€86m in Eco Scheme payments issuing to farmers

Some €86m in 2025 Eco Scheme balancing payments are on now their way to participating farmers, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has announced.

The payments are worth 30% of the overall 2025 payment rate to farmers.

Once this payment run is complete, the scheme will have paid €288m to 112,610 farmers.

“The aim of Ireland’s Eco Scheme is to reward farmers for undertaking actions beneficial to the climate, environment, water quality and biodiversity,” Minister Heydon said.

“Eco Scheme payments are a vital support for farmers who will have incurred costs or foregone income to meet scheme requirements.

“My Department is fully committed to ensuring that all scheme payments continue to issue in the most efficient way possible and to ensure that these vital supports are delivered to farmers in a timely manner.”

Funds

The Minister said that the funds will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts over the coming days and that the Department is working through approving outstanding cases.

“I would urge any farmers with outstanding requests for documentation from the Department to return them to allow payments to issue,” he added.

Farmers with Eco Scheme, Basic Income Support for Sustainability, Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability, Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers or Areas of Natural Constraints payment queries can call the Department’s direct payments helpline at 057-867 4422 or submit queries at www.MyAgfood.ie.