Paul McGrath
Question:124 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of applicants per county for the newly approved early retirement scheme. [4047/01]
Written Answers. - Farm Retirement Scheme.
The new scheme of early retirement from farming was opened to applications on 27 November 2000. Up to Friday, 9 February 2001, 77 applications had been received. The breakdown by county is as follows:
|
County |
Number of applications received |
|
Carlow |
1 |
|
Cavan |
4 |
|
Clare |
3 |
|
Cork |
11 |
|
Donegal |
None |
|
Dublin |
None |
|
Galway |
1 |
|
County |
Number of applications received |
|
Kerry |
2 |
|
Kildare |
None |
|
Kilkenny |
8 |
|
Laois |
2 |
|
Leitrim |
1 |
|
Limerick |
5 |
|
Longford |
2 |
|
Louth |
2 |
|
Mayo |
None |
|
Meath |
3 |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
|
Offaly |
3 |
|
Roscommon |
3 |
|
Sligo |
2 |
|
Tipperary |
15 |
|
Waterford |
None |
|
Westmeath |
2 |
|
Wexford |
5 |
|
Wicklow |
1 |
|
Total |
77 |
Paul McGrath
Question:125 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of approvals, per county, for the early retirement scheme for farmers under the previously approved EU scheme. [4048/01]
A total of 10,455 cases were approved for payment under the 1994 scheme of early retirement from farming. The breakdown by county is as follows:
|
County |
Carlow |
|
Carlow |
162 |
|
Cavan |
327 |
|
Clare |
446 |
|
Cork |
2,012 |
|
Donegal |
146 |
|
Dublin |
83 |
|
Galway |
461 |
|
Kerry |
795 |
|
Kildare |
171 |
|
Kilkenny |
442 |
|
Laois |
295 |
|
Leitrim |
69 |
|
Limerick |
759 |
|
Longford |
135 |
|
Louth |
119 |
|
Mayo |
216 |
|
Meath |
336 |
|
Monaghan |
181 |
|
Offaly |
271 |
|
Roscommon |
261 |
|
Sligo |
157 |
|
Tipperary |
1,113 |
|
Waterford |
296 |
|
Westmeath |
248 |
|
Wexford |
781 |
|
Wicklow |
173 |
|
Total |
10,455 |