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FF calls for simpler process for farm assist applications

April 9, 2019

Fianna Fáil is calling for the process of applying for the Farm Assist Scheme to be simplified, arguing that farmers shouldn’t be “slowed…

Farm Assist and state pension receive €5 boost

March 27, 2018

Rural Life

Recipients of social welfare – including Farm Assist and the state pension – will start to receive an increase in their weekly welfare…

Man who falsely claimed benefits has cash stripped from farm assist payment

July 4, 2017

Rural Life

A man who worked for a fertiliser manufacturer for a year has been fined after claiming €9,024 in illegal social welfare payments while…

Expenditure of almost €83m to be provided for Farm Assist in 2017

January 26, 2017

CAP / Schemes

In 2017, revised estimates for the Department of Social Protection provide for expenditure of almost €83m on the Farm Assist Scheme, the Minister…

Number of farmers applying to farm assist falls (€88.4m paid out last year)

July 15, 2016

Rural Life

The number of farmers applying to Farm Assist has fallen since 2012, new figures from the Department of Social Protection show. Total expenditure…

Any changes to Farm Assist will be next year at the earliest – Varadkar

July 1, 2016

CAP / Schemes

Any forthcoming changes to the Farm Assist Scheme will not be implemented until next year at the earliest, according to the Minister for Social…

Varadkar commits to review of Farm Assist scheme

May 27, 2016

CAP / Schemes

Newly appointed Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar, has committed to a review of the Farm Assist scheme. The Programme for Government contains…

Budget changes to Farm Assist save the Government €10m a year

December 18, 2015

Agri-Business

Changes made in the Budgets of 2012 and 2013 to the Farm Assist scheme saw the Government save over €10m per annum. The…

‘When was the last time you were on a farm?’- Burton criticised over farm assist changes

November 18, 2015

Agri-Business

The Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton came in for some severe criticism in the Dail this week over recent changes to the…

No plans to change Farm Assist criteria – Burton

October 5, 2015

Agri-Business

There are no plans to change the current criteria for accessing Farm Sssist applications, according to the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton.…

9,400 farmers will claim farm assist every week this year

June 29, 2015

Agri-Business

The Department of Social Protection has estimated that an average of 9,400 farmers per week will claim farm assist this year, according to…

Numbers claiming Farm Assist fall by 10%

April 21, 2015

Agri-Business

The number of farmers who claimed Farm Assist in March fell by over 10% compared to the same month last year, according to…

Burton accused of ‘hounding’ farmers on Farm Assist by IFA

March 14, 2015

Agri-Business

IFA Rural Development Chairman Flor McCarthy has accused Minister Joan Burton of hounding farmers on Farm Assist with new and more rigorous means testing. The…

Five farmers overpaid farm assist to the tune of €580,000

September 29, 2014

Agri-Business

In 2013, 377 overpayments were made on the Farm Assist scheme with a total value of €2.9 million, giving an average overpayment of…

Goverment to spend €91m Farm Assist payments in 2014

July 12, 2014

Agri-Business

According to the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton this year the Department will spend approximately €91.6 million on the Farm Assist Scheme and…

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