Written answers
Thursday, 14 April 2005
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Turbary Rights
5:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sign an order to facilitate the issuing of a top-up acreage payment to landowners who sold bog to his Department prior to the introduction of the new payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11552/05]
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In July 2004 my Department concluded an agreement with the farming pillar under Sustaining Progress which involved increased rates of compensation for the cessation of turf-cutting in bogs that have been proposed as designated conservation areas. This agreement incorporates retrospective provisions benefiting landowners who participated in the original 1999 scheme for disposal of raised bogs and turbary rights to my Department.
The detailed application of retrospection to these earlier participants in the scheme is being finalised and will be communicated as soon as possible.
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