Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The person named was approved into Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2023.

ACRES payments commenced on December 15th for ACRES General cases that had, at that point, cleared the scheme payment validations. Due to the unprecedented number of applications approved under Tranche 1, it was not possible to get all participants paid by the 2023 year-end.

As is the case with all EU co-funded schemes, all ACRES applications must pass regulatory controls and validations before payment can issue.

Cases not paid in the December pay run are currently being validated against scheme requirements and my department continue to work to expedite payments. The case in question is one of a batch of outstanding cases still being processed and payment will be made once all payment validations are cleared.