Vol. 512 No. 8
8 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of applications for livestock grants under the different categories made to his Department in 1999; the number paid to date; and the number of payments outstanding. [27411/99]
The following table sets out the position in regards to payments under the various 1999 headage and premium scheme applications made to my Department:
|
Scheme |
No. of Applications |
No. Paid |
No. Outstanding |
|
Cattle Headage/Beef Cow |
86,065 |
77,604 |
8,461 |
|
Sheep Headage |
29,631 |
25,776 |
3,855 |
|
Ewe Premium |
43,709 |
42,759 |
950 |
|
Goat Headage |
395 |
208 |
187 |
|
Special Beef Premium |
133,539 |
118,587 |
14,952 |
|
Suckler Cow Premium |
71,624 |
65,582 |
6,042 |
|
Slaughter Premium |
24,770 |
24,490 |
280 |
|
Equine Headage |
3,765 |
0 |
3,765 |
9 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of farmers in counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo who applied for livestock grants to his Department in 1990, 1995 and 1999. [27412/99]
The number of farmers who applied for livestock grants to my Department for the counties requested for the years 1995 and 1999 is supplied in the following table:
|
Galway |
Leitrim |
Mayo |
Roscommon |
Sligo |
|
|
1995 |
14,411 |
4,159 |
13,729 |
6,936 |
5,135 |
|
1999 |
13,155 |
3,742 |
12,581 |
6,407 |
4,488 |
|
Scheme |
Galway |
Leitrim |
Mayo |
Roscommon |
Sligo |
|
Cattle Headage |
6,687 |
4,105 |
13,625 |
4,785 |
4,975 |
|
Beef Cow |
5,616 |
Nil |
Nil |
1,470 |
Nil |
|
Sheep Headage |
6,202 |
866 |
4,612 |
2,099 |
1,650 |
|
Suckler Cow |
10,337 |
3,731 |
10,193 |
5,160 |
3,229 |
|
Special Beef Premium* |
10,100 |
1,800 |
8,300 |
4,900 |
3100 |
|
Ewe Premium |
7,802 |
938 |
5,054 |
2,980 |
1,839 |
