Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there is a mediatory process in place to determine the compensation farmers get from the ESB when they sterilise the use of their land in private forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21219/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The IFA and the ESB entered into an agreement in relation to the manner in which landowners would be compensated as a result of the presence of an ESB line. Landowners reserve the right to negotiate their own deal with the ESB and my Department does not enter into any mediation process to determine the compensation farmers should obtain from them.

My Department provides a statement of the loss of premium that the applicant would incur as a result of the presence of an ESB line.