Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of each county which is eligible for an areas of natural constraint payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4513/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Article 31 and 32 of EU Regulation 1305/2013 provides for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  At present, eligible land under the scheme is designated disadvantaged by reference to criteria such as stocking density, family farm income, population density and the percentage of the working population engaged in agriculture.

Following is a breakdown of the total percentage of area designated as disadvantaged in each county.