John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10311/25]

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 January 1st, 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 2024 has not yet cleared all the necessary prepayment validation checks. My Department is actively working to progress these checks as a matter of urgency. As is the case with all EU co-funded schemes, all ACRES applications must pass regulatory controls and validations before payment can issue. Further pay runs, to participants in both Tranches, are continuing on a regular basis as cases pass all required validation checks.

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

John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment for 2024 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10312/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The person named was accepted into ACRES General Tranche 1, with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2023. An advance payment of €5,827.40 issued to the herd owner in December 2023 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023.

My Department has identified the issue that had been preventing this case from passing the required validations for the balancing payment for 2023, and a solution is currently being put in place. Once the payment claim for 2023 is finalised, the case will then progress to validation checks for the 2024 advance payment.

Further pay runs will continue to issue on a regular basis as cases pass all required validation checks. I can assure you that everything is being done to pay, as soon as possible, all ACRES participants who clear prepayment checks.

John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an ACRES payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10313/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application under the ACRES General stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of January 1st, 2023. An interim payment of €4,000 issued to the herd owner in early 2024 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023.

The ACRES balance payment in respect of 2023 has not yet been finalised for the person named due to a parcel amendment. This amendment created an issue as the initial application no longer matched the parcels currently being claimed. A solution is being developed to resolve the issue. As is the case with all EU co-funded schemes, all ACRES applications must pass regulatory controls and validations before payment can issue.

As each case is resolved, it is added to the next scheduled pay run. Pay runs are taking place fortnightly in order to ensure that these payments are issued in a timely manner.

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