Dáil
‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business ACRES payments and carbon tax
Summary
Deputy Collins seeks a debate on delayed ACRES payments affecting 9,000 farmers and on the coming carbon tax increase. The House then moves on to the Whip.
I have been asking for the last number of weeks at Business Committee meetings for a debate on a farming issue. There are 9,000 farmers without ACRES payments - 2023 payments and 2024 payments. These farmers need to pay their bills urgently. Tomorrow morning, with a carbon tax up on people's backs again, it is becoming impossible to live. We need a debate here to see where these payments are and why they are not being paid out to farmers, as well as on the carbon tax, which they cannot afford.
