Application window for €100m fuel scheme supports will open in May

Farmers can apply for the fuel support scheme as early as next week, with payments currently scheduled to be distributed by the end of June

Farmers and contractors successful in their application for the fuel scheme could receive the five-month lump sum by the end of June.

The application window for the promised €100m fuel support scheme will open in early May.

Agriculture minister Martin Heydon said he intended to have applications open as early as next week.