Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 November 2018
490. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of farmland under each area designation (details supplied) as a percentage of total eligible areas of natural constraint land by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47833/18]
View answerThe amount of designated ANC land under each category (Mountain, More Severe and Less Severe) as a percentage of the total eligible ANC land by county is as follows -
|
County |
ANC total(ha) |
Mountain % |
More Severe % |
Less Severe % |
|
Carlow |
23,834.34 |
31.89 |
14.34 |
53.77 |
|
Cavan |
135,467.71 |
13.09 |
84.92 |
1.99 |
|
Clare |
199,223.03 |
14.9 |
78.14 |
6.96 |
|
Cork |
245,480.25 |
44.87 |
29.35 |
25.78 |
|
Donegal |
288,337.15 |
80.18 |
19.75 |
0.07 |
|
Dublin |
5,671.01 |
78.03 |
8.49 |
13.48 |
|
Galway |
361,087.10 |
30.43 |
69.48 |
0.09 |
|
Kerry |
321,657.65 |
59.27 |
25.95 |
14.78 |
|
Kildare |
17,986.90 |
15.49 |
3.16 |
81.35 |
|
Kilkenny |
61,588.94 |
18.97 |
17.59 |
63.44 |
|
Laois |
53,706.44 |
14.61 |
20.93 |
64.46 |
|
Leitrim |
101,275.07 |
47.14 |
51.3 |
1.56 |
|
Limerick |
87,805.04 |
5.85 |
38.53 |
55.62 |
|
Longford |
69,955.96 |
0.46 |
96.92 |
2.62 |
|
Louth |
20,520.00 |
25.86 |
5.86 |
68.28 |
|
Mayo |
344,172.40 |
53.38 |
46.6 |
0.02 |
|
Meath |
41,629.14 |
0.81 |
17.28 |
81.91 |
|
Monaghan |
98,923.85 |
0.44 |
98.92 |
0.64 |
|
Offaly |
77,982.11 |
4.29 |
20.51 |
75.2 |
|
Roscommon |
159,855.00 |
4.78 |
94.82 |
0.4 |
|
Sligo |
119,308.42 |
39.35 |
60.35 |
0.3 |
|
Tipperary |
164,738.85 |
21.34 |
15.97 |
62.69 |
|
Waterford |
61,280.76 |
43.69 |
6.67 |
49.64 |
|
Westmeath |
93,112.97 |
0.32 |
12.52 |
87.16 |
|
Wexford |
46,050.49 |
14.95 |
0.57 |
84.48 |
|
Wicklow |
86,324.54 |
59.57 |
11.01 |
29.42 |
The designation of land under the ANC Scheme is required under EU Regulation to be defined by reference to biophysical criteria in 2019. This process is now nearing completion.
