Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
1415. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to the crop loss compensation scheme by county, in tabular form; and when payments will issue. [38947/17]
View answerIn July I launched the Weather Related Crop Damage Measure for tillage farmers impacted by adverse weather in September 2016. Commercial cereal growers who experienced greater than 30% loss in tonnes of eligible crops sold as a result of the wet harvest conditions in September 2016 were eligible to apply for aid. The eligible crops under the measures are spring wheat, spring barley, spring oats and spring oilseed rape
162 applications have been received under this Measure. The closing date was 25 August.
These applications are currently being examined for completeness and compliance with eligibility requirements as set out in the Scheme Terms and Conditions. Following this process, the applications will be subject to the standard administrative and on the ground verification procedures. Following this, cleared files will be processed for payment.
The county breakdown of the applications received is as follows.
|
County |
Applicants |
|
Cork |
82 |
|
Donegal |
25 |
|
Galway |
22 |
|
Kerry |
7 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
|
Longford |
4 |
|
Louth |
2 |
|
Mayo |
4 |
|
Meath |
2 |
|
Roscommon |
6 |
|
Tipperary |
4 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
|
Wexford |
2 |
|
162 |
