Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 February 2018
466. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum payment that can be granted to one person for the greening payment under pillar 1; the greening payment values in 2017 by amounts (details supplied); and the number of persons paid, in tabular form. [5459/18]
View answerThe maximum payment that may be granted to any one farmer under the Basic Payment Scheme (excluding the Greening Payment) in any one scheme year is capped at €150,000. This cap on payment relates only to the payment received under the Basic Payment Scheme, and a farmer’s total payment could be over €150,000 when Greening is added on. There is no maximum Greening Payment.
The requested information with regard to Greening payments is set out in the following table:
|
Range |
Number of Applicants |
Value of Payments |
|
01-Between 0 and 5000 |
103882 |
€188,354,920 |
|
02-Between 5000 and 10000 |
14176 |
€96,364,200 |
|
03-Between 10000 and 20000 |
3752 |
€49,385,188 |
|
04-Between 20000 and 30000 |
521 |
€12,448,498 |
|
05-Between 30000 and 40000 |
121 |
€4,097,889 |
|
06-Between 40000 and 50000 |
48 |
€2,076,20 |
|
07-Between 50000 and 60000 |
15 |
€819,806 |
|
08-Between 60000 and 70000 |
11 |
€690,908 |
|
09-Between 70000 and 80000 |
1 |
€71,832 |
|
10-Between 80000 and 90000 |
1 |
€80,653 |
