Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2017
458. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons applying for ANC, areas of natural constraint, payments in 2017 that have not to date received a payment in view of the fact they do not meet the annual average stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for the calendar year. [41405/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraPayments under the 2017 Areas of Natural Constraints, ANC, Scheme commenced as scheduled in the third week of September. To date, payments worth €170 million have issued to some 80,000 farmers.
As is normal at this juncture, many farmers are not yet eligible for payment as they have not yet fulfilled the necessary stocking requirements under the ANC scheme but can still do so up to the end of the year. Currently there are 11,904 applications that have not yet met the annual average stocking density requirements. Payments are continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis to those cases that become eligible under the scheme rules.
