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Agriculture Schemes Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Questions (132)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

132. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid out to date and the number of recipients in each case under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged area scheme broken down by county; the number in each county under each scheme that have not had their payments processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48246/12]

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In the case of the Single Farm Payment, the earliest payment date under the governing EU rules is 1 December. However earlier this year in recognition of the difficult financial situation faced by many farmers I successfully sought the approval of the Commissioner to have advance payments made as and from 16 October. This is the earliest possible legal date for making advance payments, it being the start of the new EU financial year.

The payment figures for SPS applicants up to 5th November are as follows:

COUNTY

No. of applicants

No. Paid

Amount Paid

Applicants to be Paid

CARLOW

1,617

1,525

€11,777,498.31

92

CAVAN

4,681

4,343

€16,854,451.36

338

CLARE

5,987

5,733

€23,362,122.62

254

CORK

12,759

11,938

€79,164,240.90

821

DONEGAL

7,975

7,438

€22,804,401.54

537

DUBLIN

621

548

€3,767,468.76

73

GALWAY

11,760

11,109

€38,625,117.60

651

KERRY

7,504

7,260

€29,026,735.85

244

KILDARE

1,998

1,892

€14,861,201.96

106

KILKENNY

3,395

3,118

€25,576,570.71

277

LAOIS

2,885

2,774

€19,654,424.59

111

LEITRIM

3,329

2,957

€7,791,415.46

372

LIMERICK

5,038

4,843

€25,764,637.23

195

LONGFORD

2,320

2,186

€9,547,670.51

134

LOUTH

1,474

1,393

€9,283,935.96

81

MAYO

11,258

10,151

€27,749,725.90

1,107

MEATH

3,678

3,562

€26,609,674.27

116

MONAGHAN

3,928

3,614

€14,385,133.05

314

OFFALY

2,986

2,775

€17,116,778.53

211

ROSCOMMON

5,597

5,163

€19,200,664.44

434

SLIGO

3,854

3,582

€10,702,457.73

272

TIPPERARY

6,828

6,592

€48,990,312.31

236

WATERFORD

2,391

2,316

€19,281,233.01

75

WESTMEATH

2,891

2,661

€15,113,130.39

230

WEXFORD

3,947

3,841

€30,020,683.96

106

WICKLOW

2,049

1,771

€12,224,446.57

278

122,750

115,085

€579,256,133.52

7,665

Advance payments will continue to be made on clear cases, twice weekly, on an on-going basis. The balancing payments will commence as provided for under EU legislation from 1st December.

Payments under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 26 September; payments have continued to issue, twice weekly, as cases are confirmed eligible. The payment figures as at 5 November are as per the following table:

County Stats Reports 2012

County Name

Applied

Paid

Gross Amount

Percentage Paid

Carlow

789

660

€1,371,613.28

83.65%

Cavan

4,952

4,078

€8,971,202.28

82.35%

Clare

6,254

5,283

€12,945,471.87

84.47%

Cork

7,310

5,965

€13,788,422.24

81.60%

Donegal

8,790

6,503

€15,049,576.41

73.98%

Dublin

155

107

€228,726.87

69.03%

Galway

12,520

9,831

€21,463,718.50

78.52%

Kerry

7,935

6,330

€15,813,003.56

79.77%

Kildare

544

443

€788,710.58

81.43%

Kilkenny

1,824

1,484

€3,111,789.83

81.36%

Laois

1,763

1,496

€3,004,467.32

84.86%

Leitrim

3,574

2,708

€6,138,324.87

75.77%

Limerick

3,012

2,478

€4,973,679.91

82.27%

Longford

2,440

2,041

€4,561,723.63

83.65%

Louth

825

634

€1,064,758.89

76.85%

Mayo

12,000

8,858

€18,828,710.71

73.82%

Meath

1,385

1,201

€2,219,593.66

86.71%

Monaghan

4,162

3,418

€6,927,952.91

82.12%

Offaly

2,487

2,004

€4,046,113.53

80.58%

Roscommon

5,905

4,699

€10,572,404.85

79.58%

Sligo

4,175

3,245

€7,191,581.88

77.72%

Tipperary

4,666

3,915

€8,462,108.38

83.90%

Waterford

1,500

1,241

€2,553,156.79

82.73%

Westmeath

2,722

2,239

€4,591,056.55

82.26%

Wexford

1,562

1,220

€2,239,658.55

78.10%

Wicklow

1,843

1,390

€3,371,462.31

75.42%

TOTALS

105,094

83,471

€184,278,990.16

79.43%

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