515. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the clarification sought by a person (details supplied) on the status of their ACRES payment can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41532/24]

An approval letter issued to the person named, dated 8th March 2023 for the ACRES Co-operation Project stream. It was advised in this letter to contact the ACRES CP Section in writing or by email, within 14 calendar days from the date of the approval letter, if the letter did not reflect the application; otherwise, it was taken that the applicant had accepted the offer and associated Terms & Conditions. No contact was received from the person named in this time period.

I have made further enquiries with regard to parcel number Y19104093, and can confirm that this parcel was not included at the time of application. Further investigation has also confirmed that this parcel is not within a designated CP zone.

Once an application is submitted, it cannot be amended, as per Circular 6/2022 and 12/2022. Unfortunately, it will not now be possible to reopen the application for this herd number and to make amendments and additions to the actions included at the time of application. Therefore, it will not be possible to add parcel Y19104093 to the application at this stage.

However, the person named can apply for Non Productive Investments (NPIs) and Landscape Actions. The NPI Specifications outline which actions can be applied for on non-CP land. The specifications are available on the Department's website.