{"id":1319673,"date":"2024-05-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1319673"},"modified":"2024-05-30T12:33:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T11:33:14","slug":"sis-balancing-payments-to-be-paid-to-sheep-farmers-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/sis-balancing-payments-to-be-paid-to-sheep-farmers-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"SIS balancing payments to be paid to sheep farmers next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Payments to sheep farmers participating in the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) are expected to be paid in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While 85% of the payments to farmers were issued to farmers in November 2023, the remaining 15% in payments<\/strong> will be paid next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) confirmed to Agriland <\/em>that it “expects” the balancing payment of 15% under year 1 of the scheme to commence the week beginning Monday, June 3, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, next week begins with a bank holiday on Monday, and payments to farmers may not be issued until the next working day or throughout the rest of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 85% advance payments worth \u20ac19 million in the SIS were issued to farmers in November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, last month it was revealed that there were over 1,400 farmers in the scheme who had yet to receive an advanced payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue confirmed that of the 1,433 without advance payments, \u201csome of these will never generate a payment for a variety of reasons, i.e., no sheep census submitted, no BISS [Basic Income Support Scheme] submitted etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProcessing of these files including appeals of same is continuing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently a total of 18,934 applicants in the Sheep Improvement Scheme. A total of 18,648 of them joined in Year 1 of the scheme with a further 286 new entrants joining the scheme earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep Improvement Scheme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order for farmers to quality for the scheme, they must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n