More than 2,100 applications have been made to the Government's fuel support scheme for farmers and agricultural contractors within its first week.
The scheme opened last Wednesday and received 1,570 applications within its first 72 hours.
The supports were announced off the back of last month's fuel protests, which included the blockade of Ireland's only oil refinery at Whitegate in County Cork.
Farmers are expected to be paid around 20c per litre under the scheme, with a minimum payment of €100.
Payments due to applicants will be calculated once all claims have been submitted.
No maximum limit on payments has been set until officials can gauge the total number of applicants to the scheme.
Payments are due by the end of June.
The Department of Transport is to soon open a similar scheme for hauliers, with those who drive construction vehicles also in line for supports.
