Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Rural Environment Protection Scheme
11:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme applicants that have been inspected on a county basis, in each of the past five years; the percentage of inspections for the total participant numbers; and if any REP scheme participants were inspected on more than one occasion during their specific REP scheme plan period. [31876/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of inspections carried out in each county is outlined in the table:
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
Carlow | 92 | 107 | 113 | 90 | 37 |
Cavan | 389 | 400 | 435 | 361 | 125 |
Clare | 497 | 514 | 528 | 440 | 149 |
Cork | 752 | 851 | 924 | 689 | 269 |
Donegal | 894 | 962 | 1,048 | 647 | 267 |
Dublin | 35 | 26 | 42 | 27 | 12 |
Galway | 1,193 | 1,218 | 1,610 | 998 | 536 |
Kerry | 608 | 723 | 759 | 443 | 190 |
Kildare | 139 | 132 | 173 | 98 | 55 |
Kilkenny | 265 | 268 | 302 | 167 | 92 |
Laois | 239 | 249 | 320 | 231 | 123 |
Leitrim | 278 | 365 | 405 | 260 | 145 |
Limerick | 356 | 357 | 349 | 130 | 101 |
Longford | 259 | 263 | 329 | 214 | 97 |
Louth | 63 | 73 | 83 | 57 | 38 |
Mayo | 1,278 | 1,293 | 1,555 | 1,015 | 620 |
Meath | 255 | 219 | 271 | 176 | 93 |
Monaghan | 257 | 305 | 381 | 283 | 191 |
Offaly | 275 | 274 | 332 | 212 | 158 |
Roscommon | 547 | 569 | 668 | 433 | 161 |
Sligo | 335 | 364 | 399 | 270 | 171 |
Tipperary | 502 | 537 | 586 | 236 | 161 |
Waterford | 214 | 209 | 232 | 92 | 67 |
Westmeath | 280 | 269 | 332 | 248 | 113 |
Wexford | 233 | 235 | 257 | 108 | 95 |
Wicklow | 148 | 151 | 156 | 117 | 46 |
The percentage of participants inspected, expressed as a percentage of the total active participants in REPS at the end of each year is as follows:
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
27% | 26% | 27% | 14% | 8% |
During the period in question, some 9,801 participants were inspected more than once during the same REPS contract.
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