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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Michael Creed

Question:

955 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide details of the number of REP scheme four applicants that have been approved in tabular form on a county basis; the number of same that have been paid; the number of same that await payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1178/10]

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Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Deputy Brendan Smith)

REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007–13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. Payments to REPS 4 participants, amounting to just under €100 million, issued in 2009 to those whose applications required no further examination following the administrative checks. However, queries arose on a significant number of applications in the course of the administrative checks and these are under examination as a matter of priority. Further payments will continue to be made as applications are cleared. The information requested is set out in the table:

County	Total Number of REPS 4 applicants 2008, 2009	Paid 2009	Awaiting Payment
Carlow	296	147	149
Cavan	1,073	414	659
Clare	1,311	935	376
Cork	3,147	874	2,273
Donegal	1,865	1,328	537
Dublin	50	14	36
Galway	2,727	1,118	1,609
Kerry	1,960	466	1,494
Kildare	371	239	132
Kilkenny	816	394	422
Laois	757	474	283
Leitrim	859	528	331
Limerick	1,308	691	617
Longford	674	346	328
Louth	217	80	137
Mayo	2,652	939	1,713
Meath	557	157	400
Monaghan	888	317	571
Offaly	696	284	412
Roscommon	1,371	800	571
Sligo	907	527	380
Tipperary Nth	840	504	336
Tipperary Sth	971	486	485
Waterford	633	112	521
Westmeath	693	382	311
Wexford	789	453	336
Wicklow	400	81	319
Totals	28,828	13,090	15,738

Question No. 956 answered with Question No. 954.