239. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will have their standing ACRES payment issued. [40673/24]

The person named submitted an application for Tranche 1 of the General stream of ACRES, and was accepted with a start date of 1 January 2023.

An interim payment of €4,000 issued to the person named in February 2024, and their 2023 balancing payment, totalling €3,071.18, was processed for payment on 25th September 2024. There are no further payments due to this participant in respect of 2023.

My Department is working towards commencing 2024 advance payments by the end of November. Any payment issuing to a Scheme participant is subject to the passing of all pre-payment validations.