Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, announced payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme have commenced issuing to farmers.
The Minister said he’s delighted to announce that advance payments totalling €182m have been issued to 85,000 farmers around the country.
“The ANC scheme is crucial to farm families and I know the importance of getting payments out to applicants as quickly as possible,” Minister McConalogue said.
“The issuing of these payments in mid-September highlights our commitment to make payments to farmers at the earliest possible time. The ANC payments are a timely and significant financial boost for farmers and for the wider rural economy.”
The Minister continued by saying payments will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days and his department will continue to process, as a matter of urgency, all remaining cases for payment as they meet scheme criteria.
