Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 29 Jun 1993

Vol. 433 No. 1

Written Answers. - Livestock Payments.

Enda Kenny

Question:

221 Mr. E. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amount of livestock payments, under all headings, paid in each of the past three years in counties Mayo, Galway, Sligo, Donegal and Roscommon; the number of eligible applicants in each category; the percentage of the overall payment which was made to each of these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. J. Walsh)

The information requested is as follows:

County Donegal.

	1990	1991	1992
Scheme	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount Paid £m	Per cent of Overall
Cattle Headage	7,811	4.6	9.9	7,743	4.8	7.9	7,567	6.0	7.7
Beef Cow	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Equine Headage	119	0.02	6.4	159	0.02	4.2	216	0.03	5.6
Suckler Cow (Main)	6,386	2.3	6.3	6,340	3.1	6.1	6,105	3.2	5.7
Suckler Cow (Small)	76	0.02	1.3	101	0.04	1.5	86	0.03	1.2
Special Beef Premium	3,607	0.8	2.4	3,881	0.9	2.5	4,705	1.1	2.5
Sheep/Goat Headage	5,215	3.8	22.7	5,290	4.0	22.7	5,322	4.3	22.4
Ewe Premium	5,245	10.2	9.4	5,352	12.2	10.0	5,459	12.9	10.3

County Galway.

	1990	1991	1992
Scheme	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount Paid £m	Per cent of Overall
Cattle Headage	6,508	3.8	8.1	13,177	9.3	15.4	13,183	12.0	15.5
Beef Cow	5,626	2.8	30.1	501	0.3	2.5	472	0.3	2.3
Equine Headage	466	0.07	23.7	674	0.1	19.2	770	0.1	19.0
Suckler Cow (Main)	10,348	3.7	10.2	10,482	5.2	10.2	10,405	5.9	10.4
Suckler Cow (Small)	458	0.1	7.7	543	0.2	7.4	525	0.2	7.0
Special Beef Premium	9,442	2.7	8.3	9,933	2.8	7.8	11,836	3.2	7.6
Sheep/Goat Headage	6,065	1.8	11.0	5,675	1.7	9.8	5,011	1.7	8.8
Ewe Premium	7,495	13.1	12.0	7,503	15.4	12.6	7,428	16.0	12.8

County Mayo.

	1990	1991	1992
Scheme	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount Paid £m	Per cent of Overall
Cattle Headage	13,623	8.4	18.2	13,601	8.9	14.7	13,320	11.2	14.4
Beef Cow	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Equine Headage	176	0.02	7.9	266	0.04	7.1	361	0.05	7.6
Suckler Cow (Main)	9,972	3.5	9.6	9,982	4.9	9.5	9,228	5.0	8.8
Suckler Cow (Small)	507	0.1	7.5	606	0.2	8.1	685	0.2	8.3
Special Beef Premium	8,042	1.7	5.1	8,647	1.8	5.0	10,142	2.1	4.9
Sheep/Goat Headage	4,746	2.3	14.0	4,679	2.5	14.1	4,563	2.7	14.4
Ewe Premium	5,063	8.1	7.4	5,216	9.8	8.0	5,315	10.6	8.5

County Roscommon.

	1990	1991	1992
Scheme	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount Paid £m	Per cent of Overall
Cattle Headage	4,783	3.4	7.3	6,968	5.3	8.8	6,971	6.9	8.9
Beef Cow	1,457	0.7	7.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
Equine Headage	105	0.02	6.2	178	0.03	5.6	226	0.03	5.1
Suckler Cow (Main)	4,881	2.0	5.5	5,035	2.9	5.6	4,696	3.0	5.3
Suckler Cow (Small)	245	0.06	3.8	278	0.09	3.6	219	0.07	2.8
Special Beef Premium	4,781	1.2	3.7	5,127	1.3	3.6	5,910	1.4	3.4
Sheep/Goat Headage	2,187	0.5	2.8	2,061	0.4	2.3	1,891	0.4	1.9
Ewe Premium	2,896	4.6	4.2	2,958	5.5	4.5	2.954	5.8	4.6

County Sligo.

	1990	1991	1992
Scheme	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount paid £m	Per cent of Overall	No. of eligible Applicants	Amount Paid £m	Per cent of Overall
Cattle Headage	4,970	3.4	7.3	4,952	3.6	5.9	4,916	4.6	6.0
Beef Cow	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Equine Headage	85	0.01	3.9	119	0.02	4.1	178	0.03	4.6
Suckler Cow (Main)	3,201	1.4	3.9	3,252	2.0	3.8	3,302	2.2	3.9
Suckler Cow (Small)	232	0.06	3.6	399	0.1	5.2	367	0.1	5.0
Special Beef Premium	2,861	0.6	1.8	3,208	0.6	1.8	4,081	0.8	2.0
Sheep/Goat Headage	1,662	0.6	3.6	1,627	0.6	3.6	1,544	0.7	3.6
Ewe Premium	1,845	2.6	2.4	1,889	3.0	2.5	1,883	3.3	2.6