Dáil debates

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Agriculture Schemes

9:50 am

Photo of Martin HeydonMartin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The advance payment is one feature of our payments system that we have managed to handle very well until now. It is a key component that farmers are used to but, obviously, a lot of pressure is being put on our system with that. Among the applications that have been submitted, I am not sure off the top of my head what the advance payment amounts to but we are going to get it in during the fourth quarter of the year. Getting that payment in early is important because the basic premise of the payments relates to costs incurred and income forgone, and farmers will incur costs this year by signing up to ACRES and we need to get that money back to them as quickly as can. We will try to get that payment to them in as timely a manner as possible.

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