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Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs per applicant on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2019, by county, in tabular form. [23489/20]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The objective of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot scheme (BEEP) was to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance, supporting decision making on the farm.

The table below sets out the number participating farms and the number of cow/calf pairs weighed by county.

County No. of herds Cow/Calf pairs weighed
CARLOW 227 7,098
CAVAN 808 16,924
CLARE 1,310 29,479
CORK 1,240 29,215
DONEGAL 773 12,501
DUBLIN 42 1,328
GALWAY 1,801 38,505
KERRY 790 15,458
KILDARE 187 5,800
KILKENNY 466 15,818
LAOIS 443 14,462
LEITRIM 550 8,102
LIMERICK 508 12,586
LONGFORD 495 11,023
LOUTH 154 4,367
MAYO 1,499 25,703
MEATH 390 12,468
MONAGHAN 543 10,657
OFFALY 415 12,524
ROSCOMMON 970 19,763
SLIGO 702 11,923
TIPPERARY 751 23,006
WATERFORD 259 9,018
WESTMEATH 536 15,199
WEXFORD 400 13,950
WICKLOW 270 8,218

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