Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2024
1001. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will personally intervene in the case of a farmer (details supplied) waiting on a payment under the young farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14805/24]
View answerAn application from the above named individuals was submitted on 17 May 2023 under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS), Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC), Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CISYF) and ECO scheme.
ANC payment issued on 17 October, with balancing payment made on 12 January 2024. The advance BISS and CRISS payments were made on 24 October, with the balancing payment following on 18 January 2024. ECO advance payment issued on 25 October with balancing paid on 24 January 2024.
Presently there are outstanding payments to issue under the CISYF plus a top-up on the BISS payment due to a successful application under the National Reserve. Unfortunately these outstanding payments are held due to a technical issue with the payment programme. Officials from my Department are working to resolve this and are hopeful that a fix can be deployed in the coming weeks to allow payments to issue.
