farm assist ??

lucky-colm

hi all

i have a small holding and iam into intensive farming but it is running at a severe loss. i was just wondering does anyone know what the farm assist payment would be for the wife and 3 childern and myself. and is it hard to get?

thanks

yabadabado

call into your local office and pick up the application form.you will need last years accounts and hear details .also a inspector will call out.its fairly straight forward.
heres more info and you can give yourself a rough idea the amount you may recieve
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/farmers/farm_assist

lucky-colm

thats great yabadabado thanks for that, i think i would be entitled to the maximum payment as both me and my spouse made no money whatsoever last year.

do you or anyone else know if i could also claim some sort of payment for our mortrgage aswell?
and what percentage of the mortgage does it cover? i have a fairly large mortgage (twas taken out inthe good times when we were both making good money)

dlambirl

Call into your CWO office and get the form for the Mortgage Interest Supplement. If you do get it it should cover the interest part of your mortgage or a good part of it.

You can read more about it here: http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/supplementary-welfare-schemes/mortgage_interest_supplement