The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued an update on payments made under various farm schemes this week.

The department confirmed that under the 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), €906,727 was paid this week.

118,463 farmers have now been paid over €838.95 million through these schemes.

The BISS/CRISS figure above includes the 2025 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers of €34.9 million and the 2024 National Reserve of €2.9 million, DAFM said.

Scheme payments

Under the 2025 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC), €317,333 was paid out this week.

Under the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), €550,000 was paid to farmers.

Under the Organic Farming Scheme, €26,073 was paid out this week.

€224,670 was paid out under the 2025 Red Clover Scheme, while €128,373 was paid under the 2025 Multi Species Sward Scheme.

TAMS

The latest data from DAFM shows there was over €3.37 million issued to farmers for the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) this week.

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.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has this week confirmed that ranking and selection will continue to be applied to applications received in TAMS 3.

Similar to tranche 9, the minister said that priority will be given to applications under farm safety and nutrient storage schemes.

7,906 applications were received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) for tranche 10, which closed on December 5.