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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 9 Jun 1998

Vol. 492 No. 1

Written Answers. - Grant Payments.

Ivor Callely

Question:

77 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of direct payments under each individual heading made to farmers under all 1997 schemes; and the top ten payments made to each individual farmer under each scheme. [13359/98]

Details of 1997 direct payments under individual headings are given in the following tabular statment.

Information on the top ten payments is being processed and, where available, will be sent to the Deputy within the next two weeks. Under the installation aid scheme each individual payment is £5,600.

1997 Headage and Premium Schemes

Scheme

Amount

£m

Cattle Headage-Beef Cow

97.736

Equine Headage

0.637

Sheep Headage

22.844

Goat Headage

0.024

Suckler Cow Premium

145.800

Special Beef Premium

148.694

Deseasonalisation Slaughter Premium

23.767

Ewe Premium

77.163

BSE/Agrimonetary Package

81.089

(Beef and Arable)

Arable Aid

94.740

Note: The above amounts have been paid to date to farmers under the 1997 headage and premium schemes.
Other Principal Schemes (1997) Payments

Scheme

Amount

£

Agrimonetary Package (Milk)

38.11

Agrimonetary Package (Sugar)

1.84

Bovine TB Eradication

15.00

Brucellosis Eradication

11.00

REPS

101.41

Installation Aid

7.006

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