My Department obtains information on the number of farmers operating on land such as commonage land and land eligible for schemes such as the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme from the annual applications for participation in a number of schemes such as the Basic Payment Scheme and the ANC. The two tables provide information derived from those applications.
Table A: The number of farmers declaring commonage land in their Basic Payment Scheme application between the years 2015 - 2019.
County
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
CARLOW
|
172
|
174
|
175
|
175
|
175
|
171
|
CAVAN
|
135
|
139
|
145
|
147
|
150
|
148
|
CLARE
|
384
|
387
|
383
|
382
|
383
|
377
|
CORK
|
989
|
1,005
|
1,007
|
1,001
|
993
|
988
|
DONEGAL
|
2,724
|
2,732
|
2,741
|
2,733
|
2,743
|
2,710
|
DUBLIN
|
45
|
44
|
45
|
44
|
43
|
44
|
GALWAY
|
2,679
|
2,678
|
2,682
|
2,655
|
2,666
|
2,663
|
KERRY
|
1,921
|
1,923
|
1,923
|
1,939
|
1,947
|
1,923
|
KILDARE
|
58
|
59
|
60
|
60
|
61
|
60
|
KILKENNY
|
36
|
36
|
34
|
35
|
35
|
34
|
LAOIS
|
103
|
106
|
104
|
103
|
104
|
102
|
LEITRIM
|
484
|
490
|
497
|
496
|
493
|
488
|
LIMERICK
|
57
|
57
|
58
|
58
|
62
|
61
|
LONGFORD
|
62
|
62
|
60
|
59
|
58
|
58
|
LOUTH
|
168
|
167
|
168
|
166
|
119
|
117
|
MAYO
|
3,276
|
3,287
|
3,270
|
3,255
|
3,255
|
3,210
|
MEATH
|
13
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
MONAGHAN
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
OFFALY
|
43
|
41
|
39
|
39
|
40
|
39
|
ROSCOMMON
|
157
|
157
|
158
|
156
|
162
|
159
|
SLIGO
|
494
|
489
|
494
|
490
|
486
|
463
|
TIPPERARY
|
320
|
317
|
315
|
312
|
313
|
313
|
WATERFORD
|
179
|
180
|
178
|
176
|
178
|
179
|
WESTMEATH
|
25
|
25
|
26
|
26
|
22
|
23
|
WEXFORD
|
100
|
98
|
99
|
98
|
98
|
99
|
WICKLOW
|
344
|
342
|
337
|
337
|
335
|
338
|
TOTAL
|
14,971
|
15,010
|
15,013
|
14,957
|
14,936
|
14,783
|
Table B: The number of farmers with land eligible under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme who have applied for the scheme in each of the years from 2015 - 2019.
County
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
CARLOW
|
765
|
739
|
745
|
739
|
816
|
823
|
CAVAN
|
4,899
|
4,777
|
4,777
|
4,789
|
4,774
|
4,708
|
CLARE
|
6,155
|
5,988
|
6,030
|
6,030
|
5,979
|
5,938
|
CORK
|
7,170
|
6,995
|
7,044
|
7,100
|
7,670
|
7,617
|
DONEGAL
|
8,717
|
8,590
|
8,625
|
8,695
|
8,705
|
8,584
|
DUBLIN
|
152
|
152
|
157
|
160
|
161
|
162
|
GALWAY
|
12,149
|
11,910
|
11,912
|
11,988
|
11,905
|
11,742
|
KERRY
|
7,789
|
7,607
|
7,637
|
7,662
|
7,660
|
7,601
|
KILDARE
|
531
|
525
|
536
|
532
|
618
|
630
|
KILKENNY
|
1,789
|
1,735
|
1,733
|
1,737
|
1,881
|
1,864
|
LAOIS
|
1,738
|
1,690
|
1,694
|
1,691
|
1,775
|
1,751
|
LEITRIM
|
3,538
|
3,410
|
3,420
|
3,442
|
3,411
|
3,367
|
LIMERICK
|
2,979
|
2,885
|
2,914
|
2,939
|
4,464
|
4,477
|
LONGFORD
|
2,408
|
2,336
|
2,341
|
2,360
|
2,348
|
2,343
|
LOUTH
|
807
|
778
|
786
|
788
|
838
|
820
|
MAYO
|
11,670
|
11,399
|
11,394
|
11,408
|
11,363
|
11,166
|
MEATH
|
1,363
|
1,323
|
1,346
|
1,341
|
1,504
|
1,508
|
MONAGHAN
|
4,146
|
4,014
|
4,027
|
4,049
|
4,023
|
3,957
|
OFFALY
|
2,448
|
2,384
|
2,412
|
2,421
|
2,539
|
2,501
|
ROSCOMMON
|
5,808
|
5,604
|
5,635
|
5,625
|
5,594
|
5,561
|
SLIGO
|
4,076
|
3,939
|
3,958
|
3,950
|
3,916
|
3,872
|
TIPPERARY
|
4,571
|
4,433
|
4,445
|
4,480
|
4,868
|
4,820
|
WATERFORD
|
1,455
|
1,412
|
1,414
|
1,434
|
1,496
|
1,470
|
WESTMEATH
|
2,704
|
2,622
|
2,651
|
2,663
|
2,857
|
2,831
|
WEXFORD
|
1,514
|
1,484
|
1,501
|
1,510
|
1,579
|
1,565
|
WICKLOW
|
1,847
|
1,789
|
1,801
|
1,815
|
1,893
|
1,877
|
TOTAL
|
103,188
|
100,520
|
100,935
|
101,348
|
104,637
|
103,555
|