Closing date for BISS applications approaching
Important date for farmers
With the deadline of the 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) applications just under two weeks away, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon, has urged farmers to submit their applications as soon as possible.
The minister said: “It is critical that farmers ensure that their BISS application is submitted on time. Supports are available through in person clinics next week and online. Also extended opening hours will operate in Portlaoise if farmers wish to call in and discuss their application with staff of my department”.
The BISS deadline of midnight on Wednesday, May 15, is also the deadline for the related submission of applications for a range of other schemes including the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers, ECO Scheme, Areas of Natural Constraints and transfers of entitlements.
The department has been helping farmers to make their applications in recent weeks through its in-person BISS clinics at locations around the country including one in Tipperary:
Tuesday - May 6 in Clonmel – Minella Hotel from 10am – 4.30pm
Farmers can also contact the Direct Payments Helpdesk on 057-8674422. The lines will be open for extended hours in the run up to the application deadline as follows:
•between 9am and 9pm from Tuesday, May to Friday, May 6 to 9.
•between 9.30am and 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11.
•between 9am and 9pm on Monday to Wednesday, May 12 to 14.
•between 9am and 12 midnight on Thursday, May 15.
Staff will also be available to assist at the public counter in the department office in Portlaoise during these extended opening hours.
In person consultations are available until half an hour before closing time on each of the days.