Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)

I am happy to provide the Deputy with the table in written form as result of this question. It lists the total expenditure per county for all CSP schemes, the number of beneficiaries and the average per beneficiary.

It is quite even. The Deputy's county, Tipperary, saw total expenditure under all CSP schemes of €112,091,305 to 6,652 beneficiaries. The average per beneficiary worked out at €16,851. That compares with Carlow, which is at €17,700; my county, Kildare, at €16,210; Kilkenny, next door to the Deputy, at €17,525; and Laois at €15,750. There is a uniformity in terms of the average per beneficiary, so it is quite balanced and quite fair. We have seen that movement to fairness progress over previous CAPs as well.

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