Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 July 2022
901. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2021 under each category and payment rate; the average number of hectares on which land was claimed in each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39343/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraPlease find the information requested in the table below which shows the different categories of payment rates applicable to payments under the ANC Scheme, the number of farmers who received payments under each category of payment rate the overall area claimed under the scheme for each category and the average number of hectares claimed under the scheme for each category.
Please note that applicants can have more than one land category in their application and their application under each category may contain land receiving payment under both the higher and lower payment rates per category. As such an individual applicant may count towards the overall number of applicants paid in multiple different categories and payment rates.
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Measure/Categories |
Category 1: 1st 12 ha Payment Rate €148.00 |
Category 1: 13 - 34 Ha Payment Rate €112.00 |
Category 2 1st 10ha - Payment Rate €111.00 |
Category 2: 11 – 30ha Payment Rate €104.00 |
Category 3: 1st 8ha Payment Rate: €93.00 |
Category 3: 9 – 30ha Payment Rate €88.25 Low |
|
Herds Paid: |
30,411 |
22,839 |
53,492 |
42,266 |
24,074 |
20,224 |
|
Area Claimed: |
1,067,591.62ha |
N/A |
1,411,151.40ha |
N/A |
834,671.16ha |
N/A |
|
Average number of hectares claimed: |
35.1ha |
|
26.4ha |
|
34.7 |
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