Farm Assist Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Questions (1243)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

1243. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist and the amount paid in each county, in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34766/17]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The recipient information and national expenditure for Farm Assist requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statements.

The Department does not collate statistics on expenditure on a county by county basis for Farm Assist.

Farm Assist Recipients by County Breakdown

	Dec-12	Dec-13	Dec-14	Dec-15	Dec-16	Jun-17
Carlow	84	75	76	69	58	57
Cavan	404	344	326	300	265	262
Clare	609	566	521	455	400	392
Cork	922	840	788	689	606	594
Donegal	1,534	1,492	1,458	1,378	1,294	1,287
Dublin	37	28	32	30	33	31
Galway	1,112	1,035	1,000	858	767	762
Kerry	818	766	721	638	568	569
Kildare	53	39	37	28	19	20
Kilkenny	146	128	120	108	91	87
Laois	158	128	116	104	94	79
Leitrim	394	396	377	366	331	325
Limerick	250	231	216	180	164	160
Longford	260	232	205	177	139	138
Louth	87	79	82	72	59	60
Mayo	1,813	1,691	1,614	1,471	1,289	1,288
Meath	93	81	81	67	55	52
Monaghan	504	468	446	386	344	339
Offaly	130	107	97	89	76	79
Roscommon	424	384	356	319	276	276
Sligo	310	283	283	251	228	226
Tipperary	404	363	336	300	269	262
Waterford	92	85	78	70	64	58
Westmeath	197	166	153	131	120	119
Wexford	248	224	223	195	166	160
Wicklow	79	72	67	59	53	54
Total	11,162	10,303	9,809	8,790	7,828	7,736

Expenditure on Farm Assist 2012 – 2016

2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
€000	€000	€000	€000	€000
108,170	99,178	93,632	88,487	78,831