Written answers

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of County Waterford recipients under the rural environment protection scheme and agri-environment options scheme over the past five years; and the average payment per recipient from the county. [48350/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The breakdown of beneficiaries in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and the Agri-environment Options Scheme for County Waterford are contained in the table below.

Scheme Year REPS Participants in County Waterford Average REPS payment per recipient in County Waterford AEOS Participants in County Waterford Average AEOS payment per recipient in County Waterford
2010 1,098 €7,061.51 151

€ 889.75

2011 1,098 €7,124.14 196

€ 3 , 171.99

2012 1,097 €6,635.76 188

€ 3 , 794.51

2013 1,036 €6,587.89 236

€ 2 , 925.10

2014 592 €6,450.07 227

€ 2,894.84

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