Payment under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints commenced on schedule on 21 September 2016. To date payments worth in excess of €198.772m have issued to some 92,579 beneficiaries. The county breakdown of these payments is outlined in the table:
County
|
Number Paid
|
Amount Paid
|
Carlow
|
677
|
1,439,342.95
|
Cavan
|
4,507
|
9,264,771.80
|
Clare
|
5,627
|
12,737,233.04
|
Cork
|
6,479
|
15,059,664.97
|
Donegal
|
7,608
|
17,579,871.72
|
Dublin
|
130
|
276,135.53
|
Galway
|
10,926
|
23,377,655.61
|
Kerry
|
7,020
|
16,766,343.81
|
Kildare
|
475
|
895,791.65
|
Kilkenny
|
1,607
|
3,398,045.66
|
Laois
|
1,571
|
3,130,577.29
|
Leitrim
|
3,161
|
6,952,100.67
|
Limerick
|
2,693
|
5,248,058.90
|
Longford
|
2,192
|
4,533,309.06
|
Louth
|
689
|
1,193,760.41
|
Mayo
|
10,368
|
22,124,545.68
|
Meath
|
1,230
|
2,204,264.03
|
Monaghan
|
3,768
|
7,138,916.28
|
Offaly
|
2,194
|
4,250,970.58
|
Roscommon
|
5,250
|
11,009,434.74
|
Sligo
|
3,630
|
7,638,983.34
|
Tipperary
|
4,120
|
8,678,358.85
|
Waterford
|
1,292
|
2,804,088.78
|
Westmeath
|
2,455
|
4,725,007.05
|
Wexford
|
1,297
|
2,419,206.90
|
Wicklow
|
1,613
|
3,876,146.11
|
Total
|
92,579
|
198,722,585.41
|