The new Farmers’ Charter, which was agreed this week, outlines a timeline of payment dates for key farm schemes, following controversy last year over delayed payments.
Last year saw payments under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme delayed compared to the customary timeline for the equivalent schemes under the previous Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has repeatedly committed that scheme payments would return to their usual timeline for this year and subsequent years.The timeline outlined in the new charter reflects the minister’s commitment, although […]
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