Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
640. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants for farm assist in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 and the amount of money paid out in total in those years. [37167/12]
View answerA table detailing the number of recipients of a payment under the farm assist scheme follows showing the number of recipients at the end of July 2012 and at end of the years 2007 to 2011 inclusive. The table also details the finalised expenditure figures for the year’s 2007 to 2011 as well as the total provisional expenditure on farm assist to 31 July 2012.
|
Year |
Recipients |
Expenditure |
|
2007 |
7,376 |
€78.7m |
|
2008 |
7,496 |
€84.9m |
|
2009 |
8,972 |
€93.3m |
|
2010 |
10,714 |
€110.9m |
|
2011 |
11,333 |
€113.7m |
|
31 July 2012 |
11,137 |
€63.5m* |
*Provisional
