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  • DAERA Messaging Service

    Topics:
    • Grants and Funding, 
    • Sustainable Agriculture Programme, 
    • Agricultural & Environmental Schemes

    Agricultural and Environmental Schemes are moving fully digital for communications through DAERA Messaging.

    DAERA messaging is a two-way solution for communicating scheme transactions to include acknowledgements, payment letters and providing supporting documentation securely between DAERA and Customers.

    Important

    • You will need to be registered with NIDA or Government Gateway to access your DAERA Messaging Sign in / Register
    • You can update your e-mail address to be different from that, which you used for NIDA/Government Gateway. We will send the DAERA Message to your preferred e-mail address.
    • You can respond to a DAERA Message and upload documents.

    How to video

    A video on how to use the messaging service is available here 

    Help and Support

    Should you require further information or support please contact agriculturalandenvironmentalschemes@daera-ni.gov.uk or call the Scheme Information and Support team and ask to speak to someone about accessing your message or uploading a document on 0300 200 7848.

    Before you start

    You will be asked to sign in using your GOV.UK Government Gateway or Northern Ireland Identity Assurance (NIDA) details

    If you do not have sign in details for either of these identity providers then you will have the option to register.

    Sign in / Register

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