asked the Minister or Agriculture the total amount of grants paid under the farm modernisation scheme in County Roscommon in each of the years 1981 to 1985, inclusive; the total number of applicants in each year; and the number of applications which were not allowed.
Written Answers. - County Roscommon Grant Payment Statistics.
357.
The information requested is as follows:
|
Amount paid in grants£m. |
No. of applications received for grant-aid |
No. of applications found ineligible |
|
|
1981 |
1.06 |
1,245 |
158 |
|
1982 |
1.00 |
837 |
146 |
|
1983 |
0.59 |
89 |
139 |
|
1984 |
0.23 |
258 |
50 |
|
1985 |
0.14 |
151 |
28 |
358.
asked the Minister for Agriculture the number of persons in County Roscommon who have been paid grants and/or subsidies under the following schemes in each of the years 1981 to 1985 inclusive: (a) cattle headage, (b) sheep headage, (c) ewe subsidy, (d) calf subsidy and (e) cow subsidy; the total cost in each year; and (2) the areas in County Roscommon declared disadvantaged areas in the past three years.
The following tables show the number and amount of payments in each of the years 1981 to 1985 in County Roscommon under the various schemes.
Disadvantaged Areas Schemes
|
Calendar Year |
Cattle Headage |
Beef Cow |
Sheep Headage |
|||
|
No. |
Amount Paid |
No. |
Amount Paid |
No. |
Amount Paid |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||
|
1981 |
4,022 |
1,872,450 |
1,983 |
335,522 |
957 |
148,237 |
|
1982 |
3,787 |
1,765,841 |
2,160 |
372,062 |
1,221 |
196,385 |
|
1983 |
3,475 |
1,672,348 |
1,439 |
277,737 |
1,136 |
187,420 |
|
1984 |
3,847 |
1,951,092 |
1,656 |
281,996 |
1,198 |
204,251 |
|
1985 |
3,889 |
2,002,010 |
1,771 |
317,067 |
1,410 |
255,679 |
EEC Premium Schemes
|
Calf Premium |
Suckler Cow |
Ewe Premium |
||||
|
Calendar Year |
No. |
Amount Paid |
No. |
Amount Paid |
No. |
Amount Paid |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||
|
1981 |
Nil |
Nil |
3,908 |
299,739 |
3,990 |
125,528 |
|
1982 |
Nil |
Nil |
4,251 |
601,835 |
1,951 |
278,439 |
|
1983 |
4,063 |
273,915 |
4,272 |
546,010 |
1,728 |
382,889 |
|
1984 |
10,609 |
2,070,123 |
4,107 |
541,102 |
1,699 |
1,120,687 |
|
1985 |
6,487 |
1,022,761 |
6,839 |
979,078 |
3,426 |
1,936,978 |
The totals of the foregoing payments are as follows:—
|
£ |
|
|
1981 |
2,781,476 |
|
1982 |
3,214,562 |
|
1983 |
3,340,319 |
|
1984 |
6,169,251 |
|
1985 |
6,513,573 |
No new areas in County Roscommon were declared disadvantaged in the past three years but the status of some townlands was changed in 1985 from less severely handicapped to more severely handicapped.
359.
asked the Minister for Agriculture the number of persons in County Roscommon who were paid reactor grants in each of the years 1981 to 1985, inclusive; and the total amount in each year.
Details are as follows:
Reactor Grants
|
Year |
Number of Herdowners |
Total Amount Paid (£) |
|
1981 |
775 |
137,770 |
|
1982 |
975 |
194,125 |
|
1983 |
1,047 |
269,590 |
|
1984 |
979 |
311,445 |
|
1985 |
682 |
258,535 |