100,000 farmers set for BPS refund

Over €13.35m will be reimbursed this week

Cattle wander on the seafront at Lickowen strand on Toe Head, West Cork. Picture: David Creedon, Alamy Live News. 

Payments of over €13.35m will be issued to approximately 100,000 farmers this week as the Department of Agriculture rolls out the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) refund.

This money was deducted from farmers’ 2019 BPS payments under the Financial Discipline rule and is now being reimbursed in line with the EU regulations.