Paul Murphy
Question:480. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the distribution of CAP subsidies across small, medium and large farmers. [47233/19]
View answerTuesday, 19 November 2019
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The table below shows the distribution of CAP pillar 1 payments (basic payment scheme and greening) made for the year 2018 to date to farmers in Ireland, sorted by area farmed. Farmers may also benefit from schemes under CAP pillar 2, many of which are not area-related. More details of payments to farmers are available in the CAP beneficiaries database which can be found on the DAFM website at
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/agri-foodindustry/euinternationalpolicy/commonagriculturalpolicycap/capbeneficiariesdatabase/
|
Area (ha) |
No. of Farmers |
Total |
|
Up to 20 |
49,214 |
€159,093,015 |
|
21-40 |
39,273 |
€296,415,952 |
|
41-60 |
18,233 |
€243,602,178 |
|
61-80 |
8,134 |
€160,635,763 |
|
>81 |
8,719 |
€314,166,104 |
|
Total |
123,573 |
€1,173,913,012 |