Delays in basic farm payments unacceptable, says IFA deputy president Tim O’Leary

Delays in basic payments will be top of the agenda at next week’s meeting of the new Charter of Rights Monitoring Committee, says IFA deputy president Tim O’Leary.

Mr O’Leary said the backlog on farm payments under the basic payment scheme is unacceptable.

He said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney must intervene with the department to remove the barriers preventing an advance payment to all farmers.