The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued an update on various scheme payments made to farmers this week.
More than €3.2 million was paid to farmers this week under a number of schemes.
The Ministry confirmed that under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) 2025 and the Free Redistributed Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), €78,350 was paid this week.
To date, more than €845 million has been paid to 118,818 farmers through these schemes.
The BISS/CRISS figure includes the 2025 supplementary income support for young farmers of €38.4 million and the 2025 national reserve of €3.1 million, the ministry said.
Farm scheme payments
Under the 2025 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraints (ASC), farmers received €37,389 this week.
Under the Agricultural and Climate Rural Environment (ACRES) programme, €270,000 was paid this week.
Farmers in the organic farming scheme were paid €57,792.
Farmers in the 2025 straw consolidation measure received €49,675 this week.
Tams
The latest data from the DAFM shows that more than €2.7 million has been released to farmers for targeted agricultural modernization schemes (Tams 3) this week.
The TAMS programme, co-financed by the European Union, provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified set of buildings and agricultural equipment on their property.
Under TAMS 3, 48,616 approvals have been issued to date, with 20,912 payment requests submitted and a total of 18,236 payments made.
Total TAMS 3 payments now stand at more than €166.9 million.
Tranche 10 of the TAMS 3 program received 7,905 applications. DAFM figures show 3,953 approvals have been issued so far.
