Written answers

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Department of Agriculture and Food

Rural Environment Protection Scheme

11:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael 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]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The numbers of inspections carried out in each county is outlined in the table:

20032004200520062007
Carlow921071139037
Cavan389400435361125
Clare497514528440149
Cork752851924689269
Donegal8949621,048647267
Dublin3526422712
Galway1,1931,2181,610998536
Kerry608723759443190
Kildare1391321739855
Kilkenny26526830216792
Laois239249320231123
Leitrim278365405260145
Limerick356357349130101
Longford25926332921497
Louth6373835738
Mayo1,2781,2931,5551,015620
Meath25521927117693
Monaghan257305381283191
Offaly275274332212158
Roscommon547569668433161
Sligo335364399270171
Tipperary502537586236161
Waterford2142092329267
Westmeath280269332248113
Wexford23323525710895
Wicklow14815115611746

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:

20032004200520062007
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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