Written answers
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Department of Social Protection
Farm Assist Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist and the amount paid in each county, in each of the years from 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34766/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The recipient information and national expenditure for Farm Assist requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statements.
The Department does not collate statistics on expenditure on a county by county basis for Farm Assist.
Farm Assist Recipients by County Breakdown
Dec-12 | Dec-13 | Dec-14 | Dec-15 | Dec-16 | Jun-17 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow | 84 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 57 |
Cavan | 404 | 344 | 326 | 300 | 265 | 262 |
Clare | 609 | 566 | 521 | 455 | 400 | 392 |
Cork | 922 | 840 | 788 | 689 | 606 | 594 |
Donegal | 1,534 | 1,492 | 1,458 | 1,378 | 1,294 | 1,287 |
Dublin | 37 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 31 |
Galway | 1,112 | 1,035 | 1,000 | 858 | 767 | 762 |
Kerry | 818 | 766 | 721 | 638 | 568 | 569 |
Kildare | 53 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 19 | 20 |
Kilkenny | 146 | 128 | 120 | 108 | 91 | 87 |
Laois | 158 | 128 | 116 | 104 | 94 | 79 |
Leitrim | 394 | 396 | 377 | 366 | 331 | 325 |
Limerick | 250 | 231 | 216 | 180 | 164 | 160 |
Longford | 260 | 232 | 205 | 177 | 139 | 138 |
Louth | 87 | 79 | 82 | 72 | 59 | 60 |
Mayo | 1,813 | 1,691 | 1,614 | 1,471 | 1,289 | 1,288 |
Meath | 93 | 81 | 81 | 67 | 55 | 52 |
Monaghan | 504 | 468 | 446 | 386 | 344 | 339 |
Offaly | 130 | 107 | 97 | 89 | 76 | 79 |
Roscommon | 424 | 384 | 356 | 319 | 276 | 276 |
Sligo | 310 | 283 | 283 | 251 | 228 | 226 |
Tipperary | 404 | 363 | 336 | 300 | 269 | 262 |
Waterford | 92 | 85 | 78 | 70 | 64 | 58 |
Westmeath | 197 | 166 | 153 | 131 | 120 | 119 |
Wexford | 248 | 224 | 223 | 195 | 166 | 160 |
Wicklow | 79 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 53 | 54 |
Total | 11,162 | 10,303 | 9,809 | 8,790 | 7,828 | 7,736 |
Expenditure on Farm Assist 2012 – 2016
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|
€000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 |
108,170 | 99,178 | 93,632 | 88,487 | 78,831 |
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