Following exceptional flooding in the Shannon Callows during summer 2023, on 7 November 2023 I announced the launch of the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to support farmers who have lost fodder due to flooding in the region during summer 2023. I have allocated funding of approximately €800,000 which will allow for a payment rate of up to €325 per hectare. This is for LPIS parcels in the Shannon Callows Special Area of Conservation (SAC) impacted as determined by my Department's Earth Observation team, utilising the Area Monitoring System, and which were claimed by farmers on their 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) application.
Some farmers with LPIS parcels in Ballymacegan and Redwood, County Tipperary, that are within the Shannon Callows SAC area and which met the eligibility criteria for the scheme as set down in the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme Terms and Conditions have received payment. There are however other farmers within the area who did not receive payment as either the parcels were not detected as being flooded or where they were detected as flooded, they did not meet the minimum of six flood occurrences over the course of the 30 occurrences between 2 July 2023 and 29 September 2023.
The townland of Ballyea, Co. Tipperary is not located within the Shannon Callows SAC.
