Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 March 2013
154. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme for 2012; the number who have received their payments; the number who have had their payments rejected; the number still under consideration, broken down on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14665/13]
View answerPayments under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on target, on 26 September and, to date, payments worth in excess of €206 million have issued to some 94,000 farmers. Payments continue to issue twice weekly, as individual cases are confirmed eligible.
Nationally, 127 applications were subject to 100% penalty, as each was received after the final date for receipt of applications. The governing EU regulations require that a 1% cumulative penalty be applied for each working day a given application is received late, with a 100% penalty to be applied where the application is received more than 25 days late. The 127 cases in question were not covered by Force Majeure/exceptional circumstance provisions.
Given the various qualifying criteria under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, particularly in relation to minimum stocking density (both the requirement to achieve a six month average of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectares and also to maintain an annual average of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectares calculated over the 12 months of the scheme year), as well as the need for those with equines to have their holdings appropriately registered, etc, the position regarding certain applicants will not be finally established for some weeks yet.
The details requested are set out in the table following. However, with appeals ongoing and payments being made twice weekly, the picture continues to evolve.
|
County Name |
Applied |
Paid |
Gross Amount |
|
Carlow |
757 |
705 |
€1,450,494.60 |
|
Cavan |
4,852 |
4,583 |
€9,931,503.78 |
|
Clare |
6,137 |
5,768 |
€13,904,584.07 |
|
Cork |
7,122 |
6,676 |
€15,294,812.57 |
|
Donegal |
8,483 |
7,564 |
€17,537,308.14 |
|
Dublin |
134 |
116 |
€250,656.27 |
|
Galway |
12,181 |
11,084 |
€24,019,852.04 |
|
Kerry |
7,725 |
7,127 |
€17,590,883.30 |
|
Kildare |
523 |
464 |
€825,918.14 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,770 |
1,660 |
€3,482,666.08 |
|
Laois |
1,726 |
1,605 |
€3,181,498.33 |
|
Leitrim |
3,481 |
3,197 |
€7,206,877.81 |
|
Limerick |
2,933 |
2,710 |
€5,362,946.80 |
|
Longford |
2,391 |
2,262 |
€4,970,983.68 |
|
Louth |
757 |
682 |
€1,138,097.39 |
|
Mayo |
11,623 |
10,599 |
€22,678,502.36 |
|
Meath |
1,354 |
1,259 |
€2,296,097.12 |
|
Monaghan |
4,109 |
3,853 |
€7,648,323.36 |
|
Offaly |
2,397 |
2,241 |
€4,480,912.30 |
|
Roscommon |
5,746 |
5,382 |
€11,874,797.35 |
|
Sligo |
4,064 |
3,699 |
€8,051,777.44 |
|
Tipperary |
4,539 |
4,232 |
€9,023,773.62 |
|
Waterford |
1,449 |
1,322 |
€2,709,484.74 |
|
Westmeath |
2,653 |
2,491 |
€5,056,763.47 |
|
Wexford |
1,432 |
1,274 |
€2,344,926.16 |
|
Wicklow |
1,752 |
1,592 |
€3,878,889.29 |
|
TOTALS |
102,090 |
94,147 |
€206,193,330.21 |
