{"id":1335123,"date":"2024-06-23T15:13:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T14:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1335123"},"modified":"2024-06-23T15:13:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T14:13:42","slug":"farmers-in-co-donegal-received-the-most-farm-assist-payments-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/farmers-in-co-donegal-received-the-most-farm-assist-payments-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers in Co. Donegal received the most Farm Assist payments in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Farmers in Co. Donegal received the most Farm Assist payments compared to any other county in 2023, according to latest figures from the Minister for Rural and Community Development,\u00a0Heather Humphreys<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A total of 907 farmers in Co. Donegal received the payments last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall there were 3,985 farmers country-wide who received the means-tested payment for low-income farmers in 2023, the latest figures show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Minister Humphreys there are on average, 3,700<\/strong> Farm Assist claims in payment at present and the Government has allocated \u20ac50.92 million for the scheme in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to a parliamentary question tabled by the Fianna Fail TD for Galway West, \u00c9amon \u00d3 Cu\u00edv, on the number of farmers who had received Farm Assist payments between 2019 and 2023 the minister highlighted that “the numbers on the scheme are declining”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She said this was “primarily as a result of the ageing profile of the customers”.<\/p>\n\n\n