Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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2207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who still have not received any payments under the ACRES scheme for 2023 to date, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43058/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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Following the latest Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) payment run over 99% of participants have had their 2023 payments finalised, almost 98% of participants have now received their 2024 advance payment (which is worth 85% of the total payment for 2024), while over 95% have also received the remainder of their 2024 payments which issue in the balancing payments.

Payments continue to issue on a weekly basis as cases pass validation checks. The following table provides details of the 2023 Balancing payments that are currently yet to be paid.