Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons active in the sheep welfare scheme; and the amount of expenditure drawn down in 2017 from the scheme. [38458/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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A total of 22,174 applications were received under the 2017 Sheep Welfare Scheme.

The payment is set at a rate of €10 per eligible breeding ewe. Payments are due to commence later this year. Therefore no expenditure has been drawn down to date.