Written answers

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid paid to farmers in County Cavan under the rural environment protection scheme and the agri-environment options scheme, in each of the years from 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46195/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The amounts paid to applicants in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and the Agri-Environmental Options Scheme for County Cavan for the years 2009 – 2015 (to date) inclusive, is set out in the following table.

YEARREPS AEOS
2009 €14,422,967.68 Nil
2010 €12,538,528.82 €151,393.04
2011 €10,400,172.68 €1,023,524.56
2012 €5,535,004.98 €1,387,825.41
2013 €5,296,029.94 €1,644,738.91
2014 €3,447,428.47 €1,734,989.03
2015 €170,607.60 €1, 423,197.97
Total €51,810,740.17 € 7, 365,668.92

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid paid to farmers in County Monaghan under the rural environment protection scheme and the agri-environment options scheme in each of the years from 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46196/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The amounts paid to applicants in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and the Agri-Environmental Options Scheme for County Monaghan for the years 2009 – 2015 (to date) inclusive, is set out in the following table.

REPS AEOS
2009 €11,246,433.20 Nil
2010 €9,265,684.27 €118,428.72
2011 €7,506,301.73 €873,960.69
2012 €4,006,833.39 €1,086,601.83
2013 €3,828,581.26 €1,174,671.46
2014 €2,370,372.67 €1,198,639.67
2015 €44,237.06 € 1,020,767.55
Total €38,268,443.58 €5,473,069.92

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