Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details, in tabular form, of the number of people in receipt of farm assist for the years 2011 to 2012; the amount paid out for farm assist for the years 2011 - 2012 in tabular form; if she will provided it on a county by county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6434/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is collated by my Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report. Work has commenced on the compilation of data for the production of the 2012 report. However, the most recent data on recipients of farm assist on a county basis available, at present, is for the year 2011. This information is listed in the attached tabular statement together with the total number of recipients at 31 December 2012, the total expenditure in 2011 and the current provisional outturn of expenditure in 2012.

Farm Assist