asked the Minister for Agriculture the number of herds in County Roscommon that received payments under the following schemes and the total amount of money paid under each heading: (a) headage payments (cattle and sheep); (b) suckler cow scheme; (c) beef cow scheme; (d) calf subsidy scheme; (e) ewe subsidy scheme; and (f) payments under the additional calf heifer scheme for the year ended 31 December 1983.
Written Answers. - Agricultural Schemes.
270.
The information requested in relation to number and amount of payments in 1983 is shown in the following table:
|
Scheme |
No. Paid |
Amount |
|
£ |
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|
Disadvantaged Areas |
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|
Headage Schemes |
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|
—Cattle |
3,475 |
1,672,349 |
|
—Beef Cow |
1,493 |
277,491 |
|
—Sheep |
1,095 |
179,226 |
|
EEC Premium Schemes |
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|
—Suckler Cow |
4,272 |
546,011 |
|
—Calf |
4,063 |
273,915 |
|
—Ewe |
1,729 |
613,979 |
|
Calved Heifer Scheme |
465 |
92,890 |