The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued an update on the various scheme payments made to farmers this week.

Over €3.2 million was paid out to farmers this week under a number of schemes.

The department confirmed that under the 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), €78,350 was paid this week.

118,818 farmers have now been paid over €845 million through these schemes.

The BISS/CRISS figure includes the 2025 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers of €38.4 million and the 2025 National Reserve of €3.1 million, the department said.

Farm scheme payments

Under the 2025 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC), farmers received €37,389 this week.

Under the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), €270,000 was paid out this week.

€57,792 was paid to farmers in the Organic Farming Scheme.

Farmers in the 2025 Straw Incorporation Measure received €49,675 this week.

TAMS

The latest data from DAFM shows there was over €2.7 million issued to farmers for the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) this week.

TAMS, which is co-funded by the EU, provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings.

Under TAMS 3, 48,616 approvals have been issued to date, with 20,912 payment applications submitted and 18,236 total payments made.

TAMS 3 total payments now amount to over €166.9 million.

Tranche 10 of TAMS 3 received 7,905 applications. DAFM figures show that 3,953 approvals have issued to date.