Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 4 Feb 1997

Vol. 474 No. 3

Written Answers. - Grant Payments.

Brian Cowen

Question:

246 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry in respect of total payments to farmers from all sources under the CAP, the number of farmers in receipt of £1,000 or less; £1,000 to £2,000, £2,000 to £3,000, £3,000 to £4,000, £4,000 to £5,000, £5,000 to £10,000, £10,000 to £15,000, £15,000 to £20,000, £20,000 to £25,000, £25,000 to £30,000, £30,000 to £35,000, £35,000 to £40,000, £40,000 to £45,000, £45,000 to £50,000, £50,000 to £55,000, £55,000 to £60,000, £60,000 to £65,000, £65,000 to £70,000, £70,000 to £75,000, £75,000 to £80,000, £80,000 to £85,000, £85,000 to £90,000, £90,000 to £95,000, £95,000 to £100,000, and more than £100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2778/97]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

The information sought by the Deputy in the categories specified in respect of headage payments, cattle and sheep premia and arable aid payments is being processed and will be sent directly to him shortly. These payments account for the great bulk of CAP payments to farmers.

Payments in respect of other schemes are not readily classifiable according to size of payment or, where such classification is possible, cannot be related to headage, premia and arable aid payments.

Brian Cowen

Question:

247 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will provide in tabular form, by county and with total national figures, the number of herdowners who were paid in 1996 under the ten-month special beef premium, 22-month special beef premium, ten-month and 22-month special beef premium, slaughter premium, suckler cow premium, headage, including beef cow premium, and ewe premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/97]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

The information is given in the following table in respect of the number of herdowners paid in 1996 under the various 1996 headage and premia schemes; the 1996 BSE package of measures to compensate farmers for loss of income due to the BSE problem; 1995 extensification premium which was paid in 1996 — this premium is normally payable in the period April-June of the year following the year of application for the various premia.

It should be noted that the figures in respect of the special beef premium scheme relate to the number of applications paid rather than herdowners. Applicants under this scheme were allowed to apply on up to four separate occasions under each of the ten month and 22 month age categories.

In most cases the same herdowners would also have received balancing payments under the 1995 schemes during the early part of 1996. The following is the table:

Number of herdowners paid in 1996 in respect of 1996 schemes, BSE Package and 1995 Extensification Premium.

County	Special Beef Premium 10 month	Special Beef Premium 22 month	Total Special Beef Premium 10 mth + 22 mth	Slaughter Premium	Suckler Cow Premium	Ewe Premium	Extensification 1995	Arable Aid	BSE Package	Cattle Headage	Beef Cow	Sheep Headage	Equine Headage	Goat Headage
Carlow	844	724	1,568	348	743	1,233	796	790	2,564	193	290	472	17	3
Cavan	2,818	2,000	4,818	642	2,817	1,065	4,191	27	8,129	4,223	36	732	0	30
Clare	4,227	2,999	7,226	315	4,628	1,120	6,242	15	10,506	5,843	256	785	315	2
Cork	6,335	5,550	11,885	2,879	3,765	2,585	7,511	3,214	18,624	4,112	502	1,270	164	28
Donegal	2,877	1,806	4,683	506	4,870	5,087	5,832	734	9,376	5,651	0	4,616	136	18
Dublin	217	227	444	115	141	230	286	346	681	47	11	67	0	1
Galway	7,867	6,270	14,137	1,054	8,649	6,683	10,983	654	20,355	11,100	2	4,581	524	43
Kerry	3,223	2,215	5,438	412	3,712	2,297	5,527	215	9,157	5,419	532	2,071	148	36
Kildare	967	1,111	2,078	454	621	893	1,105	806	2,738	2	153	139	3	2
Kilkenny	2,289	2,171	4,460	1,003	1,340	1,144	2,354	1,200	6,086	421	580	362	36	0
Laois	1,869	1,778	3,647	873	1,189	804	1,971	1,098	5,093	310	443	258	0	0
Leitrim	1,475	740	2,215	63	3,252	918	3,583	4	5,380	3,552	0	834	103	15
Limerick	2,633	2,302	4,935	686	1,634	374	3,570	93	6,908	1,122	519	113	39	0
Longford	1,725	1,491	3,216	381	1,877	725	2,418	63	4,692	2,503	13	374	70	7
Louth	678	749	1,427	348	448	519	710	686	2,053	74	203	221	11	0
Mayo	6,782	4,644	11,426	601	8,939	5,038	11,094	99	17,955	11,241	0	4,215	302	33
Meath	1,887	1,931	3,818	869	1,192	1,609	2,208	747	5,517	168	421	238	12	0
Monaghan	2,483	2,042	4,525	899	1,936	572	2,838	92	6,583	2,384	445	376	63	13
Offaly	1,683	1,658	3,341	655	1,359	1,107	2,080	877	5,133	425	900	435	40	2
Roscommon	4,033	3,586	7,619	780	4,274	2,634	5,684	71	10,490	5,539	6	1,646	169	3
Sligo	2,418	1,474	3,892	215	3,257	1,701	4,059	25	6,513	4,188	0	1,282	143	14
Tipperary	4,088	3,649	7,737	1,441	2,492	1,920	4,849	1,318	10,826	1,065	1,233	590	104	8
Waterford	1,316	1,197	2,513	517	793	657	1,458	592	3,567	319	374	269	30	0
Westmeath	1,710	1,757	3,467	486	1,488	1,240	2,317	321	4,739	242	1,149	465	46	0
Wexford	1,913	1,765	3,678	903	1,376	2,465	1,718	2,602	5,947	72	554	636	0	3
Wicklow	990	792	1,782	278	992	1,626	1,205	548	2,812	563	306	1,275	13	1
Total	69,347	56,628	125,975	17,723	67,784	46,246	96,589	17,237	192,424	70,778	8,928	28,322	2,488	262