Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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275. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014 in Barroughter bog, (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9632/15]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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276. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who received monetary compensation and turf deliveries categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014 in Barroughter bog, (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9634/15]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of compensation payments made to applicants which her Department has sought or is now seeking to have repaid to the Department categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014 in Barroughter bog, (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9702/15]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 275, 276 and 280 together.

Some 99 applications under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme for raised bog special areas of conservation have been received and acknowledged by my Department in respect of Barroughter Bog. A total of 316 payments and 13 turf deliveries have been made in respect of the applications received. In addition, 41 once-off incentive payments of €500 have been made to applicants who have signed and returned legal agreements under the scheme to my Department.

This equates to some 81 individual applicants having received payments and 3 individual applicants having received turf deliveries under the scheme thus far. In addition, 2 individuals, who have been cutting turf on the plot of another land owner/turbary right holder, have received turf deliveries.

Table 1 below shows the number of applications received in respect of Barroughter Bog broken down by year. Table 2 below shows the number of turf deliveries and payments made in respect of Barroughter Bog broken down by year. My Department has not to date sought repayment of any compensation paid to applicants from this site.

Table 1 - Number of applications by year received under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme in respect of Barroughter Bog

Table 2 - Number of turf deliveries and payments made to date under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme for Barroughter Bog