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Almost 115,000 farmers have been paid a total of €742m under the Basic Payment Scheme, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed.
Around 11,000 farmers have yet to receive their advance BPS payment of 70%, according to the IFA. The main issues holding up payments are inspections, including satellite inspections, digitisation, transfers, dual claims and over-claims.
IFA deputy president Richard Kennedy has said it is imperative that all BPS payments are made without any further delay, given the seriousness of the fodder situation in parts of county, particularly in the northwest.
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