Agriculture Schemes Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 June 2013

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Questions (438)

Derek Keating

Question:

438. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are actively farming, herd numbers, in Clondalkin, Lucan, Saggart, Newcastle, Rathcoole and Brittas, County Dublin and who are in receipt of grants, benefits and funding; if he will provide a list in tabular form the types of grants, funding and benefits for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28887/13]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

My Department is involved in the payment of a wide range of grants and subventions including, for example, payments under the Single Payment Scheme to some 123,000 beneficiaries and area based compensation allowances to some 93,000 farmers. The total value of the payments to farmers in the Dublin area in 2011 and 2012 under four of the main schemes are as follows:

Dublin area	Single Farm Payment		Area Based Compensatory Allowance Scheme		Rural Environment Protection Schemes		Agri-Environment Options Schemes
-	Numbers	Amounts Paid	Numbers	Amounts Paid	Numbers	Amounts Paid	Numbers	Amounts Paid
2011	801	€12,667,480	207	€462,668	101	€747,093	15	€20,556
2012	793	€11,780,931	181	€394,235	80	€557,035	27	€148,881

As the main payments for 2013 are not due to be made until later in the year, payments to date in 2013 are not comparable. Payments are also made under various investment schemes, Forestry, Early Retirement, Installation Aid, Welfare related schemes etc. A further breakdown is not readily available in my Department and the resources required to compile the level of detail would not be justified in the required timeframe. However, details of payments made under EU Schemes for the years 2011 to 2012 are available on my Department’s website.