Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013
382. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of farmers who are in receipt of farm assist payments; the corresponding figures for the same period in 2012; the number of recipients whose farm assist payment has been decreased since 1 January 2013; the total value of farm assist payments paid to farmers in the months January-April 2013; and the corresponding figures for the same period in 2012. [27124/13]
View answerThe total number of farmers who were in receipt of a farm assist payment at the end of April 2013 was 10,867 which compares to 11,158 at the same date in 2012. With regard to the number of recipients whose farm assist payment has been decreased since 1 January 2013; the total value of farm assist payments paid to farmers in the months January-April 2013 and the corresponding figures for the same period in 2012 this information is not collated by my Department.
I am however informed that at the 1st of January 2013 the average farm assist payment was €186.00 as compared to an average payment of €184.40 at the end of April 2013. The corresponding payment average for April 2012 was €191.80.
