Written answers

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Department of Agriculture and Food

Rural Environment Protection Scheme

5:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme participants in each REP scheme in each county of the western region. [31623/08]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The following is the number of applications in each REPS Scheme in the western region:

CountyREPS 2REPS 3REPS 4
Mayo4235,2491,021
Galway4485,2941,006

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appeals of REP scheme decisions in the western region made to the Galway office in each of the past five years; and the number of appeals that were successful and the numbers refused. [31624/08]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The number of appeals of REPS decisions received from the western region by the Agriculture Appeals Office, following an unsuccessful local appeal, and the number of these appeals that were successful, in each of the last 5 years is in the following table. No breakdown of local appeals is available.

Year20072006200520042003
Number of appeals5762556472
Number of successful appeals1313111422

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons who appealed their REP scheme penalty to the Appeals Office in Portlaoise following an unsuccessful appeal to the Galway Regional Office; the number of those appeals that were ultimately successful with details on a county basis in each of the past five years. [31625/08]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Please see the following table for a breakdown of the information requested in relation to the Rural Environment Protection Scheme appeals received in the Galway Regional Office for years 2003 to 2007.

Galway Regional Office
Year/CountyReceivedSuccessful
2007
Galway367
Mayo216
2006
Galway355
Mayo278
2005
Galway317
Mayo244
2004
Galway356
Mayo298
2003
Galway4214
Mayo308

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