Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 April 2015
99. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average value of green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme applications; where actions have been selected, broken down by county and by tier; the number received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16183/15]
View answerApproximately 18,000 applications have already been registered on the GLAS system but as actions are still being recorded against these it is not possible to calculate the average annual payment. However, I expect most will reach the maximum of €5,000 per annum, with GLAS+ candidates reaching up to €7,000. Of the 18,000 applications registered, specific actions have been selected in 10,590 cases. These are broken down by county below, as requested. The tier breakdown is more fluid, as up until applications are actually submitted, applicants have the opportunity to adopt particular actions which will improve their ranking. As things stand the breakdown for applications with associated actions indicates that some 44% at least will be Tier 1, some 24% Tier 2 and 32% Tier 3. However, these are subject to change, and in particular I would expect that many of the Tier 3 applicants will adopt actions which promote them into Tier 2.
The county breakdown for applications with actions is below.
|
County |
Number of applications with actions |
|
Carlow |
144 |
|
Cavan |
423 |
|
Clare |
721 |
|
Cork |
823 |
|
Donegal |
1078 |
|
Dublin |
33 |
|
Galway |
1207 |
|
Kerry |
849 |
|
Kildare |
129 |
|
Kilkenny |
130 |
|
Laois |
168 |
|
Leitrim |
459 |
|
Limerick |
311 |
|
Longford |
180 |
|
Louth |
75 |
|
Mayo |
1241 |
|
Meath |
170 |
|
Monaghan |
262 |
|
Offaly |
171 |
|
Roscommon |
572 |
|
Sligo |
428 |
|
Tipperary |
326 |
|
Waterford |
151 |
|
Westmeath |
269 |
|
Wexford |
163 |
|
Wicklow |
107 |
|
TOTAL |
10590 |
