Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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840. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers ruled out of the ANC scheme due to not meeting stocking density criteria in each of the years 2015 to 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41834/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Under the terms and conditions of the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme, applicants must meet minimum stocking requirements to qualify for payment under the scheme.  Not all eligible applicants to the scheme will necessarily satisfy all the scheme requirements in order to qualify for a payment. For example, many will make on-farm decisions in relation to their stocking rates which will impact on their eligibility for payment.  

Please see below the details per county of the number of  applicants for the scheme who held eligible ANC land but who did not satisfy the minimum stocking requirements in each county for the years requested.The information for scheme year 2020 is as of the 4th December 2020. Please note that for scheme year 2020, applicants have until the end of the year to meet their minimum stocking requirements  and therefore numberin this column will continue to fall as the month progresses.

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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841. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the active herd numbers that were eligible under the ANC in each of the years 2015 to 2020, by county; the active herd numbers that received payments in the same period by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41837/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.