No change to ACRES scoring deadline – Minister Charlie McConalogue

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue addresses the INHFA AGM at The McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, Co Mayo. Photo: Brian Farrell

Ciaran Moran

There will be no change to the deadline for habitat scoring under the new ACRES scheme, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has said.

Concerns have been raised in recent weeks that the workload involved in the assessment of hundreds of thousands of land parcels under the scheme will not be possible by the August 31 deadline.