Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 December 2015
257. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received, payments made and the total amount paid under the basic payments scheme, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/15]
View answerIn relation to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening Payment, I am pleased to confirm that advance payments began issuing in Ireland on 16 October 2015. This is the earliest that payments can commence under the governing EU Regulations. Ireland is among the earliest to pay the BPS in the European Union and to date, of the approximately 122,265 eligible applicants, over 119,000 farmers have received payments totalling €1.05 billion. The further detail on a county by county basis is currently being compiled and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy at the earliest possible date.
