36,219 farmers still waiting for Dept. of Agriculture payments

Figures released by the Department of Agriculture last week showed 14,096 out of 119,679 applicants had not been paid the first instalment of the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.

In the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme, 22,123 had not been paid out of 102,385 applicants.

More than 1,000 Basic Payment applicants hadn’t been paid in three counties.