Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 February 2024
335. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers paid to date under the agri-climate rural environment scheme per county; the total amount of payments in Euro paid out under the agri-climate rural environment scheme in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4826/24]
View answerThe information requested is provided in the below table. Payments will continue on a regular basis as cases pass all validation checks.
|
County |
No of applications |
Amount € |
|
Carlow |
246 |
€1,167,164.19 |
|
Cavan |
1,009 |
€4,680,984.81 |
|
Clare |
991 |
€4,548,228.64 |
|
Cork |
1,042 |
€4,454,657.52 |
|
Donegal |
1,213 |
€4,893,928.27 |
|
Dublin |
30 |
€129,531.86 |
|
Galway |
1,952 |
€8,474,608.24 |
|
Kerry |
345 |
€1,416,584.74 |
|
Kildare |
183 |
€798,286.91 |
|
Kilkenny |
420 |
€1,912,252.58 |
|
Laois |
229 |
€1,072,278.78 |
|
Leitrim |
548 |
€2,490,201.78 |
|
Limerick |
550 |
€2,403,715.52 |
|
Longford |
898 |
€4,233,825.77 |
|
Louth |
119 |
€556,204.29 |
|
Mayo |
2,000 |
€8,533,439.73 |
|
Meath |
337 |
€1,550,497.41 |
|
Monaghan |
453 |
€1,940,206.96 |
|
Offaly |
479 |
€2,155,588.76 |
|
Roscommon |
1,720 |
€7,924,389.66 |
|
Sligo |
660 |
€2,921,193.71 |
|
Tipperary |
639 |
€2,874,691.07 |
|
Waterford |
185 |
€819,284.17 |
|
Westmeath |
677 |
€3,320,558.41 |
|
Wexford |
551 |
€2,728,713.94 |
|
Wicklow |
247 |
€1,052,671.06 |
|
Total |
17,723 |
€79,053,688.78 |
In addition, €6.7 million has been paid to date for the provision of, and attendance at, ACRES training courses. As the payments for attendees are made to the course providers for passing on to the ACRES participants, an accurate breakdown by county is not available as an ACRES participant may attend a course provided by an ACRES trainer based in a neighbouring county.
