There have also been payments in the Sheep Improvement and Tillage Incentive schemes, while ACRES money started to reach some farmers’ bank accounts.
Mandatory SCEP training and a declaration of rare breeds numbers under ACRES must be completed by 15 November 2024.
Payments are ongoing under the ANC, BISS, CRISS and eco scheme and many more will commence from the end of November onwards.
Advance payments are commencing from Wednesday 16 October at a rate of 70%.
The Liming Programme was introduced by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue in spring 2023.
Advance payment under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability and the Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability will commence on 16 October.
There are mounting fears the Department is reverting to a stricter interpretation of the rules around direct payments, the INHFA stated.
ACRES has been challenging administratively because of the change to results-based schemes in this CAP, Minister for Agriculture says.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue commenced the payments of €184m to the 87,149 farmers in the scheme.