BPS applications deadline approaching

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., has reminded farmers that the deadline for submitting their 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications online is midnight on Monday, 16th May.

This is also the deadline for the related submission of applications for

• Transfer of Entitlements

• Young Farmer/National Reserve

• Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM)

• Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (ANC), and

• Protein Aid Scheme.

The crops declared on the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme will also determine eligibility for the Tillage Incentive Scheme and the Protein Crops Schemes.

The department has been helping farmers to make their applications in recent weeks through its in-person BPS clinics at locations around the country. Further BPS clinics are scheduled through the month of May. Farmers can also contact the Direct Payments Helpdesk on 0578674422. The lines will be open for extended hours in the run up to the application date as follows:

• Between 9.15am and 9pm from Monday, 9th May to Friday, 13th May.

• Between 9.30am and 5pm on Saturday 14th and Sunday, 15th May.

• Between 9.15 am and 12 midnight on Monday, 16th May.