Written answers

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Sheep Welfare Scheme Data

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep farmers and the number of applications to the sheep welfare scheme; the number of approved applications; the number of applications that did not meet the scheme's criteria; the number of persons who withdrew from the scheme after being approved; the number of persons who have been approved for their 85% advance payments; and the number of persons who have been issued a payment to date, by county, in tabular form. [49646/17]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.

CountyTotal Number of Sheep Farmers *Total Number of ApplicationsNumber of Applications WithdrawnTotal Number of applications not meeting scheme criteriaTotal Number of Approved ApplicationsNumber Applicants Paid
Carlow754 470443423423
Cavan958 477747423423
Clare619 2521027215215
Cork1,794 107296110021002
Donegal5,967 37833916035843584
Dubin207 11015104104
Galway4,309 25733813324022402
Kerry2,463 1774137916821682
Kildare717 4291057362362
Kilkenny521 330633291291
Laois475 283328252252
Leitrim1,115 7321729686686
Limerick256 1091169292
Longford452 258824226226
Louth391 256420232232
Mayo4,897 31843613230163016
Meath1,080 6431365565565
Monaghan515 254235217217
Offaly630 332835289289
Roscommon1,859 1128266310391039
Sligo1,603 9471451882882
Tipperary986 5271458455455
Waterford442 268232234234
Westmeath787 4621248402402
Wexford1,155 6631177575575
Wicklow1,361 957983865865
Totals36,313 22,2733171,44120,51520,515
* Data obtained from 2016 Sheep Census returns.

Please note that a variety of cases are included in the category of applications "not meeting scheme criteria".  Some of these may qualify for payment once the issue with the application has been rectified, while others are ineligible for payment.

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