Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1241. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of applicants under the Basic Payment Scheme 2017 and Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 2017 paid to date in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1805/18]
View answerPayments under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme commenced on 16th October 2017 in respect of all clear applications. To date in excess of €1.153 bn has been paid to 122,229 applicants. This represents 98.9% of all eligible applications received.
In County Cavan under the Basic Payment Scheme, 4,671 applicants have been paid out of a total 4,725 eligible applicants. This represents 98.8% of applications received.
Payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme commenced in September 2017. To date in excess of €198m has been paid to almost 93,000 applicants.
Under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 4,504 applicants out of a total of 4,761 eligible applications have been paid in County Cavan. This represents 94.6% of eligible applications received.
