Agriculture Schemes

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Questions (1113)

Cathal Crowe

Question:

1113. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of all farm payments paid out to farmers in each county since July 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1721/25]

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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time. The information is currently being compiled and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

A list of payments by county are published annually by my Department in its Annual Review and Outlook (ARO). Please see below links to ARO Statistical Annex Table 5 covering total payments to farmers by county for full years 2020 – 2023:

ARO 2024 – 2023 Payments (PDF p.5)

Annual Review Ag Food and Marine 2024 Statistical Annex

ARO 2023 – 2022 Payments (PDF p.291)

Annual Review Ag Food and Marine 2023

ARO 2022 – 2021 Payments (PDF p.254)

Annual Review Ag Food and Marine 2022

ARO 2021 – 2020 Payments (PDF p.251)

Annual Review Ag Food and Marine 2021

The total amount of all farm payments paid out to farmers in 2024 is set out below.

County	Average Payment	Total Paid (Farmers)
CARLOW	19,991.83	37,864,535.42
CAVAN	14,285.40	71,927,005.63
CLARE	16,519.34	105,707,246.43
CORK	17,585.52	239,127,835.38
DONEGAL	16,295.73	145,390,483.25
DUBLIN	19,368.38	19,910,691.66
GALWAY	14,892.00	189,128,374.01
KERRY	18,736.03	151,911,717.62
KILDARE	16,964.15	40,544,324.56
KILKENNY	18,978.37	64,583,378.16
LAOIS	17,302.49	46,578,301.53
LEITRIM	17,017.28	63,610,583.99
LIMERICK	15,625.73	83,035,128.35
LONGFORD	15,621.18	40,974,350.04
LOUTH	16,452.05	26,257,471.30
MAYO	14,882.19	171,978,535.50
MEATH	16,470.46	63,526,563.15
MONAGHAN	11,589.09	47,851,344.81
OFFALY	15,864.59	45,896,251.03
ROSCOMMON	14,810.95	84,392,778.40
SLIGO	15,058.73	61,906,444.47
TIPPERARY	18,746.39	135,498,874.91
WATERFORD	19,246.55	46,114,745.02
WESTMEATH	16,137.09	55,915,023.97
WEXFORD	17,745.42	77,813,652.90
WICKLOW	20,911.58	46,256,409.71
-	-	2,168,456,207.53