Minister Heydon announces €183.2 million of payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme
- Published on: 17 September 2025
- Last updated on: 17 September 2025
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, today announced payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme have commenced issuing to farmers.
Commenting on the announcement, Minister Heydon said:
“I am delighted to announce that advance payments totalling €183.2 million have issued to 86,985 farmers under the ANC scheme. Payments commencing today is a significant milestone achieved and is in line with dates agreed in the Farmers’ Charter.”
The Minister further commented:
“The ANC scheme is crucial to farm families, and I know the importance of getting payments out to applicants as quickly as possible. The issuing of these payments in mid-September highlights our commitment to make payments to farmers at the earliest possible time.
“Payments will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days, and my department will continue to process, as a matter of urgency, all remaining cases for payment as they meet scheme criteria.”
Minister Heydon also confirmed that his Department is on track to facilitate payment of the 70% advance under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), and Complementary Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) from 16 October 2025, and payments under the Eco-scheme from 23 October 2025.
Notes to Editor
In line with last year’s arrangement, the payments currently issuing are an 85% advance payment on the ANC Scheme. The 15% of balancing payments are due to commence in early December.
In line with previous years, not all applications are currently cleared for payment under the ANC Scheme. Regular pay runs will continue in the coming weeks to ensure cleared cases are processed for payment as quickly as possible. Farmers should submit any outstanding evidence in support of their application to the Department’s Portlaoise Office as soon as possible to facilitate the early release of payments.
Contact: Direct Payments Helpdesk 057 8674422.
Farmers can also submit any queries they may have online via MyAgFood.ie.
Staff from the ANC Section are also available at the National Ploughing Championships to answer any queries.
|
County |
Applicants Paid |
Gross Paid |
|
Carlow |
709 |
€1,426,499 |
|
Cavan |
4,096 |
€8,169,591 |
|
Clare |
5,188 |
€11,513,096 |
|
Cork |
6,473 |
€14,813,058 |
|
Donegal |
7,035 |
€17,055,983 |
|
Dublin |
125 |
€288,415 |
|
Galway |
9,627 |
€20,305,936 |
|
Kerry |
6,084 |
€14,805,735 |
|
Kildare |
540 |
€881,578 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,534 |
€3,020,288 |
|
Laois |
1,470 |
€2,772,320 |
|
Leitrim |
2,924 |
€6,545,902 |
|
Limerick |
3,918 |
€7,360,169 |
|
Longford |
2,033 |
€3,951,894 |
|
Louth |
624 |
€970,371 |
|
Mayo |
9,050 |
€19,668,921 |
|
Meath |
1,310 |
€2,189,421 |
|
Monaghan |
3,433 |
€6,143,213 |
|
Offaly |
2,087 |
€3,827,344 |
|
Roscommon |
4,831 |
€9,758,744 |
|
Sligo |
3,330 |
€7,132,624 |
|
Tipperary |
4,135 |
€8,204,665 |
|
Waterford |
1,197 |
€2,467,251 |
|
Westmeath |
2,436 |
€4,377,872 |
|
Wexford |
1,306 |
€2,196,908 |
|
Wicklow |
1,490 |
€3,426,678 |
|
Total |
86,985 |
€183,274,476 |