Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the distribution of CAP subsidies across small, medium and large farmers. [47233/19]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The table below shows the distribution of CAP pillar 1 payments (basic payment scheme and greening) made for the year 2018 to date to farmers in Ireland, sorted by area farmed. Farmers may also benefit from schemes under CAP pillar 2, many of which are not area-related. More details of payments to farmers are available in the CAP beneficiaries database which can be found on the DAFM website at
Area (ha) | No. of Farmers | Total |
---|---|---|
Up to 20 | 49,214 | €159,093,015 |
21-40 | 39,273 | €296,415,952 |
41-60 | 18,233 | €243,602,178 |
61-80 | 8,134 | €160,635,763 |
>81 | 8,719 | €314,166,104 |
Total | 123,573 | €1,173,913,012 |
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