Rural Life
Action plan to address issue of food poverty in Ireland
An action plan to address the issue of food poverty in Ireland has been published by the Minister of State...
Department of Social Protection
Agri-Business
Government publishes bill for new retirement savings scheme
The government has today (Friday, April 5) published a bill which would see around 800,000 workers, including those on farms,...
Rural Life
Almost 4,300 Farm Assist recipients to receive double payment
The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that 4,299 Farm Assist recipients will receive a double payment this week. They...
Agri-Business
Farm Assist recipients fall by almost 11% in 2022
The number of Farm Assist recipients fell by nearly 11% in 2022 compared to the previous year, provisional data from...
Rural Life
Almost a fifth of Farm Assist recipients in Donegal
5,004 low-income farmers across the country qualified for the Farm Assist payment last year, according to the Department of Social...
Rural Life
Almost 5,000 farmers received Farm Assist in 2021
4,925 low-income farmers across the country received Farm Assist payments last year, according to the Department of Social Protection. Donegal...
Rural Life
Major changes to Farm Assist means test
The Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has today (Tuesday, June 13) introduced major new changes to the Farm Assist...
Rural Life
Farm Assist Christmas bonus to be paid next week
Farm Assist recipients will get their Christmas bonus next week, Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys has confirmed. They are...
Agri-Business
Food service one of top sectors in which employees are returning to work
One of the top sectors in which employees are returning to work this week is the food service. The food...
CAP / Schemes
Department: Some full-time farmers 'entitled' to weekly pandemic payment
Some full-time farmers – subject to certain criteria – are eligible for Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) of €350/week, if...
Agri-Business
Farms that 'cease business' to be included in new Jobseeker's Benefit initiative
A new social insurance scheme for the self-employed will be introduced from this November, under which former farmers who no...
Dairy
Farmers' group welcomes 'part-time farm work' measures
The recent move to accommodate part-time work on farms by the Department of Social Protection has been welcomed by the Deputy...
Dairy
Course teaching jobseekers how to milk cows to begin in September
A course which aims to train jobseekers and people in receipt of Farm Assist payments to become dairy operatives is to...
Rural Life
Farm Assist recipients fall 33% in 5 years
The number of recipients of Farm Assist has declined 33% since 2012, according to figures supplied to AgriLand from the...