Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 February 2012
226 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average payments per capita to farm households in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6060/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table shows the total payments made by my Department in each of the four years in question. These amounts include direct payments to farmers as well as capital and other grants and both EU and Exchequer funded payments.
|
Year |
Overall Payments |
|
2008 |
€2,630,230,735 |
|
2009 |
€2,331,049,567 |
|
2010 |
€2,137,187,273 |
|
2011 |
€2,028,867,145 |
Payments issue to up to 130,000 scheme participants as in the case of the Single Payment Scheme; Average payments per capita to farm household are not available based on this data as the number of participants varies substantially across schemes.
Teagasc's National Farm Survey provides information on farm incomes, including direct payments, based on a representative sample of farms. The National Farm Survey shows the following average total direct payments (excluding capital grants) for all farms as follows:
|
Year |
€ |
|
2008 |
€17,467 |
|
2009 |
€17,347 |
|
2010 |
€17,354 |
The National Farm Survey 2011 will be published later this year.
