer who produced more than 200 pigs 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.

Each undertaking, as defined in the Terms and Conditions, will be eligible for only one payment as described above, irrespective of the number of herds owned. Therefore, it is the responsibility of each undertaking to submit only one application.

Please send completed applications to PigScheme@agriculture.gov.ie

Applications are open from 7 March 2022 and will close on 20 March 2022. No late applications will be accepted.

Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme - PEPS

Email: PigScheme@agriculture.gov.ie