James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount her Department spent on the farm assist payment in Cork east in 2023; the total number of recipients in Cork east for the same year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7857/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The overall expenditure for Farm Assist in 2023 was €53.937 million. This figure is provisional until the 2023 Accounts have been audited by the C&AG.

At the end of December 2023, there were 270 individuals in Cork in receipt of Farm Assist. The number of recipients of Farm Assist in Cork east is not readily available in my Department.