Charlie McConalogue
Ceist:
528. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated quantity of land in hectares nationally and by county that is not eligible for current CAP pillar 1 payments which is high in biodiversity and that his Department has indicated to the European Court of Auditors should be eligible for pillar 2 payments under the Rural Development Programme per an article (details supplied) in tabular form. [37720/19]
Amharc ar fhreagra
The data requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled, and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as this has been completed.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
The following table is based on the land declared by farmers and subsequently held on the Department's Land Parcel Identification System. For each county, the number of hectares relates to the area of land that is not eligible for the Basic Payment Scheme under the current land eligibility rules as set out in the relevant EU regulations. It should be noted that these areas of land can be declared or deemed as ineligible for a wide variety of reasons. For example, included in the figures are areas relating to scrub, roads and buildings, recreational areas, streams etc.
The draft regulations for the new CAP post 2020 are currently under consideration at EU level, and my officials continue to engage proactively in this process. As part of these discussions, my officials have expressed Ireland's view that land eligibility rules across direct payment and rural development measures should be framed in a consistent manner which would enable the maximum level of environmental, climate related and biodiversity benefits to be delivered under schemes in the next round of the CAP.
County
|
Hectares
|
County
|
Hectares
|
Carlow
|
1866.01
|
Offaly
|
3762.47
|
Cavan
|
5787.75
|
Roscommon
|
5527.41
|
Clare
|
21127.7
|
Sligo
|
5795.69
|
Donegal
|
15985.13
|
Waterford
|
4640.2
|
Dublin
|
1025.84
|
Wexford
|
3507.04
|
Galway
|
23902.96
|
Wicklow
|
4876.43
|
Kerry
|
16857.32
|
Louth
|
1458.75
|
Kildare
|
2139.44
|
Tipperary
|
9195.98
|
Kilkenny
|
4255.2
|
Westmeath
|
3741.56
|
Laois
|
3168.44
|
Mayo
|
17436
|
Leitrim
|
14995.04
|
Meath
|
3090.48
|
Limerick
|
6802.68
|
Monaghan
|
4005.76
|
Longford
|
2270.44
|
Cork
|
26023.66
|