Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful applications to the areas of natural constraint scheme by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19205/20]

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the areas of natural constraint scheme by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by person and county in tabular form. [19206/20]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 685 and 686 together.

Please find below tables for each Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme year from 2015 - 2020 showing the following information:

Scheme Years 2015 - 2019: Total number of eligible applications, total number of applications paid, total amount paid per county and the value of the average payment received by individuals in that county.

Scheme Year 2020: Total number of eligible applications. Payments under the ANC scheme do not commence until Quarter 3 2020 and therefore additional data for 2020 is not currently available.

Eligible applications are applications to the scheme that hold land eligible for payment under the scheme. Eligible applications may not qualify for payment in all cases where they do not meet other scheme criteria, such as not meeting the required stocking levels and retention periods.

Payments across scheme years continue as applications become eligible for payment. CAP Payments to individuals are available on the CAP Beneficiaries database which is available on the Department's website.

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Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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687. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planned spend on the areas of natural constraint scheme for each the years 2021 to 2025. [19207/20]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Over the years 2018 and 2019, an increase in funding amounting to €48 million was secured for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme by my Department, bringing the total annual budget for the scheme to €250 million for 2019 and 2020.

The budget for the ANC scheme, and indeed for other schemes administered by my Department, for 2021 and future years is a function of national budgetary policy and is currently subject to ongoing discussions on the new Common Agricultural Policy and the transitional arrangements that are being put in place.

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of funding for the areas of natural constraint scheme between the Exchequer and EU funds for each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. [19208/20]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The table below shows the total breakdown in funding for the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme between EU and Exchequer funding in the years 2015 - 2020.

As my Department has secured additional funding for the Scheme in recent years, this has been funded via the Exchequer and thus the balance between EU and Exchequer funding has changed over the relevant period. Please note, payments have not yet commenced in respect of 2020.