Written answers
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Farm Retirement Scheme
9:00 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applicants approved for benefit under the scheme of early retirement from farming on a county basis for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37062/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The table shows a breakdown by county of applicants that were approved for payment under the Early Retirement Scheme (ERS3) 2007 and the Early Retirement (ERS2) 2000 Scheme in the year 2007 (the ERS2 approvals were in respect of applications received before the closure of that Scheme to new applications in December 2006.)
County | ERS3 2007 | ERS2 2000 |
Carlow | 0 | 1 |
Cavan | 0 | 4 |
Clare | 1 | 8 |
Cork | 4 | 38 |
Donegal | 0 | 0 |
Dublin | 0 | 1 |
Galway | 0 | 9 |
Kerry | 0 | 12 |
Kildare | 1 | 5 |
Kilkenny | 0 | 6 |
Laois | 1 | 5 |
Leitrim | 0 | 1 |
Limerick | 0 | 8 |
Longford | 0 | 0 |
Louth | 0 | 2 |
Mayo | 0 | 2 |
Meath | 0 | 3 |
Monaghan | 0 | 7 |
Offaly | 0 | 7 |
Roscommon | 0 | 2 |
Sligo | 0 | 4 |
Tipperary | 4 | 15 |
Waterford | 2 | 7 |
Westmeath | 1 | 2 |
Wexford | 0 | 8 |
Wicklow | 0 | 5 |
Total | 14 | 162 |
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