Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020
676. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients and the amount received by recipient of funding under the pearl mussel scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19196/20]
View answerThe Pearl Mussel Project is operationally independent of my Department and is run by the Pearl Mussel Project Team. The information below is sourced from the Project Team.
The breakdown per county of payments made are shown below. These payment levels reflect year one of the programme and the environmental quality on the ground. This is very much a baseline level prior to farmers carrying out any supporting actions or management adjustments.
|
County |
Number of participants paid |
Amount paid total |
|
Cork |
37 |
€60,819 |
|
Donegal |
12 |
€11,794 |
|
Galway |
83 |
€145,962 |
|
Kerry |
157 |
€357,642 |
|
Mayo |
52 |
€71,951 |
