Written answers

Tuesday, 8 February 2005

Department of Agriculture and Food

Farm Retirement Scheme

8:00 pm

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 388: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of retired farmers in County Longford who were in receipt of the early farm retirement scheme for each of the past five years. [3477/05]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the number of participants from County Longford in the scheme of early retirement from farming, ERS1, which closed to new applicants on 31 December 1999, and the current scheme, ERS2, introduced in November 2000, for each of the past five years is set out in the following table.

Year ended No. of participants in payment ERS1 No. of participants in payment ERS2
31 December 2000 119 0
31 December 2001 111 6
31 December 2002 106 13
31 December 2003 94 25
31 December 2004 85 29

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