Written answers

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers

Photo of Willie O'DeaWillie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under the disadvantaged areas payments scheme for 2012; the number who have received their payments; the number who have had their payments rejected; the number still under consideration broken down on a county by county basis;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6974/13]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payments under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on target, on 26 September and, to date, payments worth in excess of €203 million have issued to some 93,000 farmers. Payments continue to issue twice weekly, as individual cases are confirmed eligible.

Nationally, 127 applications were subject to 100% penalty, as each was received after the final date for receipt of applications. The governing EU regulations require that a 1% cumulative penalty be applied for each working day a given application is received late, with a 100% penalty to be applied where the application is received more than 25 days late. The 127 cases in question were not covered by Force Majeure/exceptional circumstance provisions.

Given the various qualifying criteria under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, particularly in relation to minimum stocking density (both the requirement to achieve a six month average of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectares and also to maintain an annual average of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectares calculated over the 12 months of the scheme year), the need for those with equines to have their holdings appropriately registered, etc, the position regarding certain applicants cannot be finally established for some weeks yet.

The details requested are set out in the table following. However, with appeals ongoing and payments being made twice weekly, the picture continues to evolve.

County
Number of applicants
Number paid
Value of payments
Carlow
759
704
€1,446,698.62
Cavan
4,857
4,562
€9,887,016.74
Clare
6,136
5,727
€13,802,845.32
Cork
7,122
6,624
€15,173,546.62
Donegal
8,473
7,374
€16,958,772.12
Dublin
134
114
€243,379.40
Galway
12,191
10,923
€23,630,726.76
Kerry
7,728
7,021
€17,309,060.60
Kildare
523
460
€818,163.22
Kilkenny
1,769
1,651
€3,464,670.85
Laois
1,726
1,595
€3,157,756.54
Leitrim
3,476
3,147
€7,100,069.72
Limerick
2,935
2,694
€5,330,644.68
Longford
2,391
2,251
€4,953,159.30
Louth
757
676
€1,127,269.23
Mayo
11,623
10,395
€22,108,132.41
Meath
1,352
1,253
€2,290,032.35
Monaghan
4,111
3,830
€7,605,739.34
Offaly
2,399
2,226
€4,448,714.36
Roscommon
5,749
5,345
€11,785,753.36
Sligo
4,065
3,640
€7,930,840.52
Tipperary
4,541
4,191
€8,945,668.13
Waterford
1,450
1,311
€2,692,138.96
Westmeath
2,653
2,468
€5,013,478.22
Wexford
1,435
1,270
€2,330,451.02
Wicklow
1,751
1,578
€3,845,906.86
TOTAL
102,106
93,030
€203,400,635.25

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