Vol. 469 No. 1
646 Mr. H. Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the progress to date of payment of the rural world premium to farmers in non-disadvantaged areas further to the EU agreement of December 1995; the date of commencement of payments; the numbers eligible; the numbers paid; the amounts of money paid; if he will give these details by county and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/96]
Payment of the special top-up in respect of the 1995 ewe premium as agreed in principle at the EU Council meeting in December 1995 and formally adopted by the Council in late July last commenced on 9 August 1996. With a few exceptions all payments that have so far issued were made on that date.
To date almost £5.8 million has been paid to over 9,000 farmers which represents 98 per cent of all applicants in the non-disadvantaged areas. Those cases still unpaid are the subject of ongoing queries and as these are resolved payments will issue without delay where appropriate.
A county by county breakdown of payments is shown on the following table.
Payment of Special Top-up of the 1995 Ewe Premium to Non-Disadvantaged Areas' Applicants
|
County |
Nos. Paid |
Amount Paid |
|
£ |
||
|
Carlow |
694 |
539,267 |
|
Cavan |
0 |
0 |
|
Clare |
1 |
20 |
|
Cork |
1,110 |
507,948 |
|
Donegal |
17 |
6,450 |
|
Dublin |
155 |
119,190 |
|
Galway |
0 |
0 |
|
Kerry |
0 |
0 |
|
Kildare |
743 |
607,562 |
|
Kilkenny |
644 |
402,910 |
|
Laois |
490 |
278,234 |
|
Leitrim |
0 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
205 |
90,028 |
|
Longford |
0 |
0 |
|
Louth |
226 |
126,690 |
|
Mayo |
0 |
0 |
|
Meath |
1,173 |
810,088 |
|
Monaghan |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly |
392 |
195,735 |
|
Roscommon |
0 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
0 |
0 |
|
Tipperary |
830 |
441,777 |
|
Waterford |
261 |
149,884 |
|
Westmeath |
324 |
161,347 |
|
Wexford |
1,750 |
1,211,982 |
|
Wicklow |
178 |
117,367 |
|
Totals |
9,193 |
5,766,479 |
