Written answers
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers by county in receipt of the ANC payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4285/17]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Payment under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints commenced on schedule on 21 September 2016. To date payments worth in excess of €198.772m have issued to some 92,579 beneficiaries. The county breakdown of these payments is outlined in the table:
| County | Number Paid | Amount Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 677 | 1,439,342.95 |
| Cavan | 4,507 | 9,264,771.80 |
| Clare | 5,627 | 12,737,233.04 |
| Cork | 6,479 | 15,059,664.97 |
| Donegal | 7,608 | 17,579,871.72 |
| Dublin | 130 | 276,135.53 |
| Galway | 10,926 | 23,377,655.61 |
| Kerry | 7,020 | 16,766,343.81 |
| Kildare | 475 | 895,791.65 |
| Kilkenny | 1,607 | 3,398,045.66 |
| Laois | 1,571 | 3,130,577.29 |
| Leitrim | 3,161 | 6,952,100.67 |
| Limerick | 2,693 | 5,248,058.90 |
| Longford | 2,192 | 4,533,309.06 |
| Louth | 689 | 1,193,760.41 |
| Mayo | 10,368 | 22,124,545.68 |
| Meath | 1,230 | 2,204,264.03 |
| Monaghan | 3,768 | 7,138,916.28 |
| Offaly | 2,194 | 4,250,970.58 |
| Roscommon | 5,250 | 11,009,434.74 |
| Sligo | 3,630 | 7,638,983.34 |
| Tipperary | 4,120 | 8,678,358.85 |
| Waterford | 1,292 | 2,804,088.78 |
| Westmeath | 2,455 | 4,725,007.05 |
| Wexford | 1,297 | 2,419,206.90 |
| Wicklow | 1,613 | 3,876,146.11 |
| Total | 92,579 | 198,722,585.41 |
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