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The massive cash injection that BISS payments represent was never more needed, by farmers and by the people they trade with and owe money to.
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Prudent spending applies to farmers just as much as it applies to Minister for Finance Jack Chambers.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue commenced the payments of €184m to the 87,149 farmers in the scheme.
It comes after the European Commission authorised EU member states to pay higher advances of CAP funds to help growing liquidity problems on farm.
The IFA said a repayment plan for ACRES overpayment needs to be made sooner rather than later, to avoid Areas of Natural Constraint payments being affected.
The ICMSA has requested that affected farmers be allowed to repay via next year's ACRES payment rather than the next scheduled payment.
IFA Connacht Regional chair Brendan Golden discusses new Charter and the contribution of both the IFA and Department of Agriculture.
The announcement of the ANC advance payments will once again be a feature of the Ploughing Championships.
INHFA president Vincent Roddy says there is a high level of frustration around ACRES and that there is a need to address critical issues around payments, habitat scorecards and actions for farmers.
Minister of State Pippa Hackett and her husband Mark Hackett earned a total of €37,420.87 in CAP payments in 2023.
