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How much funding goes to the largest 20% of BISS recipients?
Noel Bardon
Find out how much of Ireland's CAP funding is distributed to the top recipients of funding.
6 June 2025 News
Department flags opportunities to correct BISS applications
There are two types of corrections that can be made to BISS applications without penalty, if the corrections are submitted ahead of their respective deadlines.
31 May 2025 News
Boarding schools among CAP recipients
Trading under Holy Ghost Fathers, Rockwell College received a total CAP payment of just under €84,000 in respect of 2023.
Largest BISS payments in each county revealed
The top BISS recipient claimed a little over €120,000 in BISS funds over the 2024 financial year.
28 May 2025 News
Two weeks to satisfy minimum stocking rate
For farmers not currently satisfying the minimum stocking rate of 0.1LU per eligible forage hectare they have less than two weeks to do so and be in a position to meet the 28 week retention period
28 May 2025 Schemes
Rules protecting designated landscape features
Landscape features, including hedgerows, can only be removed in limited exceptional circumstances with unapproved removal prone to penalties under conditionality
28 May 2025 Climate and environment
Revealed: top 10 BISS payments in 2024 financial year
The top recipient of BISS payments in the 2024 financial year was based in Co Meath.
26 May 2025 News
Concern over future of key farm schemes
The schemes at risk include the ANC, which alone is worth €250m/annum, ACRES, suckler and sheep schemes and on-farm investment schemes such as TAMS.
21 May 2025 News
Almost 124,000 BISS applications submitted by May deadline
There was also 18,104 application to the National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme, 17,011 to the National Sheep Welfare Scheme and 1,947 to the CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme.
21 May 2025 Schemes
Department pays Teagasc €100,000 to rent offices
A total of 32 Department of Agriculture staff are headquartered in the Teagasc Mellows campus in Athenry.
21 May 2025 News
Final push before attention turns to amendments
Farmers who still have land details to finalise should ensure that they get their 2025 BISS application submitted by the deadline of 15 May 2025 and avail thereafter of the amendment facility.
14 May 2025 Schemes
New GAEC 2 rules for peat soils now in place
The approval of the proposals by the EU Commission and its adoption in to law on 30 April 2025 means that farmers must abide by the legislation to receive BISS payment.
7 May 2025 Schemes