Heydon: €4.2 million paid out in Knowledge Transfer programme
Over €4.2 million has been paid out as part of the Knowledge Transfer programme 2024-2026, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon.
The Knowledge Transfer programme builds on the previous Knowledge Transfer programme in the previous Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Its objectives are to provide support for high quality and targeted advice, while also delivering knowledge and targeted skills to farmers.
The programme operates over three years, from 2024-2026, and participants who successfully complete each year of the programme receive a payment of €750, while the transfer's facilitator receives payment of €500 per participant.
Minister Heydon said: "Knowledge Transfer participant payments commenced on March 28, 2025 in accordance with the commitments set out in the Charter of Rights for farmers.
"To date (July 17, 2025) €4.265 million in Knowledge Transfer participant payments have been issued. My department expects to commence Knowledge Transfer facilitator payments for 2024 in August (2025)," the minister added.
The table below outlines the amount paid under the Knowledge Transfer programme by county as of July 17, 2025.
| County | Amount paid |
| Co. Carlow | €52,600.00 |
| Co. Cavan | €287,070.00 |
| Co. Clare | €19,060.00 |
| Co. Cork | €120,850.00 |
| Co. Donegal | €457,910.00 |
| Co. Dublin | €20,180.00 |
| Co. Galway | €740,910.00 |
| Co. Kerry | €147,380.00 |
| Co. Kildare | €17,910.00 |
| Co. Kilkenny | €151,280.00 |
| Co. Laois | €39,850.00 |
| Co. Leitrim | €246,520.00 |
| Co. Limerick | €23,300.00 |
| Co. Longford | €304,020.00 |
| Co. Louth | €1500.00 |
| Co. Mayo | €536,730.00 |
| Co. Meath | €19,220.00 |
| Co. Monaghan | €58,180.00 |
| Co. Offaly | €35,490.00 |
| Co. Rosommon | €252,420.00 |
| Co. Sligo | €186,450.00 |
| Co. Tipperary | €102,110.00 |
| Co. Waterford | €35,130.00 |
| Co. Westmeath | €193,990.00 |
| Co. Wexford | €183,690.00 |
| Co. Wicklow | €31,580.00 |
| Total | €4,265,330.00 |
Separately, this week (July 23) Minister Heydon welcomed the publication of the revised National Development Plan (NDP).
On Tuesday, July 22, the government unveiled the revised NDP, which will see a total investment of €275.4 billion from 2026 to 2035.
Under the revised plan, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s (DAFM’s) new five-year capital allocation will stand at €1.625 billion.
Minister Heydon said that the NDP will support economic, social and environmental development in our rural and coastal communities.
