Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 19 Feb 1985

Vol. 356 No. 1

Written Answers. - Departmental Expenditure.

578.

Mr. Naughten

asked the Minister for Agriculture the amount of moneys, specifying the details of the expenditure, paid by his Department in respect of farm grants to Counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Roscommon for 1982, 1983 and 1984.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Deasy)

The information on a county basis is given in the following tabular statements viz:

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Galway	Cattle Headage	2.149	1.654	2.244
	Suckler Cow	1.155	1.053	1.120
	Beef Cow	1.044	0.579	0.827
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.033	0.031	0.030
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.082	0.031	0.027
	Calved Heifer	0.008	0.269	0.636
	Calf Premium	—	0.557	4.426
	Sheep Headage	1.102	0.929	1.175
	Ewe Premium	1.067	1.423	4.366
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	0.001	0.007	0.001
	Farm Modernisation	1.869	1.377	0.834
	Western Drainage	1.195	1.146	1.216
	Programme for Western Development	0.684	0.985	0.780
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.392	0.277	0.591
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.044	0.051	0.059
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.103	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.477	0.006	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.020	—	—
	Totals	11.425	10.375	18.332

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Mayo	Cattle Headage	5.350	5.529	5.709
	Suckler Cow	1.187	1.088	1.103
	Beef Cow	—	—	—
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.004	0.023	0.005
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.001	0.002	0.003
	Calved Heifer	0.092	0.246	0.379
	Calf Premium	—	0.381	2.922
	Sheep Headage	1.330	1.277	1.333
	Ewe Premium	0.655	0.862	2.591
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	—	—	—
	Farm Modernisation	1.279	0.822	0.414
	Western Drainage	1.219	1.187	1.580
	Programme for Western Development	0.311	0.675	0.707
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.085	0.105	0.109
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.056	0.063	0.068
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.045	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.544	0.031	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.006	—	—
	Totals	12.164	12.291	16.941

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Sligo	Cattle Headage	2.347	2.064	2.255
	Suckler Cow	0.337	0.342	0.352
	Beef Cow	—	—	—
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.004	0.015	0.002
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.026	0.029	0.026
	Calved Heifer	0.039	0.110	0.203
	Calf Premium	—	0.090	1.184
	Sheep Headage	0.353	0.290	0.324
	Ewe Premium	0.154	1.201	0.619
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	—	—	—
	Farm Modernisation	0.526	0.263	0.130
	Western Drainage	0.498	0.355	0.363
	Programme for Western Development	0.063	0.123	0.133
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.059	0.031	0.018
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.040	0.047	0.050
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.004	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.146	0.001	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.012	—	—
	Totals	4.608	3.961	5.659

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Leitrim	Cattle Headage	2.076	1.532	1.456
	Suckler Cow	0.547	0.523	0.545
	Beef Cow	—	—	—
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.008	0.012	0.004
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.007	0.008	0.002
	Calved Heifer	0.036	0.104	0.175
	Calf Premium	—	0.093	0.784
	Sheep Headage	0.335	0.269	0.278
	Ewe Premium	0.115	0.160	0.467
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	—	—	—
	Farm Modernisation	0.285	0.161	0.075
	Western Drainage	0.506	0.435	0.568
	Programme for Western Development	0.022	0.029	0.042
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.052	0.057	0.084
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.048	0.064	0.072
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.014	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.117	0.007	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.011	—	—
	Totals	4.179	3.454	4.552

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Donegal	Cattle Headage	2.880	3.384	2.814
	Suckler Cow	0.915	0.875	0.876
	Beef Cow	—	—	—
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.012	0.018	0.003
	Dairy Herd Conversion	—	0.014	0.011
	Calved Heifer	—	0.181	0.267
	Calf Premium	—	0.182	1.614
	Sheep Headage	1.880	1.828	1.904
	Ewe Premium	0.677	0.952	2.820
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	0.002	0.002	—
	Farm Modernisation	0.810	0.539	0.310
	Western Drainage	0.788	0.893	0.725
	Programme for Western Development	0.306	0.585	0.438
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.067	0.052	0.065
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.032	0.037	0.039
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.021	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.156	0.004	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.004	—	—
	Totals	8.550	9.546	11.886

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Cavan	Cattle Headage	0.432	0.389	0.433
	Suckler Cow	0.294	0.282	0.299
	Beef Cow	0.195	0.215	0.164
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.031	0.069	0.017
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.073	0.047	0.044
	Calved Heifer	0.198	0.151	0.290
	Calf Premium	—	0.302	1.686
	Sheep Headage	0.130	0.118	0.137
	Ewe Premium	0.065	0.082	0.288
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	0.004	—	—
	Farm Modernisation	1.191	0.706	0.240
	Western Drainage	1.723	1.446	1.031
	Programme for Western Development	0.045	0.047	0.088
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.194	0.266	0.411
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.066	0.076	0.080
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.080	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.160	0.014	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.011	—	—
	Totals	4.892	4.210	5.208

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Monaghan	Cattle Headage	0.401	0.407	0.321
	Suckler Cow	0.152	0.151	0.152
	Beef Cow	0.134	0.113	0.108
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.044	0.020	0.022
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.088	0.022	0.025
	Calved Heifer	0.178	0.154	0.206
	Calf Premium	—	0.265	1.358
	Sheep Headage	0.008	0.010	0.016
	Ewe Premium	0.012	0.018	0.069
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	0.003	0.002	0.002
	Farm Modernisation	1.448	0.839	0.725
	Western Drainage	1.365	0.947	0.847
	Programme for Western Development	0.012	0.087	0.236
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.137	0.147	0.221
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.035	0.041	0.046
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.076	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.120	0.001	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.010	—	—
	Totals	4.223	3.224	4.354

County	Scheme	Amount paid in 1982	Amount paid in 1983	Amount paid in 1984
		£m	£m	£m
Roscommon	Cattle Headage	1.766	1.672	1.951
	Suckler Cow	0.602	0.546	0.541
	Beef Cow	0.372	0.278	0.282
	Non-Marketing of Milk	0.030	0.021	0.026
	Dairy Herd Conversion	0.008	0.005	0.002
	Calved Heifer	0.047	0.093	0.223
	Calf Premium	—	0.274	2.070
	Sheep Headage	0.196	0.187	0.204
	Ewe Premium	0.278	0.383	1.121
	Livestock Improvement Schemes	0.001	—	—
	Farm Modernisation	1.004	0.589	0.234
	Western Drainage	0.739	0.672	0.703
	Programme for Western Development	0.167	0.267	0.390
	Disease Eradication Schemes	0.203	0.289	0.328
	Farmers' Retirement Schemes	0.053	0.059	0.064
	1981 Fertiliser Subsidy Scheme	0.015	—	—
	Silage Schemes	0.299	—	—
	EEC Emergency Aid Fund	0.008	—	—
	Totals	5.788	5.335	8.139