Please see table below that provides a county breakdown for each scheme year for the numbers of unsuccessful applicants to the Sheep Welfare Scheme.
There are a number of reasons as to why an application for participation in the scheme would be unsuccessful. Typical reasons for this in the first year of the scheme were that applications were returned to my Department incomplete, census information was not returned for one or both of the reference years for the scheme of 2014/2015 or the 2016 census was not returned to the Department as required.
In the second year of the scheme, a typical reason was the failure to complete and return the continuation sheet required for applicants to indicate that they wished to continue in the scheme.
Additional issues common across all scheme years were that the applicants did not submit a BPS application, or the required census information was not available in the case of new entrants.
Applications not successful in a particular scheme year could subsequently successfully apply in later scheme years where a successful appeal was made by the applicant.
County
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
Carlow
|
8
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
Cavan
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Clare
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Cork
|
18
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
Donegal
|
58
|
16
|
4
|
2
|
Dublin
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
Galway
|
55
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
Kerry
|
36
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
Kildare
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Kilkenny
|
12
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Laois
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Leitrim
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
Limerick
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Longford
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Louth
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mayo
|
75
|
24
|
4
|
3
|
Meath
|
21
|
9
|
1
|
2
|
Monaghan
|
18
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
Offaly
|
14
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
Roscommon
|
30
|
16
|
0
|
2
|
Sligo
|
19
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
Tipperary
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
Waterford
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Westmeath
|
22
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
Wexford
|
30
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
Wicklow
|
28
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
Total
|
529
|
134
|
27
|
23
|