Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2015
288. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf plots on which multiple compensation payments were made and the specific amounts paid for each such multiple plot, categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014, in an area (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9793/15]
View answerIn ten cases relating to the raised bog special area of compensation referred to in the Deputy’s Question, compensation has been paid under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme to the land owner/turbary right holder and to another applicant who has been cutting turf on the same bog plot. One applicant has received turf deliveries and turf has also been delivered to 2 individuals who have been cutting turf on the same bog plot.
Details of the amounts paid and of the quantity of turf delivered in each case by year are set out in Table 1 below.
Table 1 Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
Compensation made to Land Owner or Turbary Right Holder Applicants and to Other Applicants on the same bog plots from 2011 to 2014
|
Case Number |
Paid in 2011 |
Turf 2011 |
Paid in 2012 |
Turf 2012 |
Paid in 2013 |
Turf 2013 |
Paid in 2014 |
Turf 2014 |
Legal Agreement Payments to date |
|
Case 1 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
0 |
- |
0 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
€500 |
|
Case 2 (Cutting on Case 1's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
€500 |
|
Case 3 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 4 Cutting on Case 3's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
0 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 5 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 6 (Cutting on Case 5's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
€500 |
|
Case 7 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder |
0 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 8 (Cutting on Case 7's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 9 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 10 (Cutting on Case 9's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 11 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
€500 |
|
Case 12 (Cutting on Case 11's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 13 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
0 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
€500 |
|
Case 14 (Cutting on Case 13's plot) |
0 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
€500 |
|
Case 15 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 16 (Cutting on Case 15's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 17 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 18 (Cutting on Case 17's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 19 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 20 (Cutting on Case 19's plot) |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,500 |
- |
€1,518 |
- |
€1,521 |
- |
0 |
|
Case 21 (Owner/Turbary Right Holder) |
- |
0 |
- |
15 Tonnes |
- |
15 Tonnes |
- |
15 Tonnes |
0 |
|
Case 22 (Cutting on Case 21's plot) |
- |
0 |
- |
10 Tonnes |
- |
10 Tonnes |
- |
10 Tonnes |
0 |
|
Case 23 (Cutting on Case 21's plot) |
- |
0 |
- |
5 Tonnes |
- |
5 Tonnes |
- |
5 Tonnes |
0 |
