Written answers
Thursday, 1 April 2021
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Organic Farming Scheme
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the organic farming scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18040/21]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The table below gives the number of participants in my Department's Organic Farming Scheme in 2020.
County | Total |
---|---|
Carlow | <10 |
Cavan | 68 |
Clare | 68 |
Cork | 189 |
Donegal | 40 |
Dublin | <10 |
Galway | 93 |
Kerry | 83 |
Kildare | 37 |
Kilkenny | 41 |
Laois | 45 |
Leitrim | 91 |
Limerick | 103 |
Longford | 27 |
Louth | <10 |
Mayo | 39 |
Meath | 28 |
Monaghan | 29 |
Offaly | 57 |
Roscommon | 170 |
Sligo | 34 |
Tipperary | 113 |
Waterford | 24 |
Westmeath | 57 |
Wexford | 40 |
Wicklow | 34 |
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average amount received by participant in the organic farming scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18041/21]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Based on payments that issued in 2020 under the Organic Farming Scheme, the average amount received by farmers in each county is as follows;
County | Average payment |
---|---|
Carlow | €9,504.27 |
Cavan | €5,270.95 |
Clare | €5,296.03 |
Cork | €6,102.71 |
Donegal | €5,285.16 |
Dublin | €7,389.21 |
Galway | €5,782.36 |
Kerry | €5,782.48 |
Kildare | €6,019.76 |
Kilkenny | €6,408.80 |
Laois | €7,838.39 |
Leitrim | €4,439.40 |
Limerick | €5,288.10 |
Longford | €5,146.13 |
Louth | €9,681.52 |
Mayo | €5,664.80 |
Meath | €5,769.36 |
Monaghan | €6,059.64 |
Offaly | €5,910.45 |
Roscommon | €5,607.63 |
Sligo | €6,015.61 |
Tipperary | €6,211.60 |
Waterford | €6,170.77 |
Westmeath | €5,892.30 |
Wexford | €5,103.23 |
Wicklow | €5,975.96 |
The table above refers to all payments under the Organic Farming Scheme that issued in 2020. It must be noted that 70% of farmers who are in the Organic Farming Scheme are also participants in GLAS. Farmers who select certain actions on a land parcel in GLAS may not be entitled to a payment under the Organic Farming Scheme on the same land parcel.
The calculation of the payment due to a farmer under the Organic Farming Scheme includes a stocking density calculation. In order to receive the full payment, a stocking density of 0.5 livestock units per hectare is required. For farmers who do not have this stocking level a pro-rata payment will issue.
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