Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm the destocking compensation available for Connemara hill farmers who are complying with the habitats directive; that they are entitled to a compensation package of €2,000 per annum for five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42357/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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This question relates to an arrangement arising out of the EU Habitats Directive, and is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who has responsibility for the implementation of that Directive. I understand that REPS farmers in the Maamturk/Twelve Bens complex who are required to observe additional farming restrictions for a five-year period will be paid an additional €2,000 by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for each of the five years in which they fully meet the additional destocking and offwintering provisions of their plans.