Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2022
267. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if either person can apply for farm assist in cases in which two names are on a herd number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52529/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraFarm Assist is a means-tested income support scheme for farmers. To qualify for the payment, a person must be actively farming land in the State, aged between 18 and 66 and satisfy a means test
A single herd number can be used to support only one Farm Assist application, where applicable, at a time.
Where two or more people farm what may originally have been a single unit, but is now claimed to be made up of separate units and is being managed as separate entities/businesses, they may qualify for Farm Assist in their own right, subject to satisfying all the conditions for the scheme.
I trust that this clarifies the matter.
