Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2020
814. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that were ruled out of the ANC scheme due to the fact they did not meet the stocking density criteria in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40360/20]
View answerUnder the terms and conditions of the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme, applicants must meet minimum stocking requirements to qualify for payment under the scheme. Not all eligible applicants to the scheme will necessarily satisfy all the scheme requirements in order to qualify for a payment. For example, many will make on-farm decisions in relation to their stocking rates which will impact on their eligibility for payment.
Please see below the details of the number of applicants for the scheme who held eligible ANC land but who did not satisfy the minimum stocking requirements by year. Please note that for scheme year 2020, applicants have until the end of the year to meet their minimum stocking requirements .
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Scheme Year: |
Number of applicants who have not met the minimum stocking requirements: |
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2015 |
6,461 |
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2016 |
5,221 |
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2017 |
4,872 |
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2018 |
5,547 |
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2019 |
5,187 |
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2020 |
9,825 |
