Written answers
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will give details of the number of persons in receipt of farm assist for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the amount paid out for farm assist for the years 2005 to 2010, in tabular form on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40384/10]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The number of recipients of Farm Assist, together with expenditure on the scheme, is contained in the table below. Information on expenditure is not recorded on a county basis.
Farm Assist | Participants | Expenditure |
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Dec 2005 | 7,824 | 67.3 |
Dec 2006 | 7,480 | 71.1 |
Dec 2007 | 7,376 | 78.7 |
Dec 2008 | 7,496 | 84.9 |
Dec 2009 | 8,972 | 93.3 |
Sep 2010 | 10,325 | 81.8 |
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