Pádraic McCormack
Question:82 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if, in the rural environment protection scheme, there have been instances where agri-environmental plans have been identified by his Department as invalid; if so, if they have been returned to the planner and to the applicant; if his Department imposed sanctions on a planner following a deficient agri-environmental plan or planner error; the sanctions his Department imposed on planners in REP schemes, following a deficient agri-environmental plan or planner error; and the number of instances where the REP scheme appeal committee reduced or waived penalties applied to REP scheme participants following a planner error. [12315/02]