Please find the information requested by the Deputy in the table below. The table below reflects advance payments recently made at a rate of 85% made under Year 4 of the sheep welfare scheme which runs from the 1st of February 2020 to the 31st of January 2021.
I am pleased to confirm that, as part of Budget 2021, I secured an additional €17m to continue the scheme for next year. The fifth year of the scheme will commence on the 1st of February 2021.
County
|
Number Paid
|
Amount Paid
|
Average Payment per county
|
Carlow
|
377
|
€426,750.86
|
€1,131.97
|
Cavan
|
364
|
€230,529.26
|
€633.32
|
Clare
|
174
|
€61,941.10
|
€355.98
|
Cork
|
885
|
€729,685.15
|
€824.50
|
Donegal
|
3,214
|
€1,858,318.49
|
€578.19
|
Dublin
|
94
|
€95,575.18
|
€1,016.75
|
Galway
|
2,167
|
€1,576,484.67
|
€727.50
|
Kerry
|
1,578
|
€1,603,234.10
|
€1,015.99
|
Kildare
|
330
|
€415,722.40
|
€1,259.76
|
Kilkenny
|
260
|
€266,883.14
|
€1,026.47
|
Laois
|
199
|
€157,939.94
|
€793.67
|
Leitrim
|
606
|
€459,517.35
|
€758.28
|
Limerick
|
74
|
€73,783.45
|
€997.07
|
Longford
|
177
|
€119,832.52
|
€677.02
|
Louth
|
203
|
€216,151.17
|
€1,064.78
|
Mayo
|
2,682
|
€1,777,610.05
|
€662.79
|
Meath
|
487
|
€549,361.95
|
€1,128.05
|
Monaghan
|
195
|
€130,538.54
|
€669.43
|
Offaly
|
249
|
€240,058.78
|
€964.09
|
Roscommon
|
887
|
€679,026.65
|
€765.53
|
Sligo
|
782
|
€545,725.43
|
€697.86
|
Tipperary
|
390
|
€392,124.98
|
€1,005.45
|
Waterford
|
216
|
€294,080.94
|
€1,361.48
|
Westmeath
|
350
|
€290,918.70
|
€831.20
|
Wexford
|
508
|
€506,000.32
|
€996.06
|
Wicklow
|
793
|
€962,811.29
|
€1,214.14
|
Total
|
18,241
|
€14,660,606.41
|
€803.72
|