A total of 2,001 flockowners in County Meath were paid the 1989 ewe premium in 1990 in respect of 233,730 ewes; 1,993 flockowners were paid the first two instalments of the 1990 premium in 1990 in respect of 232,779 ewes; and 71 flockowners were paid the 1990 sheep headage grants in 1990 in respect of 1,362 sheep.
There are three full-time and one part time officials in the district livestock office in Navan dealing with all livestock schemes in County Meath. Headquarters staff, both in Dublin and in headage division, Castlebar, deal with all livestock schemes nationally and collectively and their duties are not arranged on a county basis.