Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2012
327. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 928 of 18 September 2012, when payment of bog compensation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41363/12]
View answerAs outlined in my reply to Question No 928 of 18 September last, an application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme has been received by my Department from the individual referred to in the Deputy’s Question. I understand that a payment of €1,500 in respect of the first year has been made recently to this applicant. My Department has commenced making payments in respect of the second year to those who had been cutting in raised bog special areas of conservation nominated for designation between 1997 and 1999, such as the individual referred to in the Deputy’s Question. I am advised that a payment in this regard will be made to this individual as soon as possible.
