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
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
With the figures the officials gave us for ACRES for 2023, there are 278 farmers who got nothing. I am assuming that is what that means. They got no payment at all. Out of those, how often was the issue with the farmer and how often was it with the Department? I am assuming if you got paid in 2024 you had no issues, but how many of the 278 who were at fault have been contacted? Has the Department tried to work with them to iron out their issues? What supports have they got, basically?
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