Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of penalty interest that has been applied to farmers who did not avail of a deferral for the beef exceptional aid measure, BEAM, scheme; the number of such farmers, by county; the average penalty incurred, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56991/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Details of Interest recorded to date are attached as requested. Of the approximately 3,600 BEAM participants who faced a recoupment for failing to meet the commitments of the scheme under the original reduction period, 77 have had interest applied to them totaling €1,102.79 or an average of €14.32 per farmer.