The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued an update on various scheme payments made to farmers this week.
More than €5.6 million was paid to farmers this week under a number of schemes.
The Ministry confirmed that under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and the Free Redistributed Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) 2025, €262,929 was paid this week.
To date, more than €845 million has been paid to 119,277 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 million, the ministry said.
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Under the Agricultural and Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) this week, €2.11 million was paid.
Under the 2025 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraints (ASC), farmers received €51,455 this week.
Under the National Sheep Welfare Program 2025, €180,239 was paid this week.
€133,944 of payments were made under the OA scheme this week.
Tams
The latest data from the DAFM shows that more than €2.8 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, 48,432 approvals have been issued to date, with 20,703 payment requests submitted and a total of 17,911 payments made.
Total TAMS 3 disbursements now amount to more than €164 million.
Under TAMS II, 54,013 were paid this week.
