Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023.

An interim payment in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023 issued to the participant in February 2024. The balancing payment issued in September 2024.

The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of participation in ACRES in 2024 has not yet cleared all the necessary pre-payment validation checks. My Department has been in direct contact with the agricultural advisor of the person named, and is awaiting a response to progress the claim.

I can assure you that everything is being done to pay, as soon as possible, all ACRES participants who clear pre-payment checks.

Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a 2024 ACRES payment for persons (details supplied). [5765/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application under the ACRES Co-operation stream, and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme with a commencement date of 1st January 2023. I can confirm that all ACRES payments in respect of 2023 have been finalised for this participant.

The advance payment claim associated with this herd in respect of participation in ACRES in 2024 has not yet issued because the required soil sample documents had not been submitted in advance of previous payment runs. I can confirm that the soil sample documents were received on Tuesday 11th February 2025. The application will now be validated against the remaining checks. Once all checks have been passed successfully, the application will be included on the next available payment run.

I can assure you that everything is being done to pay, as soon as possible, all ACRES participants who clear pre-payment checks.