Written answers

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Photo of Martin FerrisMartin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the most recent statistics on the number of farmers receiving less than €5,000 in single farm payment, the number receiving payments below €50,000, the numbers receiving more than €50,000, the numbers receiving more than €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/12]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The numbers of farmers in receipt of payments under the 2011Single Payment Scheme in the categories requested were as follows:

BandNo of farmers paid SPS in 2011
> 99,999.99 243
50,000 - 99,999.99 1,804
5,000 - 49,999.9969,543
0 - 4,999.99 52,193

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