Written answers

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agriculture Schemes

Photo of Verona MurphyVerona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the status of outstanding agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/24]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, my officials are continuing the processing of further ACRES payments, following their commencement last December 2023. This will take some further time to complete.

Therefore, I have decided to make an interim payment to all ACRES participants, both General and Co-operation Project, who have not yet received their advance payment for 2023. Further details will be provided in the coming days. I intend to deliver this payment by the end of February.

Intensive work will continue on the calculation of the full payments due to farmers under ACRES, and when this work is completed, the final payments issued to farmers will take into account the interim payments already made to the relevant participants

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