John Connolly (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications nationally, under tranche 2 of ACRES; that have withdrawn their applications to date; the number of remaining participants in the scheme on each island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62522/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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Approximately 460 farmers have withdrawn from Tranche 2 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).

There are currently over 53,700 participants remaining in the scheme with almost 44,500 in Tranche 1 and over 9,200 in Tranche 2.