Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons awaiting areas of natural constraint scheme payments by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45514/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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100,328 applications were received under the 2017 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme of which 85,319 have been paid to date. Below is the breakdown of applications and payments by county.  It should be noted that not all unpaid applications are eligible for payment.  As is normal at this point in time, certain applicants are not currently eligible for payment as they have not yet fulfilled the necessary stocking requirements under the ANC scheme.  Applicants  have up to the end of the year to fulfil these requirements.  Payments are continuing on a rolling basis as more cases fulfil the eligibility criteria.