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 applicants 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.