Written answers
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Schemes
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of dairy farmers in receipt of farm assist by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61909/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Farm Assist is a means-tested payment for low-income farmers under the Jobseeker's Allowance Scheme. Recipient details by county are set out in the table below. I am advised that my Department does not hold information of the type of farming recipients engage in; accordingly the below refers to all recipients of Farm Assist.
| County | Farm Assist recipients |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 37 |
| Cavan | 178 |
| Clare | 211 |
| Cork | 347 |
| Donegal | 908 |
| Dublin | 16 |
| Galway | 465 |
| Kerry | 423 |
| Kildare | 17 |
| Kilkenny | 54 |
| Laois | 42 |
| Leitrim | 202 |
| Limerick | 88 |
| Longford | 103 |
| Louth | 48 |
| Mayo | 805 |
| Meath | 36 |
| Monaghan | 239 |
| Offaly | 47 |
| Roscommon | 167 |
| Sligo | 127 |
| Tipperary | 163 |
| Waterford | 39 |
| Westmeath | 62 |
| Wexford | 111 |
| Wicklow | 27 |
| Total | 4,962 |
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