Over €5.6 million was paid out to farmers under various schemes last week, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

The latest data shows that just over €900,000 was paid out under the 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS).

The department said that 118,526 farmers have now received a total of €840.6 million under these measures.

This figure includes the 2025 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers of €36.4 million and the 2025 National Reserve of €2.9 million.

DAFM

A further €2.9 million was paid out to farmers last week through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3).

Over 43,000 approvals for TAMS 3 applications have been issued with 15,626 payments made totalling over €142 million.

Last week, the department issued an additional €1.3 million to farmers for the 2025 Eco Scheme.

This brings the total paid out under this scheme to €305 million to 118,332 farmers.

The data also shows that almost €95,000 was paid out under the 2025 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC).

An additional €240,000 was issued to farmers in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).

While nearly €93,000 was paid to participants in last year's Sheep Improvement Scheme.

To date, 16,757 farmers have been paid a total of €18.15 million for this scheme.