Paul McGrath
Question:388 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of retired farmers in County Longford who were in receipt of the early farm retirement scheme for each of the past five years. [3477/05]
View answerTuesday, 8 February 2005
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Details of the number of participants from County Longford in the scheme of early retirement from farming, ERS1, which closed to new applicants on 31 December 1999, and the current scheme, ERS2, introduced in November 2000, for each of the past five years is set out in the following table.
|
Year ended |
No. of participants in payment ERS1 |
No. of participants in payment ERS2 |
|
31 December 2000 |
119 |
0 |
|
31 December 2001 |
111 |
6 |
|
31 December 2002 |
106 |
13 |
|
31 December 2003 |
94 |
25 |
|
31 December 2004 |
85 |
29 |