Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers living in County Monaghan who are in receipt of farm assist payments; the corresponding figures for the same period in 2012; the number of recipients from County Monaghan whose farm assist payment has been decreased since 1 January 2013; the total value of farm assist payments paid to County Monaghan farmers in the months January-April 2013 and the corresponding figures for the same period in 2012. [25137/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not collated by the Department. I am however informed that at the end of April in 2012 and at the end of April 2013 there were 515 and 497 recipients respectively of farm assist in County Monaghan. I attach for the Deputy’s information a table breaking down these numbers by office.

Number of Recipients of Farm Assist by Office in Monaghan, 2012 and 2013