2026 FUNDING EXPLAINED · ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS
ACRES agri-environment scheme: where the money goes
Budget 2026 increased funding for the ACRES environmental farming scheme to €280 million, supporting participating farmers and environmental measures.
This is a budget allocation, forecast or selected published measure, not an audited year-end outturn.
01 / UNDERSTAND THE ALLOCATION
What does this amount cover?
Budget 2026 increased funding for the ACRES environmental farming scheme to €280 million, supporting participating farmers and environmental measures.
2026 published amount
€280m
Basis: 2026 scheme allocation. This is recorded under additional departments for navigation, but the programme's accounting scope may be narrower than the complete sector shown elsewhere.
Contained within Agriculture, food and marine budget. The two figures must not be added together as separate costs.
02 / DEFINITIONS MATTER
Is this really what the State spent?
An allocation, not a receipt
This is a budget allocation, forecast or selected published measure, not an audited year-end outturn. A funding announcement does not confirm every euro was spent or that every announced measure was delivered.
Scope and overlap
This is within the broader agriculture allocation; the €20m increase is not in addition to the €280m total. To construct a fully reconciled spending tree we would need the compatible underlying voted and non-voted expenditure returns.
Why this sits in Additional departments
The programme is mapped to this sector so visitors can explore it alongside related public services, regardless of which government department currently administers it.
Getting to an outcome
Money allocated to a service should be considered alongside reported activity, eligibility, capacity and delivery targets. A larger budget alone cannot establish better results.
03 / KEEP EXPLORING
Related published funding amounts.
These are selected allocations connected by purpose, not an additive breakdown. Some are parts of others, and some are current, capital or additional Budget measures. Open each page to check the exact boundary.
04 / TRACE THE FIGURE
Official source and methodological limits.
Source document
Minister for Public Expenditure, Budget 2026 statement →. The amount is shown in the underlying document; Compound hosts its own explanation and navigation rather than embedding the source's charts.
Year: 2026. Basis: 2026 scheme allocation. Displayed amount: €280m. Last verified: 2026-11-13.
This is within the broader agriculture allocation; the €20m increase is not in addition to the €280m total. Published programme funding may differ from the sector total because of timing, accounting scope or transfers of functions. The selected amounts are not summed or subtracted to invent a remainder.