The Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton came in for some severe criticism in the Dail this week over recent...
November 18, 2015
There are no plans to change the current criteria for accessing Farm Sssist applications, according to the Minister for Social...
October 5, 2015
The Department of Social Protection has estimated that an average of 9,400 farmers per week will claim farm assist this...
June 29, 2015
The number of farmers who claimed Farm Assist in March fell by over 10% compared to the same month last...
April 21, 2015
IFA Rural Development Chairman Flor McCarthy has accused Minister Joan Burton of hounding farmers on Farm Assist with new and more rigorous...
March 14, 2015
In 2013, 377 overpayments were made on the Farm Assist scheme with a total value of €2.9 million, giving an...
September 29, 2014
According to the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton this year the Department will spend approximately €91.6 million on the...
July 12, 2014
The number of farmers claiming Farm Assist dropped by 13% last year, according to Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
July 7, 2014
In total €99.5 million was spent by the government on the Farm Assist Scheme last year according to Minister for...
March 6, 2014
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