‘All ACRES farmers to get payment this month’ but no clarity on when full amount will be paid

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue admitted making ACRES payments had been “problematic”

Margaret Donnelly and Ciaran Moran

Thousands of farmers in the ACRES scheme have been left with no clarity over when they will receive their full payment after Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue announced an interim payment late last week.

The Minister told the Farming Independent yesterday that all farmers in ACRES will receive a payment by the end of February, but could not confirm how much they would receive.