Charlie McConalogue
Ceist:
214. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of the sheep welfare scheme payment who have received their 2017 balancing payment by county, in tabular form; the number who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting on their 2017 balancing payment; the number in receipt of sheep welfare payments who have yet to receive the 2017 balancing payment by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21908/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra
The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
Table 1 - farmers by county who have received a balancing payment under the Sheep Welfare Scheme.
|
County
|
Number of applicant's paid balancing as at 30th May 2018
|
|
CARLOW
|
297
|
|
CAVAN
|
290
|
|
CLARE
|
154
|
|
CORK
|
701
|
|
DONEGAL
|
2818
|
|
DUBLIN
|
61
|
|
GALWAY
|
1841
|
|
KERRY
|
1236
|
|
KILDARE
|
244
|
|
KILKENNY
|
211
|
|
LAOIS
|
161
|
|
LEITRIM
|
522
|
|
LIMERICK
|
50
|
|
LONGFORD
|
156
|
|
LOUTH
|
163
|
|
MAYO
|
2312
|
|
MEATH
|
377
|
|
MONAGHAN
|
117
|
|
OFFALY
|
183
|
|
ROSCOMMON
|
777
|
|
SLIGO
|
668
|
|
TIPPERARY
|
286
|
|
WATERFORD
|
154
|
|
WESTMEATH
|
301
|
|
WEXFORD
|
413
|
|
WICKLOW
|
625
|
|
Total
|
15118
|
Table 2- Farmers in receipt of Sheep Welfare Payments who have yet to receive their 2017 balancing payments.
|
County
|
Number in receipt of Sheep Welfare Payments who have yet to receive a balancing payment.
|
|
CARLOW
|
145
|
|
CAVAN
|
150
|
|
CLARE
|
65
|
|
CORK
|
327
|
|
DONEGAL
|
801
|
|
DUBLIN
|
45
|
|
GALWAY
|
613
|
|
KERRY
|
470
|
|
KILDARE
|
136
|
|
KILKENNY
|
93
|
|
LAOIS
|
99
|
|
LEITRIM
|
166
|
|
LIMERICK
|
43
|
|
LONGFORD
|
72
|
|
LOUTH
|
74
|
|
MAYO
|
729
|
|
MEATH
|
202
|
|
MONAGHAN
|
109
|
|
OFFALY
|
115
|
|
ROSCOMMON
|
286
|
|
SLIGO
|
225
|
|
TIPPERARY
|
190
|
|
WATERFORD
|
92
|
|
WESTMEATH
|
113
|
|
WEXFORD
|
183
|
|
WICKLOW
|
251
|
|
Total
|
5794
|
In relation to the farmers yet to receive their balancing payments, over 4,200 of the farmers in Table 2 have passed all payment approval checks and will be receiving their balancing payments shortly. The remaining cases will be processed as a matter of priority. In many cases, there are issues relating to outstanding sheep census returns which are stopping payment.
