Cathal Crowe
Ceist:456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene to resolve a long-running issue affecting a payment (details supplied). [67522/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 2 December 2025
Ceisteanna (456)
Freagraí scríofa
The person named submitted an application under the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) General stream and was approved into Tranche 1 of the scheme, with a commencement date of 1st January 2023.
My Department has been in regular contact with the herdowner and his advisor in relation to outstanding payments for the Riparian Buffer Zone action and Low Input Grassland action on this contract. These actions were not paid as the applicant initially had an invalid crop code listed for the parcels in question on the 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS) application. This has since been amended on BISS, and ACRES officials have advised the person named that this will be corrected in our financial reconciliation process for 2023 and 2024 Scheme Years when this is in place.
I have made further enquiries with regard to 2025 ACRES Advance payments in this case, and I can confirm that my Department is working to reinstate the actions in question on this contract in order for payment to issue correctly in respect of 2025.
I can assure you that everything is being done to pay, as soon as possible, all ACRES participants who clear prepayment checks.