870. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the IT issue preventing payment of a 2023 Acres scheme payment to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) has been rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45093/24]

The person named was accepted into Tranche 1 of the Co-Operation stream of ACRES, and received an interim payment of €5,000 in February of this year.

Validation checks in respect of the final ACRES payment claim are ongoing. Once these validations have been completed the payment will be processed, and if the value exceeds the interim payment, the balance will issue to the herd owner.