Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)
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227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine hen a 2023 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/25]

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 interim payment of €4,000 issued to the herd owner in February 2024 in respect of their participation in the Scheme in 2023.

This case was delayed due to an inspection related issue which has now been resolved. The balance 2023 claim is expected to be finalised shortly. Once the payment claim for 2023 is finalised, the case will then progress to validation checks for the 2024 advance payment. Further pay runs, to participants in both tranches, are continuing every 10 days 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 pre-payment checks.