Written answers
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
5:00 pm
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications in north Tipperary for farm assist in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of applications approved in these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23882/10]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of farm assist applications in each of the offices in North Tipperary is as follows:
| 2008 | 2009 | 16 May 2010 | |
| Nenagh | 7 | 32 | 18 |
| Thurles | 8 | 27 | 15 |
| Roscrea | 3 | 1 | 0 |
The number of applications which were approved is not readily available. However, for comparison purposes, the following table shows the total number of claims in payment in Tipperary North and South:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Tipperary North | 105 | 110 | 152 |
| Tipperary South | 85 | 86 | 137 |
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