Payments totalling €47.8m commenced on Thursday 5 December in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme. The Department of Agriculture reports that 14,943 farmers received payments. In the region of €51.54m was paid to 16,802 participants for the 2023 scheme year as of July 2024. If numbers in the scheme remain the same it means there are over 1,800 farmers yet to receive payment.