Written answers

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Sheep Welfare Scheme

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep welfare scheme recipients by county in 2021; and the average payment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39788/20]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Please find the information requested by the Deputy in the table below. The table below reflects advance payments recently made at a rate of 85% made under Year 4 of the sheep welfare scheme which runs from the 1stof February 2020 to the 31stof January 2021.

I am pleased to confirm that, as part of Budget 2021, I secured an additional €17m to continue the scheme for next year. The fifth year of the scheme will commence on the 1stof February 2021.

County
Number Paid
Amount Paid
Average Payment per county
Carlow 377 €426,750.86 €1,131.97
Cavan 364 €230,529.26 €633.32
Clare 174 €61,941.10 €355.98
Cork 885 €729,685.15 €824.50
Donegal 3,214 €1,858,318.49 €578.19
Dublin 94 €95,575.18 €1,016.75
Galway 2,167 €1,576,484.67 €727.50
Kerry 1,578 €1,603,234.10 €1,015.99
Kildare 330 €415,722.40 €1,259.76
Kilkenny 260 €266,883.14 €1,026.47
Laois 199 €157,939.94 €793.67
Leitrim 606 €459,517.35 €758.28
Limerick 74 €73,783.45 €997.07
Longford 177 €119,832.52 €677.02
Louth 203 €216,151.17 €1,064.78
Mayo 2,682 €1,777,610.05 €662.79
Meath 487 €549,361.95 €1,128.05
Monaghan 195 €130,538.54 €669.43
Offaly 249 €240,058.78 €964.09
Roscommon 887 €679,026.65 €765.53
Sligo 782 €545,725.43 €697.86
Tipperary 390 €392,124.98 €1,005.45
Waterford 216 €294,080.94 €1,361.48
Westmeath 350 €290,918.70 €831.20
Wexford 508 €506,000.32 €996.06
Wicklow 793 €962,811.29 €1,214.14
Total 18,241 €14,660,606.41 €803.72

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