Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 September 2013
102. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide on a county basis in tabular form the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and in the same table and on a county basis the cumulative value of the payments in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/13]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is collated by the Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report which is laid before the Dáil when published and copies are lodged in the Oireachtas library. Furthermore these reports are available to the public at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-Statistical-Information-Reports.aspx.
For the Deputy’s convenience a tabular statement detailing the number of persons in receipt of farm assist and the provisional cost of the scheme for 2011, 2012 and at the 31st of August 2013 follows. Statistics on expenditure at county level are not compiled by my Department.
|
County |
2011 |
2012 |
31st August 2013 |
|
Carlow |
95 |
84 |
78 |
|
Cavan |
407 |
404 |
362 |
|
Clare |
643 |
609 |
573 |
|
Cork |
957 |
922 |
873 |
|
Donegal |
1,491 |
1,534 |
1,519 |
|
Dublin |
35 |
37 |
33 |
|
Galway |
1,137 |
1,112 |
1,056 |
|
Kerry |
819 |
818 |
774 |
|
Kildare |
53 |
53 |
42 |
|
Kilkenny |
154 |
146 |
131 |
|
Laois |
177 |
158 |
137 |
|
Leitrim |
377 |
394 |
387 |
|
Limerick |
247 |
250 |
240 |
|
Longford |
258 |
260 |
252 |
|
Louth |
84 |
87 |
82 |
|
Mayo |
1,869 |
1,813 |
1,739 |
|
Meath |
82 |
93 |
82 |
|
Monaghan |
545 |
504 |
484 |
|
Offaly |
133 |
130 |
111 |
|
Roscommon |
433 |
424 |
411 |
|
Sligo |
315 |
310 |
300 |
|
Tipperary |
402 |
404 |
372 |
|
Waterford |
96 |
92 |
86 |
|
Westmeath |
193 |
197 |
172 |
|
Wexford |
255 |
248 |
233 |
|
Wicklow |
76 |
79 |
72 |
|
Expenditure |
€113,724,000 |
€108,170,000 (Provisional) |
€67,777,000 (Provisional) |
