Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2015
258. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have been accepted into tranche one of the GLAS; the average annual payment approved and the number of farmers with a start date of 1 October and 1 January 2016, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43979/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am pleased to say that in October 24, 430 approval letters issued to farmers confirming their acceptance into the scheme. The commencement dates of contracts are set out in tabular form on a county by county basis:
|
County |
1 October 2015 Start Date |
1 January 2016 Start Date |
|
Carlow |
256 |
16 |
|
Cavan |
841 |
42 |
|
Clare |
1,518 |
41 |
|
Cork |
1,961 |
130 |
|
Donegal |
1,736 |
146 |
|
Dublin |
55 |
2 |
|
Galway |
2,734 |
241 |
|
Kerry |
1,624 |
67 |
|
Kildare |
242 |
9 |
|
Kilkenny |
374 |
48 |
|
Laois |
352 |
7 |
|
Leitrim |
908 |
64 |
|
Limerick |
926 |
85 |
|
Longford |
473 |
22 |
|
Louth |
137 |
8 |
|
Mayo |
2,322 |
173 |
|
Meath |
399 |
29 |
|
Monaghan |
533 |
27 |
|
Offaly |
437 |
15 |
|
Roscommon |
1,359 |
106 |
|
Sligo |
859 |
43 |
|
Tipperary |
1,028 |
61 |
|
Waterford |
303 |
26 |
|
Westmeath |
572 |
55 |
|
Wexford |
657 |
60 |
|
Wicklow |
292 |
9 |
|
|
22,898 |
1,532 |
An additional 1,600 applications have been approved recently, a county breakdown is not yet available for these cases .
The information sought on the average annual payment will not be available until the pre-payment validations and calculations are completed.
