Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Questions (584)

Seán Fleming

Question:

584. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide on a county by county basis the number of applications for REP scheme payments made in 2012 that have not yet been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7106/13]

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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

There are 30,284 active participants currently in REPS 4. To date 26,145 of these have received their 2012 payments. The remainder of 4,139 have not yet been paid, and these are shown on a county basis in the following table:

County	Number Unpaid	County	Number Unpaid
Carlow	34	Longford	73
Cavan	108	Louth	21
Clare	72	Mayo	709
Cork	604	Meath	61
Donegal	118	Monaghan	67
Dublin	8	Offaly	81
Galway	654	Roscommon	52
Kerry	367	Sligo	83
Kildare	72	Tipperary	170
Kilkenny	55	Waterford	69
Laois	143	Westmeath	36
Leitrim	196	Wexford	73
Limerick	142	Wicklow	71
-	-	Total	4139

REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. This process is nearing completion in respect of the remaining REPS 4 participants.