Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applicants who have applied for farm assistance payments over the past ten years who have been successful and unsuccessful each year; the number who have appealed; the average waiting time for payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19500/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy relating to the number of farm assist applications received by my Department, the number awarded, the number that have been unsuccessful and the average waiting time for payment over the past ten years is not available.

However I am informed that between 2005 and 2014 there was an annual average of 9,236 recipients of farm assist and a total of 1,684 appeals received by Social Welfare Appeals Offices. A breakdown of the number of recipients at the end of each year and the number of appeals received annually is detailed in the attached tabular statement.

Farm Assist Recipients and Appeals received 2005-2014