Written answers
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Farm Assist Scheme Applications Data
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist; the amount paid by county in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14846/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement.
Recipients of Farm Assist by County at the end of December in the years 2010 to 2017 and at the end of February 2018
Year | February 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow | 56 | 60 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 75 | 84 | 95 | 102 |
Cavan | 242 | 254 | 265 | 300 | 326 | 344 | 404 | 407 | 401 |
Clare | 342 | 346 | 400 | 455 | 521 | 566 | 609 | 643 | 637 |
Cork | 529 | 542 | 606 | 689 | 788 | 840 | 922 | 957 | 917 |
Donegal | 1,140 | 1,265 | 1,294 | 1,299 | 1,458 | 1,492 | 1,534 | 1,491 | 1,389 |
Dublin | 27 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 37 | 35 | 11 |
Galway | 702 | 714 | 767 | 858 | 1,000 | 1,035 | 1,112 | 1,137 | 1,133 |
Kerry | 602 | 523 | 568 | 717 | 721 | 766 | 818 | 819 | 742 |
Kildare | 21 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 39 | 53 | 53 | 56 |
Kilkenny | 86 | 86 | 91 | 108 | 120 | 128 | 146 | 154 | 173 |
Laois | 82 | 85 | 94 | 104 | 116 | 128 | 158 | 177 | 149 |
Leitrim | 304 | 301 | 331 | 366 | 377 | 396 | 394 | 377 | 331 |
Limerick | 145 | 139 | 164 | 180 | 216 | 231 | 250 | 247 | 265 |
Longford | 128 | 130 | 139 | 177 | 205 | 232 | 260 | 258 | 176 |
Louth | 60 | 60 | 59 | 72 | 82 | 79 | 87 | 84 | 81 |
Mayo | 1,115 | 1,156 | 1,289 | 1,471 | 1,614 | 1,691 | 1,813 | 1,869 | 1,684 |
Meath | 45 | 49 | 55 | 67 | 81 | 81 | 93 | 82 | 90 |
Monaghan | 307 | 319 | 344 | 386 | 446 | 468 | 504 | 545 | 516 |
Offaly | 71 | 72 | 76 | 89 | 97 | 107 | 130 | 133 | 127 |
Roscommon | 256 | 262 | 276 | 319 | 356 | 384 | 424 | 433 | 407 |
Sligo | 208 | 210 | 228 | 251 | 283 | 283 | 310 | 315 | 478 |
Tipperary | 241 | 252 | 269 | 300 | 336 | 363 | 404 | 402 | 350 |
Waterford | 60 | 61 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 92 | 96 | 84 |
Westmeath | 97 | 99 | 120 | 131 | 153 | 166 | 197 | 193 | 134 |
Wexford | 152 | 151 | 166 | 195 | 223 | 224 | 248 | 255 | 202 |
Wicklow | 50 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 76 | 79 |
Total | 7,068 | 7,234 | 7,828 | 8,790 | 9,809 | 10,303 | 11,162 | 11,333 | 10,714 |
Expenditure on Farm Assist 2010 to 2017 and to end February 2018
€000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11,686 | 78,182 | 78,832 | 88,487 | 93,632 | 99,178 | 108,170 | 113,724 | 110,931 |
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