A total of 6,700 farmers in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) are awaiting payments owed to them.
The latest run of payments on 29 April last Tuesday saw 930 farmers paid their 2024 advance payments.
Some 1,292 farmers are waiting on a payment from 2023. Balancing payments, in respect of participation in the scheme in 2023, were made on 25 April 2025 to 335 farmers, with those payments amounting to €285,650.90.
Farmers in this region have expressed their deep frustration with the payment delays and are calling for immediate action.
Rachel Donovan of The Irish Farmers Journal has been covering this story in more detail and has been speaking to Midwest Radio’s Michael D. McAndrew…
