The details requested in respect of recipients of grants and premiums under the Forest Environment Protection Scheme (FEPS) payable in respect of lands planted in Waterford are as follows:
-
|
2012
Cost
€
|
2012
No. of
recipients
|
Average
Payment
€
|
2013
Cost
€
|
2013
No. of recipients
|
Average
Payment
€
|
2014
Cost
€
|
201 4
No. of recipients
|
Average
Payment
€
|
First Instalment
|
22,320
|
1
|
22,320
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
Second Instalment
|
43,427
|
4
|
10,857
|
80,651
|
7
|
11,522
|
64,054
|
5
|
12,811
|
First Premium
|
5,368
|
2
|
2,684
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
_
|
Subsequent Premium
|
164,637
|
38
|
4,3 33
|
141,800
|
33
|
4,297
|
150,409
|
32
|
4,700
|
As eligibility for payment of FEPS payments was linked to participation in REPS, the fall-off in numbers in the Scheme was attributable to the ending of REPS in 2009.