Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 January 2013
177. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the first 20ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/13]
View answer178. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the second 20ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2121/13]
View answer179. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the third 20ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2122/13]
View answer180. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on all land in excess of 60ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 180, inclusive, together.
The 2010 SPS payment database, which my Department has used to model various CAP reform proposals, can be summarised as follows:
|
Number of farms |
Total area (ha) |
2010 SPS payment € |
Avg payt per ha € |
|
129,911 |
4,717,560 |
1,247,527,160 |
264 |
The database shows the following distribution of farms by size category:
|
Size category of farms |
No of farms |
% of farms |
|
3 to 20 ha |
46,572 |
36% |
|
20 to 40 ha |
42,375 |
33% |
|
40 to 60 ha |
21,787 |
17% |
|
> 60 ha |
19,177 |
15% |
|
Total |
129,911 |
100% |
Note that farms of less than 3 hectares are excluded from the modelling database.
If all farms were paid €100 per hectare on the first 20 hectares (or on the total eligible area for farms below 20 hectares), with the balance of the farm land paid at the farmer’s average rate per hectare in 2010, the total cost would be an estimated €907 million.
If all farms were paid €100 per hectare on the first 40 hectares (or on the total eligible area for farms below 40 hectares), with the balance of the farm land paid at the farmer’s average rate per hectare in 2010, the total cost would be an estimated €699 million.
If all farms were paid €100 per hectare on the first 60 hectares (or on the total eligible area for farms below 60 hectares), with the balance of the farm land paid at the farmer’s average rate per hectare in 2010, the total cost would be an estimated €592 million.
If all farms were paid €100 per hectare on their total eligible area, the total cost would be an estimated €472 million.
