Written answers
Thursday, 4 April 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Basic Payment Scheme Data
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of the 2018 basic payment scheme with payment entitlements with an initial unit value less than 90% of the scheme national average by county; and the number in each county that have to date reached 60% or above of the scheme national average based on latest data. [15793/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table.
| County | Number of Farmers with Payment Entitlements with a 2015 Initial Unit Value less than 90% of the Basic Payment Scheme National Average by County | Number of Farmers that have Payment Entitlements greater than or equal to 60% of the Basic Payment Scheme National Average based on 2018 Payment Entitlement Values by County |
|---|---|---|
| CARLOW | 432 | 311 |
| CAVAN | 2,302 | 1,358 |
| CLARE | 3,384 | 2,351 |
| CORK | 4,545 | 2,903 |
| DONEGAL | 6,184 | 2,550 |
| DUBLIN | 284 | 169 |
| GALWAY | 6,171 | 3,261 |
| KERRY | 4,856 | 2,570 |
| KILDARE | 769 | 462 |
| KILKENNY | 930 | 648 |
| LAOIS | 861 | 569 |
| LEITRIM | 2,684 | 1,584 |
| LIMERICK | 2,446 | 1,578 |
| LONGFORD | 1,036 | 704 |
| LOUTH | 537 | 342 |
| MAYO | 7,154 | 3,753 |
| MEATH | 1,313 | 807 |
| MONAGHAN | 1,553 | 984 |
| OFFALY | 1,313 | 799 |
| ROSCOMMON | 2,993 | 2,038 |
| SLIGO | 2,578 | 1,591 |
| TIPPERARY | 2,285 | 1,557 |
| WATERFORD | 766 | 500 |
| WESTMEATH | 1,336 | 837 |
| WEXFORD | 1,004 | 681 |
| WICKLOW | 938 | 576 |
| TOTAL | 60,654 | 35,483 |
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