Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that received support from farm assist in 2010 by county; the total cost of the scheme in 2010 and for the first quarter of 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7933/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The following table shows the number of recipients of farm assist by county at the end of 2010.

The cost of the scheme was just under €111 million in 2010 and almost €28 million in the first quarter of 2011.

Number of Recipients of Farm Assist by County, 2010