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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2020

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Questions (840)

Seán Canney

Question:

840. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers ruled out of the ANC scheme due to not meeting stocking density criteria in each of the years 2015 to 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41834/20]

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Under 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 per county of the number of  applicants for the scheme who held eligible ANC land but who did not satisfy the minimum stocking requirements in each county for the years requested.    The information for scheme year 2020 is as of the 4th December 2020. Please note that for scheme year 2020, applicants have until the end of the year to meet their minimum stocking requirements  and therefore numberin this column will continue to fall as the month progresses.

County

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020 (as of  04.12.20)

Carlow

58

42

39

39

39

81

Cavan

224

184

168

188

190

271

Clare

267

216

207

234

208

357

Cork

449

360

343

412

391

654

Donegal

718

673

541

614

568

774

Dublin

24

19

19

20

16

25

Galway

742

596

520

602

542

944

Kerry

470

357

339

411

381

614

Kildare

45

35

40

36

40

87

Kilkenny

143

111

101

108

96

160

Laois

129

86

88

99

76

129

Leitrim

199

149

144

168

148

249

Limerick

188

130

129

158

289

377

Longford

128

83

79

97

83

138

Louth

89

70

68

83

57

128

Mayo

667

591

507

559

579

867

Meath

88

72

72

82

75

134

Monaghan

218

176

185

208

199

255

Offaly

166

130

145

165

133

219

Roscommon

324

225

209

251

225

347

Sligo

228

191

176

193

154

271

Tipperary

291

227

242

263

250

390

Waterford

108

93

97

102

96

133

Westmeath

158

114

137

139

141

252

Wexford

170

151

164

181

103

303

Wicklow

170

140

113

135

108

213

Total

6,461

5,221

4,872

5,547

5,187

8,372

 

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