Written answers

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Sheep Welfare Scheme Data

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of the sheep welfare scheme payment that have received their 2017 balancing payment; the number that have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2017 balancing payment; the number in receipt of sheep welfare payments that have yet to receive the 2017 balancing payment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27303/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table.  The figures remain unchanged from the information provided in response to the parliamentary question of 13 June 2018.

Table 1

CountyNumber of applicants who have received a  balancing payment as of 20th of June 2018
CARLOW417
CAVAN419
CLARE203
CORK990
DONEGAL3531
DUBLIN103
GALWAY2391
KERRY1678
KILDARE358
KILKENNY295
LAOIS243
LEITRIM681
LIMERICK89
LONGFORD219
LOUTH227
MAYO2997
MEATH565
MONAGHAN210
OFFALY282
ROSCOMMON1034
SLIGO880
TIPPERARY450
WATERFORD239
WESTMEATH402
WEXFORD543
WICKLOW825
TOTAL20,271

Table 2

CountyNumber of applicants not yet cleared for payment - issues still outstanding as of 20th June 2018
CARLOW25
CAVAN21
CLARE16
CORK38
DONEGAL88
DUBLIN3
GALWAY64
KERRY29
KILDARE22
KILKENNY9
LAOIS17
LEITRIM7
LIMERICK4
LONGFORD10
LOUTH10
MAYO46
MEATH14
MONAGHAN16
OFFALY16
ROSCOMMON29
SLIGO13
TIPPERARY26
WATERFORD7
WESTMEATH13
WEXFORD55
WICKLOW52
TOTAL650

As further cases in table 2 are resolved, pay runs are put in place to process them to payment. Some of these cases might not receive a payment e.g. where  the actions have not been completed by the applicant.

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