Rural Life
Almost 3,700 Farm Assist recipients to receive bonus payment
The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that almost 3,700 Farm Assist recipients will receive the October cost of living...
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Rural Life
IRL calls for Farm Assist payment increase in budget
Irish Rural Link (IRL) is calling on the government to increase the Farm Assist payment by a minimum €20 per...
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Events to showcase options for life beyond the farm
Two events are set to take place in the north-west to showcase the positives of the Irish dairy sector and...
Rural Life
Farmers in Co. Donegal received the most Farm Assist payments in 2023
Farmers in Co. Donegal received the most Farm Assist payments compared to any other county in 2023, according to latest...
Rural Life
Farm Assist: Calls for income disregard for land designations
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection has been told that farmers with a high proportion of land under designation...
Rural Life
Farm Assist: Pillar II schemes 'should be disregarded in totality'
The Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection has been told that payments from farm schemes under Pillar II of the Common...
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...
Rural Life
Farm Assist payment increases begin this week
From this week (beginning Monday, January 1), there is an increased rate of payment for those who receive the Farm...
Rural Life
Farm Assist Christmas bonus to be paid this week
A Christmas bonus of 100% will be paid during this week (beginning December 4, 2023) to people qualifying for the Farm...
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Transform your calf rearing with a JFC automatic feeder
We recently caught up with Richard Lowe who is a dairy farmer from Adare, Co. Limerick, who shares how the...
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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
Humphreys called to launch information campaign on farm assist
A member of the Seanad is calling on Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys to launch a public...
Rural Life
Farm Assist Christmas bonus to be paid next week
A 100% Christmas bonus will be paid to those in receipt of Farm Assist payments and other state supports next...
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
12 Farm Assist decisions revised on appeal in 2021
Decisions on 12 applications to the Farm Assist scheme in 2021 were revised upon appeal according to data from Minister...
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Farmer Wellbeing Board offers support to those in need
“A picture paints a thousand words” – this well-known phrase perfectly captures the essence of the Farmer Wellbeing Board, designed...
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...
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Farm Assist and Rural Social Scheme recipients in line for €2 million Christmas Bonus
Recipients of the Farm Assist and Rural Social Scheme payments are in line for a Christmas Bonus to the tune...
Rural Life
Farm Assist applicants to benefit from extension to fuel allowance scheme
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has announced the start of the National Fuel Scheme for the 2020/2021 season which...