Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2005
398 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of REPS 3 applications received by her Department in each of the last five months of 2004; the number of applications which have been processed, approved, payment issued in each month concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4879/05]
View answerREPS 3 was launched on 1 June 2004 and the first applications were received that month. Payments began to issue in September 2004. The numbers of applications received in my Department in each month from June to December last year are set out in the following table. It includes both first-time applicants and those transferring from REPS 2 into REPS 3. The table also shows the number of payments issued each month.
|
Applications |
Payments |
|
|
June |
1,156 |
0 |
|
July |
1,539 |
0 |
|
August |
1,924 |
0 |
|
September |
1,873 |
492 |
|
October |
1,905 |
1,590 |
|
November |
2,229 |
2,784 |
|
December |
2,064 |
5,294 |
|
Total |
12,690 |
10,160 |
