Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 5 Mar 1996

Vol. 462 No. 5

Written Answers. - Grant Payments Disallowance.

John Ellis

Question:

231 Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the total area for which forestry premium was disallowed in each county for each of the years from 1992 to 1995; and the acreage subsequently allowed each year in each county. [5087/96]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

The following table shows the area per county which failed second instalment inspections in the years 1993 to 1995. Payment of premiums is generally withheld in such cases until the plantations are brought back up to standard. The table covers second instalment failures under the western package and operational programme schemes 1989 to 1993 under which second instalments of the grant became due from 1993, four years after planting. The table includes both cases where premiums are payable and cases which do not attract premiums (non-farmers). It should be noted that to pass the second instalment inspection the entire plantation must be up to standard.

Many of the cases which failed second instalment inspections in the years 1993 to 1995 required filling-in or replacement of plant stock and these would generally not be inspected again until two years after filling-in since this is the time necessary to establish whether the remedial work undertaken has been successful. In cases where remedial action involves the cleaning of sites or the application of fertilizer the sites can be inspected again on completion of the remedial work.

Second Instalment Refusals 1993-1995

Year	1995	1994	1993	Refused 1993 Paid in 1994	Refused 1993 Paid in 1995	Refused 1993 Paid in 1996	Refused 1994 Paid in 1995	Refused 1994 Paid in 1996
County	ha	ha	ha	ha	ha	ha	ha	ha
Carlow	2.1
Cavan	18.8	93.76	11.6					23.93
Clare	73.1	216.86	16.2	10.7			84.96
Cork	314.84	200.97	117.63	16.13	13.47	43.5	80.02	2
Donegal	5.7	49.44	14.89	12.39	2.5		18.9
Dublin	1.4
Galway	16.9	95.5	38.9	7.4	2.2		10.6	19.8
Kerry	405.95	317.59	66.92				36.37	37.68
Kildare	14.5	0.9
Kilkenny	63.05	62.75	12.2
Laois	16.8	47.11					10.5
Leitrim	10	20.91	300.24	20.24	237.3		11.55	9.3
Limerick	63.6	3	43
Longford	11.4	19	19.04					7.3
Louth	2.4
Mayo	402.9	7.7	2		2		2.4	2.7
Meath	4	4.7
Monaghan		2.1
Offaly		2.4	7
Roscommon	378.25	71.6	58.69	23.4	0.4		2.8
Sligo	273.23	35.3	108.08	13.83	35.65
Tipperary	112.5	97.25	36.04	14.64			9.5
Waterford	112.5	21.58	9.1	7
Westmeath	5.1	15.5	17				2.2
Wexford			6.47
Wicklow		34	35.2	24.4				23.5
Total	2309.02	1419.92	920.2	150.13	293.52	43.5	269.8	126.21