Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
2:00 am
Mr. Francis Morrin:
So far, there have been very few delays. In every scheme, there will always be a very small number of people who have delayed payments for whatever reason. Often, that is on the farmer's side. Very occasionally, it is on our side as well. That is just a fact of life with any scheme that is operated anywhere by any Department. In terms of specific things that cause delays on either of those schemes, they are down to individual items. It might be that they have not completed some action. For example, we had people who had delayed completing SCEP training earlier in the year. We extended the date for training to allow farmers an extra chance to get that training done, get it across the line and they would have picked up the payment then.
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