This is the first year of this scheme, the department said.
In terms of where the most applications came from, Co. Cork accounted for easily the most submissions – with 1,566 made from the ‘Rebel County’, the only county with over 1,000 submissions and almost twice as many as the next county.
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In a distant second place is Co. Tipperary, which accounted for 830 applications. Finally, rounding off the three counties with the most applications is Co. Limerick with 566 submissions.
On the other end of the scale, just 13 applications came from Co. Dublin, 48 from Co. Louth and 56 submissions from Co. Leitrim.
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