Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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557. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the moneys paid to Bullrush in full under the turf compensation scheme and if this 200 plus acre of bog is now officially the property of NPWS. [35918/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Under the provisions of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 and the Wildlife Acts, compensation is payable in certain circumstances where activities must cease for the conservation of a designated site. The company referred to in the Deputy’s Question was compelled to cease commercial peat extraction operations within certain designated sites and applied for compensation for the losses that it incurred.

As indicated in the reply to the Deputy to Question No. 93 of 17 May 2012, under the terms of a settlement, my Department agreed to purchase a large holding of land from the company (circa 350 acres) for €150,000. Compensation amounting to €2.35m was also paid for the losses arising from the requirement to cease commercial peat extraction operations within the sites.

The sale was completed in June 2012 and registration of title to the land to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been finalised.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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558. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf deliveries to Mouds Bog, including the amount in tonnage; the number of persons that received these deliveries; and the number of persons in Mouds Bog who have been paid their €1500 for year three of their 15 year turf compensation payment. [35919/14]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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148 applications for compensation from Mouds Bog special area of conservation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme have been received and acknowledged by my Department. A total of 76 payments have been made, to date, in respect of these applications for year 3 of 15 (2014). Details of turf deliveries which have been made in respect of applicants from Mouds Bog are set out in the table below.