Grant Payments

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Ceisteanna (213)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

216 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline on a county basis the number of farmers who have received payments for the 2010 agri-environment option scheme; the number of claimants who are outstanding; when the outstanding payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5957/12]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

The table below details (i) the number of applicants who have received a payment in respect of their 2010 agri environment options scheme and (ii) the number of farmers who have yet to receive payment on a county by county basis. To summarise a total of 6030 applicants have received payments for the 2010 AEOS (detailed on a county by county basis in the following table) and a further 528 applicants were have either withdrawn or been rejected from the scheme following initial approval into the scheme (not available on a county by county basis).

County	Total Applications Paid	Total Outstanding for County
Carlow	85	21
Cavan	186	73
Clare	314	86
Cork	364	210
Donegal	539	35
Dublin	11	8
Galway	639	282
Kerry	251	149
Kildare	63	26
Kilkenny	227	73
Laois	137	63
Leitrim	338	84
Limerick	212	100
Longford	82	42
Louth	44	25
Mayo	671	347
Meath	145	53
Monaghan	209	45
Offaly	108	49
Roscommon	331	111
Sligo	250	74
Tipperary	307	142
Waterford	105	59
Westmeath	213	44
Wexford	123	99
Wicklow	76	45
Total	6,030	2,345

Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. These checks are ongoing and my Department is dealing with applications on which queries and issues arose in the course of this administrative checking process. Further payments are issuing on an ongoing basis as these queries are resolved.