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

On the issue raised by Deputy Conway-Walsh, I absolutely accept there is a challenge for farmers with regard to ACRES payments, particularly farmers who have worked with their advisors and undertaken the measures to be implemented this year. As I have said here already, payments will commence next week on 18 December for two thirds of all ACRES general participants. Those payments are in the final stages of being processed for this year. Due to the additional complexity associated with the co-operation project or CP stream, payments for ACRES CP participants are being progressed and are scheduled and will begin to issue in February 2024. I will bring the point the Deputy raised about advanced payments back to the Minister, Deputy McConalogue.

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