Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected total expenditure under the disadvantaged area scheme under the common agriculture policy programme 2007-2013; the percentage of this that will be co-funded by the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/13]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure under the disadvantaged area scheme each year under the disadvantaged area scheme 2007 to 2013; the expected expenditure under this scheme this year including any payments under the 2013 scheme that will be paid in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 542 together.

Total provision available under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme as provided for in the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 is €1,799M. This amount is co-financed by the EU up to 55%. The expenditure for each of the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive, is as outlined below

Processing under the 2012 Scheme remains ongoing, with payments issuing as individual cases are confirmed eligible. To date, payments worth €207,821,336.20 have issued to 94,920 beneficiaries out of the total of 102,454 who applied. The closing date for the 2013 DAS Scheme is 15 May 2013.