Donegal farmers to receive €17.3 million in advance ACRES payments

The 3,000 Donegal farmers in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) who haven’t received their advance payments will receive payments totalling €17.3 million over the coming weeks.

Announcing details of the interim payments, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, said:
“Further to my announcement of last Friday, February 9, of an interim payment for ACRES participants, I can confirm that the rate of this interim payment will be €4,000 for those in ACRES general and €5,000 for those in ACRES Co-operation Project.

“I very much appreciate the importance of this payment to farmers, and I am fully committed to rewarding farmers for their environmental ambition. My intention is to have this interim payment delivered to those farmers affected across ACRES General and Co-operation by the end of this month.”

“The ACRES payments will take into account the interim payments already made to the relevant participants and will issue in June for ACRES Tranche 1 participants. In the intervening period, my officials will continue with the payment process as a key priority.”