More farmers across Sligo, Leitrim & Donegal accepted onto ACRES Scheme

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English - March 14, 2024 09:40 - 1 minute - 1.51 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Around 1600 additional farmers across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are to be accepted onto the ACRES Scheme.

The scheme pays farmers to carry out environmental actions on their holdings up to a maximum €7,000 per year.
It was initially expected to cater for 30,000 farmers, however, demand led to 46,0000 places being made available.

Speaking to Ocean FM News, Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue acknowledged that there have been challenges with the scheme that put pressure on the payments system, but he's confident that these issues will be ironed out going forward: