Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
1160. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to compensation payments under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 for Ireland (details supplied), the amount of this compensation per year, for the years 2007 to 2013 that has been allocated and paid to date to farmers and landowners with raised bogs. [36994/13]
View answerWhile the REPS scheme is payable to farmers with land in Natura 2000 sites, the scheme does not include compensation for compliance with mandatory requirements within those sites. Therefore this Department does not have information with regard to the designation of raised bogs within Natura sites.
The amount of compensation per year for Natura 2000 sites under the Rural Development programme 2007-2013 is as follows:
|
Year |
Payments Made Under Natura under REPS4 |
Natura payments made under AEOS 1 and 2 |
|
2007 |
Nil |
Nil |
|
2008 |
€109,272 |
Nil |
|
2009 |
€12,910835 |
Nil |
|
2010 |
€21,350,930 |
Nil |
|
2011 |
€22,027,414 |
€503,740 |
|
2012 |
€24,844,643 |
€3,175,565 |
|
2013 (to date) |
€7,092,238 |
€1,927,192 |
