Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
546. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received a payment in respect of the cessation of turf cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6841/15]
View answerAn 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.
The application, which was submitted in October 2014, did not include all of the requisite information to enable an assessment of the application to be undertaken. My Department has been in contact with the applicant and has been assisting him in relation to supplying evidence of a legal interest in the plot on which he claims to have been cutting turf. Additional information has been received from the applicant and the application is being assessed to ascertain if the qualifying criteria of the scheme have been met in this case.
My Department will revert to the applicant as expeditiously as possible.
