Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Rural Environment Protection Scheme
9:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme applicants that have been inspected in the western region in each of the past five years; the percentage of participants that have been inspected; and the number of REP scheme participants inspected on more than one occasion during their specific REP scheme period. [30428/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Details for the counties of Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim are set out in tabular form below. The percentage figures are expressed as a proportion of farmers active in REPS at the end of each calendar year.
Year | Number of REPS farm Inspections | % of western applicants inspected |
2003 | 3,631 | 26 |
2004 | 3,809 | 24 |
2005 | 4,637 | 27 |
2006 | 2,966 | 13 |
2007 | 1,633 | 9 |
The number of farmers inspected more than once between 1/1/03 and 31/12/07 during the same REPS contract is as follows:
Galway — 1,104
Mayo — 1,188
Sligo — 384
Leitrim — 315
Roscommon — 517.
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