Minister Heydon announces almost €195 million in advance payments under the 2025 Eco-Scheme to almost 110,000 farmers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, today announced the commencement of advance payments under the 2025 Eco-Scheme.

The Minister said:

The Minister continued:

The €194.5 million payment today builds on the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) advance payment last week of €511 million to over 110,500 farmers meaning that total advance payments on BISS, CRISS and Eco-Scheme over the last week amounts to over €705 million.

Concluding, the Minister said:

Advance Payments under the 2025 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme (ANC) which commenced last month and 2025 BISS payments that commenced last week are continuing as more cases are cleared for payment.

To facilitate farmers wishing to contact the department regarding their Eco-Scheme payments can phone the Direct Payments Helpdesk at 057 8674422. Farmers can also submit any queries they may have online via www.MyAgfood.ie.

ENDS

Notes for Editors

• By close of applications on the 15 May 2025, the Department had received 120,739 applications from farmers for Eco scheme of which at present 118,034 are eligible for payment.
• Payments will continue to issue over the coming weeks as further cases are processed and cleared for payment.
• The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) is a partnership between society and agriculture that ensures a stable supply of food, safeguards farmers’ income, protects the environment and keeps rural areas vibrant. EU countries implement the CAP at national level with an adopted CAP Strategic Plan for the period 2023-2027.
• The Eco-Scheme, Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) are funded by the EU.