Departmental Data

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Questions (444)

Colm Burke

Question:

444. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the ACRES and ACRES-CP scheme who are awaiting payments for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31346/25]

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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The following table represents the number of participants paid and awaiting payment following the latest payment run on 6 June 2025:

Scheme year		General		Co-operation		Total
	Number of ACRES participants paid	Number of ACRES participants awaiting payment	Number of ACRES participants paid	Number of ACRES participants awaiting payment	Number of ACRES participants paid	Number of ACRES participants awaiting payment
2023 payments	26,189	340	17,766	450	43,955	790
2024 Advance payments	30,452	2,973	18,898	1,707	49,350	4,680*
2024 Balance payments	28,759	4,666	16,956	3,649	45,715	8,315*

* Please note that the figure of 8,315 is inclusive of the 4,680 participants awaiting their 2024 advance payment, and the figure of 4,680 is inclusive of the 790 participants awaiting finalisation of their 2023 ACRES payment.

Payments continue to issue on a weekly basis as cases pass all required validation checks. Updates on payments continue to be published on the Department website on a weekly basis.