Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding awarded under the disadvantaged area payments that was returned to the Exchequer in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29141/13]

Simon 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 €208 million have awarded to 95,449 farmers. Payments continue to issue twice weekly, as individual cases are confirmed eligible. No funding has been returned unspent to the Exchequer in respect of the 2012 Scheme.

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approved, by county, under the milk production targeted agricultural modernisation scheme in 2011 and 2012. [29145/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled at present and a further reply will issue to him as soon as possible.