Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist, and under the rural social scheme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8199/16]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement.
Recipients of Farm Assist and Rural Social Scheme by County at 31 March 2016
| County | Farm Assist | Rural Social Scheme |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 63 | 17 |
| Cavan | 286 | 79 |
| Clare | 429 | 115 |
| Cork | 624 | 171 |
| Donegal | 1,309 | 222 |
| Dublin | 32 | 0 |
| Galway | 785 | 272 |
| Kerry | 572 | 269 |
| Kildare | 21 | 25 |
| Kilkenny | 95 | 18 |
| Laois | 97 | 21 |
| Leitrim | 343 | 95 |
| Limerick | 150 | 74 |
| Longford | 171 | 51 |
| Louth | 69 | 11 |
| Mayo | 1,259 | 559 |
| Meath | 54 | 15 |
| Monaghan | 372 | 39 |
| Offaly | 80 | 44 |
| Roscommon | 313 | 140 |
| Sligo | 227 | 121 |
| Tipperary | 280 | 59 |
| Waterford | 66 | 12 |
| Westmeath | 128 | 37 |
| Wexford | 163 | 40 |
| Wicklow | 51 | 19 |
| Totals | 8,039 | 2,525 |
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