Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008
1585 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REP scheme applicants that have been inspected in the western region in each of the past five years; the percentage of participants that have been inspected; and the number of REP scheme participants inspected on more than one occasion during their specific REP scheme period. [30428/08]
View answerDetails for the counties of Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim are set out in tabular form below. The percentage figures are expressed as a proportion of farmers active in REPS at the end of each calendar year.
|
Year |
Number of REPS farm Inspections |
% of western applicants inspected |
|
2003 |
3,631 |
26 |
|
2004 |
3,809 |
24 |
|
2005 |
4,637 |
27 |
|
2006 |
2,966 |
13 |
|
2007 |
1,633 |
9 |
The number of farmers inspected more than once between 1/1/03 and 31/12/07 during the same REPS contract is as follows:
Galway — 1,104
Mayo — 1,188
Sligo — 384
Leitrim — 315
Roscommon — 517.
