Rural Life
Changes to elibility criteria for the Rural Social Scheme (RSS) are due to take effect from January...
Agri-Business
Government is being urged to "save" the agricultural industry and put more financial support in...
There are currently just over 3,400 recipients of Farm Assist, the Department of Social Protection...
There is a "clear need" to extend short-term benefits to the self-employed, including farmers, the ICMSA has said.
Over 400,000 households across the country that are qualified for the 2024 Fuel Allowance will receive a lump sum payment this week.
Almost 3,700 Farm Assist recipients will receive the October cost of living bonus payment this week, the Department of Social Protection said
An action plan to address the issue of food poverty in Ireland has been published by Minister of State Joe O’Brien.
The government has published a bill which would see around 800,000 workers enrolled into a new retirement savings scheme from January 2025.
The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that 4,299 Farm Assist recipients will receive a double payment this week.
The number of Farm Assist recipients fell by nearly 11% in 2022, provisional data from the Department of Social Protection shows.
5,004 farmers across the country qualified for the Farm Assist payment last year, according to the Department of Social Protection.
4,925 low-income farmers across the country received Farm Assist payments last year, according to the Department of Social Protection.
The Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has today (Tuesday, June 13) introduced major new changes to the Farm Assist means test.
Farm Assist recipients will get their Christmas bonus next week, Minister for Social Protection,...
The Department of Employment Affairs has issued an update on payments awarded under the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
Some full-time affected farmers - subject to certain criteria - are eligible for Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) of €350/week.
A new social insurance scheme for the self-employed will be introduced from this November, which will include farmers.
Dairy
The Deputy President of the ICMSA has welcomed the recent move to accommodate part-time work on farms by the Department of Social Protection.
A course which aims to train jobseekers and people in receipt of Farm Assist payments to become dairy operatives is to begin in September.
The number of recipients of Farm Assist has been declining since 2012, according to the Department of Social Protection (DSP).
