Written answers

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Department of Social Protection

Farm Assist Scheme Application Numbers

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide on a county basis in tabular form the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and in the same table and on a county basis the cumulative value of the payments in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/13]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is collated by the Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report which is laid before the Dáil when published and copies are lodged in the Oireachtas library. Furthermore these reports are available to the public at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-Statistical-Information-Reports.aspx.

For the Deputy’s convenience a tabular statement detailing the number of persons in receipt of farm assist and the provisional cost of the scheme for 2011, 2012 and at the 31st of August 2013 follows. Statistics on expenditure at county level are not compiled by my Department.

County2011201231st August 2013
Carlow9584 78
Cavan407404 362
Clare643609 573
Cork957922 873
Donegal1,4911,534 1,519
Dublin3537 33
Galway1,1371,112 1,056
Kerry819818 774
Kildare5353 42
Kilkenny154146 131
Laois177158 137
Leitrim377394 387
Limerick247250 240
Longford258260 252
Louth8487 82
Mayo1,8691,813 1,739
Meath8293 82
Monaghan545504 484
Offaly133130 111
Roscommon433424 411
Sligo315310 300
Tipperary402404 372
Waterford9692 86
Westmeath193197 172
Wexford255248 233
Wicklow7679 72
Expenditure€113,724,000€108,170,000 (Provisional)€67,777,000 (Provisional)

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