Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 27 May 2014, the number of applications he has received in each of the past five years seeking his consent to cut turf on a designated bog and to date in 2014; the date on which each application was received; when a decision was made; if consent was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26480/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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As I informed the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 497 of 27 May 2014, applications for consent to cut turf on sites nominated for designation as raised bog special areas of conservation under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, or on sites designated as raised bog natural heritage areas under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, may be made to me, as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

I am advised that some 1,400 applications for consent to cut turf on designated sites have been received in the past five years and to date in 2014. The relevant details sought by the Deputy in relation to those applications have been forwarded to him under separate cover.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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105. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 19 July 2012, the number of the 25 applications that were approved, rejected or on hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26481/14]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that, in all the cases referred to involving applications to extract turf, responses were issued to the applicants in July and August 2012 indicating that consent could not be given.