Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 areas of natural constraints payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41576/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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An application for participation in the 2024 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme was received from the above named applicant on the 17^th May, 2024.

Following completion of the relevant administration checks by my Department, payment under the 2024 ANC scheme will issue to the person named and will be lodged to their nominated bank account on the next scheduled payment run.

The next scheduled payment run is 16^th October, 2024. Payment can take up to seven working days to appear in an applicant’s account.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Roscommon and Galway who are still awaiting payment under ACRES; the date on which balancing payments will issue to participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41582/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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There are 496 Galway farmers and 164 Roscommon farmers whose 2023 ACRES balancing payment remains to be finalised.

Balancing payments in respect of participation in ACRES in 2023 started to issue in mid-June 2024. Payments have now been finalised for 91% of participants, with as many as possible of the remainder to be paid before 2024 advance payments commence.