The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) paid out more than €3 million in farm scheme payments this week.

The department confirmed that a further €1.3 million was issued to farmers under the 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS).

118,011 farmers have now been paid over €834.5 million through these schemes.

The total figure includes the 2025 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers of €34.1 million and the 2024 National Reserve of €2.8 million.

DAFM

Almost €570,000 was paid out for the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC).

This means that 97,041 farmers have now been paid a total of €244 million under these measures.

An additional €300,000 was issued this week to farmers in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) bringing the total payments to over €742 million.

€274,000 was paid to participants in the 2025 National Sheep Welfare Scheme.

While an additional €360,000 was paid out under the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS).

TAMS

The latest data shows there was over €200,000 issued to farmers for the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) this week.

€119,428 was paid out under the current TAMS 3 programme, with €89,548 issued through TAMS 2.

TAMS, which is co-funded by the EU, provides grants to farmers to build and-or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings.

Among the ten measures available in TAMS 3 is the Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS), which provides support to farmers wishing to invest in renewable energy.

The scheme is ring-fenced with its own investment ceiling of €90,000, and grant-aided at the enhanced rate of 60%.

In response to a recent parliamentary question from Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon said SCIS has been "hugely popular with farmers".

There has been 5,529 SCIS applications received under the first ten tranches of the scheme.

"To date, a total of 3,167 approvals have issued, with payments of €22.9 million issuing to 1,232 applicants. Approvals continue to issue on a daily basis," the minister said.