Cork tops payment list

NEW figures released by the Government show that Co Cork is by far the largest beneficiary county from the Single Payment scheme, getting €157 million of Ireland’s total of €1.2 billion per year.

Second is Tipperary with €100 million (see table below).

In both counties the top 20% of recipients get 52% of the Single Payment. But this is a relatively flat distribution, according to Farmsubsidy.org, an organisation which aims to make farm subsidy data available to all EU citizens.