Over €5 million in outstanding scheme payments were issued to farmers last week, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
This includes 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) payments worth €790,000.
Up to last Friday (March 22), 119,599 farmers have now received BISS and CRISS payments totalling €822.8 million.
This figure includes 2023 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (€29.5 million) and 2023 National Reserve (€4.2 million).
DAFM
The data shows that an additional €3.17 million was paid by the department to farmers who are in the Eco-Scheme as part of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
DAFM said that some 119,319 farmers have now been allocated a total of €304 million under the scheme
€676,906 was also paid out last week under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS).
€100,000 was paid to farmers under the 2022 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC) schemes.
Over 99,000 farmers have received a total €248.4 million as a result of these measures.
The department paid out €70,000 to farmers for the 2023 Protein Aid Scheme bringing the total amount allocated under the scheme to just over €10 million. €170,000 was paid for farmers for the Straw Incorporation Measure 2023
Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) payments worth €36,544 were issued last week. To date, 3,829 farmers have received their 2023 OFS payment totalling €39.2 million.
€20,000 was paid out last week to farmers for outstanding payments under the Green, Low-carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS).
Schemes
Meanwhile, DAFM has announced details of a series of in-person clinics to help farmers with their online applications for BISS and other area-based schemes.
The clinics, which will be held at venues around the country, will take place from 10:00a.m to 4:30p.m.
Staff from the department will provide one-to-one support to assist farmers to submit their scheme applications ahead of the deadline which falls on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
A full list of the in-person clinics can be found by clicking here.