{"id":1314805,"date":"2024-05-24T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1314805"},"modified":"2024-05-24T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:03:10","slug":"dafm-issues-e3-3m-in-scheme-payments-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/dafm-issues-e3-3m-in-scheme-payments-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"DAFM issues \u20ac3.3m in scheme payments this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued more than \u20ac3.3 million in outstanding scheme payments to farmers over the past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of \u20ac2 million was paid to farmers under the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and the Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, 120,284 farmers have now received BISS and CRISS payments totalling \u20ac832 million, according to DAFM figures published today (Friday, May 24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This figure includes 2023 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers payments (\u20ac33 million), as well as 2023 National Reserve payments (\u20ac4.5 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheme payments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Payments worth \u20ac345,952 were issued to farmers this week under the 2023 Eco-Scheme. This brings the total amount paid to 119,134 farmers to \u20ac309 million, the DAFM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outstanding Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS<\/a>) payments worth \u20ac586,162 were paid by the DAFM to farmers over the past seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DAFM’s latest scheme payment update also shows that \u20ac150,224 was paid out under the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme 2023. In total, 8,402 participants have now received \u20ac5.3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farmers also received a total of \u20ac74,514 over the past week\u00a0under the 2022 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC) schemes, DAFM figures show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of \u20ac9,000 was also issued by the DAFM in outstanding payments to farmers under the Green, Low-carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) over the past seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GLAS was replaced by the new \u20ac1.5 billion Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payments under the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) worth \u20ac61,406 also issued this week. A total of 3,862 farmers have now received their 2023 payment, totalling \u20ac39.6 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers who participated in the Protein Aid Scheme 2023 were issued a total of \u20ac27,838 over the past seven days. This brings the total payments received by 1,544 farmers to \u20ac10.08 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payments were also issued under the Straw Incorporation Measure 2023. A total of \u20ac122,114 issued to farmers this week, with a total of 3,336 farmers now having received \u20ac15.36 million.<\/p>\n\n\n