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Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Data

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the amount of funding allocated under the disadvantaged areas scheme for counties Longford and Westmeath, for each of the years from 2008 and 2015. [35657/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The payments issued in Longford and Westmeath under the Disadvantaged Areas / Less Favoured Areas Scheme are set out in the table below for the years 2008 to 2014:

Year Longford Westmeath
2014 €4,655,987.46 €4,664,392.10
2013 €4,684,711.44 €4,690,681.09
2012 €5,046,568.27 €5,118,905.56
2011 €5,161,816.91 €5,417,831.65
2010 €5,149,352.99 €5,388,575.98
2009 €5,193,452.19 €5,371,823.83
2008 €5,811,336.76 €6,164,291.34

Payments under the new Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme commenced in September, 2015. While all payments have not yet issued, some €3.7m in respect of Longford and €3.8m in respect of Westmeath ha ve issued to date.

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