Two important opportunities are still available to farmers who wish to correct their 2025 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based scheme applications without incurring a penalty.
The first of these are preliminary checks which will identify any over-claims, overlaps or dual claims. Notifications are issued where the department finds such an error on the farmer’s 2025 BISS application. For 2025, approximately 4,600 herds will receive a preliminary check notification. Where a farmer or advisor receives a preliminary check notification, they should log on to www.agfood.ie and respond before the deadline of 23 June 2025.
Secondly, notifications relating to the Area Monitoring System (AMS) are due to begin from 24 June 2025, for a minority of farmers. The first round of AMS notifications is for the potential presence of artificial surfaces, for example: buildings, farmyard extensions and farm roadways, in land parcel(s). Farmers or their advisor will have 14 days from the notification date to respond to the AMS notification. Further rounds of AMS notifications will issue from July 2025 onwards.
These Preliminary Checks and AMS notifications allow the farmer the opportunity to rectify issues with their BISS and other area-based scheme applications, without penalty. Farmers and advisors should check the correspondence section of their agfood.ie online account. Where a farmer is signed up for text message alerts, a text will issue to advise them that they have a notification on their agfood.ie account.
User guide and frequently asked questions documents are available at: Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Scheme
And also: Area Monitoring System (AMS).
Should farmers wish to contact the department they can do so at:
- 057 867 4422 in relation to queries on their BISS and other area-based schemes application, preliminary checks notifications, AMS notifications
- 049 436 8288 in relation to queries on registering for www.agfood.ie – for example queries on lost passwords, how to register
- AMS@agriculture.gov.ie in relation to queries on AMS notifications
To learn more about the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027, click here.