Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under the disadvantaged areas scheme 2013; the number paid to date; the number remaining to be paid, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6884/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €195,511,959 have issued nationally, to some 93,155 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. Details of these payments are contained in the following table. The majority of the unpaid applicants did not meet the minimum stocking density requirements of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.