Advance payments totalling €17.5 million have been issued to 7,141 Donegal farmers in Donegal under the Areas of Natural Constraints scheme.
Announcing the payments, Minister Charlie McConalogue said payments totalling over €184 million have issued to 87,149 farmers under the ANC scheme, the highest ever level of advance payments made.
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€17.5 million allocated to Donegal farmers under Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme
Advance payments totalling €17.5 million have been issued to 7,141 Donegal farmers under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.
Announcing the payments, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, said: “I am delighted to confirm that payments totalling over €184 million have issued to 87,149 farmers under the ANC scheme. This is the highest level of advance payments to the most farmers ever achieved for the ANC. Also, I am very pleased that, as I committed, the ANC payment date in 2024 is fully in line with dates agreed with the Farmers’ Charter earlier this year.”
“The ANC scheme is crucial to farm families, and I know the importance of getting payments out to applicants as quickly as possible. The issuing of these payments in mid-September highlights our commitment to make payments to farmers at the earliest possible time.
“Payments will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days and my department will continue to process, as a matter of urgency, all remaining cases for payment as they meet scheme criteria,” the Donegal minister added.
Minister McConalogue also confirmed that his department is on track to facilitate payment of the advance of 70% under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), Complementary Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) from October 16th 2024 and payments under the Eco-scheme from October 21st 2024.
