How a technical delay bars farmers from share of €735m sustainability supports

The DAFM says the primary reason for payments not issuing is because the applicant does not hold entitlements, or may have indicated that they are not farming the land

There are several other lucrative schemes open to farmers if they correctly carry out the area-based application between February and early June. File picture

Every year, some Irish farmers are unable to bear the bureaucratic burden of the online area-based application for income supports, mostly funded by the EU.

Around €700m of the support for 2025 has now been paid out, but nothing went to at least 78 farmers, because they failed to make the application in time.