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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2000

Vol. 528 No. 1

Written Answers. - Grant Payments.

Mary Coughlan

Question:

169 Ms Coughlan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the amount of direct payments issued by his Department to date in 2000 under the various premium, headage and other support schemes; if he will provide a breakdown of the payments made for each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29815/00]

Since 1 January 2000 over £712 million has been paid to farmers under the various headage and premium schemes. A breakdown of this amount on a county by county basis, as requested, is shown on the following table.

Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming

Total Amount paid for each county in the period

01-01-2000 – 30-11-2000

County

Amount Paid

£

Carlow

962,711.55

Cavan

1,824,758.08

Clare

2,682,451.33

Cork

12,002,522.16

Donegal

856,373.93

Dublin

516,489.71

Galway

2,659,807.36

Kerry

4,491,389.89

Kildare

1,030,251.81

Kilkenny

2,666,837.91

Laois

1,859,342.29

Leitrim

427,455.36

Limerick

4,709,596.92

Longford

796,013.86

Louth

802,408.21

Mayo

1,268,566.40

Meath

1,898,086.03

Monaghan

1,051,956.88

Offaly

1,711,236.65

Roscommon

1,491,160.28

Sligo

862,542.28

Tipperary

6,894,915.56

Waterford

1,860,164.04

Westmeath

1,593,146.14

Wexford

4,934,091.08

Wicklow

1,069,939.99

Total

62,924,215.70

The above expenditure is 75% funded by the E.U.
REPS payments by county 1-1-2000 to date

County

Amount Paid

£

Carlow

1,274,006.14

Cavan

5,214,237.05

Clare

9,444,043.20

Cork

10,770,741.38

Donegal

11,390,667.10

Dublin

361,812.18

Galway

17,605,426.34

Kerry

9,588,609.14

Kildare

2,105,719.32

Kilkenny

3,333,884.53

Laois

3,522,095.18

Leitrim

4,872,124.20

Limerick

5,115,035.92

Longford

3,818,424.19

Louth

862,025.30

Mayo

18,215,456.45

Meath

3,413,146.37

Monaghan

2,754,384.08

Offaly

4,661,648.81

Roscommon

8,156,493.05

Sligo

4,629,560.10

Tipperary North

4,086,073.90

Tipperary South

3,772,601.23

Waterford

2,743,401.97

Westmeath

4,954,548.03

Wexford

3,812,840.38

Wicklow

1,630,918.39

Total

152,109,923.93

Headage and Premium Schemes
Amount paid to 8 December 2000 under 2000 and previous years' schemes

County

Total Headage and Premia

Carlow

14,132

Cavan

21,084

Clare

33,565

Cork

75,966

Donegal

35,217

Dublin

6,673

Galway

58,528

Kerry

34,365

Kildare

19,058

Kilkenny

29,192

Laois

21,851

Leitrim

14,275

Limerick

22,058

Longford

13,153

Louth

12,134

Mayo

46,201

Meath

30,112

Monaghan

16,741

Offaly

20,009

Roscommon

29,202

Sligo

17,582

Tipperary

49,760

Waterford

18,763

Westmeath

18,698

Wexford

34,319

Wicklow

19,490

Total

712,128

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