Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
2:00 am
Mr. Paul Savage:
Yes, it is about having consistency between the two. Somebody may submit particular details on a map in the context of a BISS application. We started by reference back to BISS applications in 2022, if I am not mistaken, in terms of the ACRES applications in 2023. When it came to making the payments in ACRES in 2023, we had to effectively compare any changes on the BISS in 2023 against what we were receiving in ACRES. We have to try to make sure there is an alignment between the data that comes in fresh from BISS and the data that ACRES is working off. To be honest, that is a response to the application that comes in on BISS. It is a response to changes that have happened on the ground in the context of the farmer's activities. We have to make sure that is incorporated into our systems, so we are paying accurately and appropriately when it comes to ACRES.
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