Newly appointed Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar, has committed to a review of the Farm Assist scheme. The Programme for Government contains…
Over 8,000 farmers were in receipt of Farm Assist payments during March, according to the Department of Social Protection. In response to Parliamentary…
There are no plans to change the current criteria for accessing Farm Sssist applications, according to the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton.…
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…
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…
