Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 March 2018

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Ceisteanna (311)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

311. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of AEOS payments who have received the 85% advance payment of their 2017 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of persons that have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting the 85% portion of the 2017 payment; the number of AEOS recipients that have yet to receive this portion of payment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14838/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The following table outlines the current position. The number to be finalised of 497 includes 430 cases where participants have already transformed to GLAS but may be due payment on capital investments for 2017 under their AEOS contract. These cases must be examined to verify that all AEOS scheme payments were correctly made before the final 2017 AEOS payment can be released. Payments are continuing to issue as cases are finalised.

County	Numbers paid for 2017	Numbers to be finalised for 2017
Carlow	8	3
Cavan	71	10
Clare	118	17
Cork	84	54
Donegal	291	83
Dublin	3	1
Galway	346	48
Kerry	157	44
Kildare	5	2
Kilkenny	19	5
Laois	17	1
Leitrim	151	16
Limerick	52	9
Longford	18	5
Louth	12	3
Mayo	318	92
Meath	22	1
Monaghan	46	8
Offaly	21	10
Roscommon	127	40
Sligo	83	18
Tipperary	34	12
Waterford	17	7
Westmeath	29	1
Wexford	10	3
Wicklow	12	4
Total	2071	497