Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:30 pm

Mr. Thomas Harty:

The other question concerned the percentage now constrained. In 2018, 3.5 million ha were constrained. We are looking at just over 3.7 million ha being constrained. There is a net gain between the 2018 and 2019 schemes. I do not have the exact figure for the total utilised agricultural area in the country but I can send on an explicit figure. We are looking at an increase of more than 100,000 ha. In excess of 3.7 million ha are potentially eligible for payment under the scheme. I will provide the percentage to be sure but they are the figures.

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