Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
1236. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares currently eligible under the BPS and greening scheme, by county; the total percentage of eligible land by county covered by the scheme out of total national land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36698/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs requested please see in the table the number of hectares currently eligible under the BPS and greening scheme, by county. These figures are based on the total digitised area per county and the maximum eligible area per county i.e the area before the deduction of any ineligible areas such as roadways, inaccessible areas, rivers, dense scrub etc and the remaining eligible area. The figure of total national land is not held on the departments LPIS (land parcel identification system).
|
COUNTY |
DIGITISED AREA |
TOTAL MEA |
% of Elgible Land |
|
CARLOW |
80,081.17 |
76,001.23 |
94.91% |
|
CAVAN |
153,853.45 |
141,461.65 |
91.95% |
|
CLARE |
237,384.09 |
209,373.14 |
88.20% |
|
CORK |
604,980.93 |
557,977.89 |
92.23% |
|
DONEGAL |
323,239.68 |
303,387.94 |
93.86% |
|
DUBLIN |
41,603.93 |
40,151.17 |
96.51% |
|
GALWAY |
420,701.79 |
380,351.70 |
90.41% |
|
KERRY |
364,568.32 |
336,857.03 |
92.40% |
|
KILDARE |
121,979.39 |
115,588.06 |
94.76% |
|
KILKENNY |
172,327.61 |
162,099.35 |
94.06% |
|
LAOIS |
132,754.83 |
125,042.76 |
94.19% |
|
LEITRIM |
113,307.82 |
105,334.90 |
92.96% |
|
LIMERICK |
210,764.37 |
197,253.70 |
93.59% |
|
LONGFORD |
78,098.53 |
72,002.16 |
92.19% |
|
LOUTH |
67,376.14 |
64,461.38 |
95.67% |
|
MAYO |
399,273.05 |
361,519.19 |
90.54% |
|
MEATH |
185,490.78 |
177,872.25 |
95.89% |
|
MONAGHAN |
108,430.24 |
100,953.78 |
93.10% |
|
OFFALY |
136,398.05 |
124,925.64 |
91.59% |
|
ROSCOMMON |
181,313.46 |
164,976.34 |
90.99% |
|
SLIGO |
133,980.19 |
123,176.30 |
91.94% |
|
TIPPERARY |
342,987.36 |
321,449.28 |
93.72% |
|
WATERFORD |
141,649.16 |
130,777.06 |
92.32% |
|
WESTMEATH |
130,228.55 |
121,634.24 |
93.40% |
|
WEXFORD |
197,668.99 |
187,216.57 |
94.71% |
|
WICKLOW |
128,951.80 |
119,504.61 |
92.67% |
|
TOTAL |
5,209,393.68 |
4,821,349.32 |
92.55% |
