The IFA has produced a series of estimations that analyse the effects convergence and eco-schemes will have on farm payments in the next CAP. The figures were set out by IFA director of policy Tadhg Buckley at an IFA CAP meeting in the north Leinster/Ulster region. The analysis builds on work carried out by the Department of Agriculture. The IFA's work includes several assumptions about eco-schemes which are not yet finalised and were excluded from the Department's work. Buckley explained that the figures assume eco-schemes will receive 25% of all direct payment funds and that all farmers will draw down an eco-scheme at a flat-rate of €64/ha. The rate of convergence was set at 85%.