How much were BISS payments worth to your county in 2024?
The minister was responding to a parliamentary question from Sinn Féin TD Conor D. McGuinness.
BISS replaced the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2023.
Minister Heydon said that the payment is designed to provide a direct income support to Irish farmers to underpin their continued sustainability and viability.
"While BISS replaced BPS in 2023 as part of the new CAP, some Pillar 1 funding was allocated to the Complementary Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) as well as BISS. Therefore, direct county comparisons between BPS and BISS will show differences," he said.
The amount of funding distributed to each county under BISS since its introduction can be seen in the following table:
County 2024 BISS payment total 2023 BISS payment total Carlow €11,951,400 €12,229,514 Cavan €20,133,221 €20,009,955 Clare €28,329,480 €27,913,532 Cork €85,690,275 €86,219,045 Donegal €38,076,559 €36,880,125 Dublin €4,925,088 €4,944,086 Galway €51,003,189 €50,544,889 Kerry €42,708,864 €41,369,480 Kildare €16,031,008 €16,318,988 Kilkenny €26,373,517 €26,868,563 Laois €19,666,917 €20,078,128 Leitrim €13,273,501 €12,816,677 Limerick €28,395,348 €28,302,359 Longford €10,732,608 €10,772,179 Louth €9,702,365 €9,889,250 Mayo €46,334,704 €44,948,179 Meath €27,582,841 €28,050,912 Monaghan €15,079,196 €15,300,592 Offaly €18,540,259 €18,760,008 Roscommon €23,590,597 €23,384,194 Sligo €15,821,036 €15,389,231 Tipperary €50,258,016 €50,989,278 Waterford €19,871,787 €20,048,387 Westmeath €18,268,933 €18,236,329 Wexford €29,873,279 €30,503,919 Wicklow €16,345,056 €16,276,123 Total €688,559,044 €687,043,922 Source: DAFM
The figures show that Cork received the highest total payments under BISS in 2024 at almost €85.7 million, which was down on the previous year (€86.2 million)
Galway was in second position on €51 million, closely followed by Tipperary €50.2 million, while Mayo took fourth place with €46.3 million.
Dublin was the county with the lowest amount of payments at €4.9 million.
Minister Heydon added that BISS payments for this year will commence in October 2025.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) previously confirmed that a total of 123,705 applications for BISS and other area-based schemes were submitted this year.
This figure is down from 124,274 scheme applications in 2024.
Cork was again the county with the highest number of applications at 12,181, followed by Galway on 11,603 and Mayo with 10,942.
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