Martin Browne
Question:402. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the cessation of a turf cutting compensation application made by a person (details supplied). [55072/22]
View answerTuesday, 8 November 2022
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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. With respect to 36 raised bog natural heritage area sites, the qualifying criteria for the scheme are that:
- The applicant must have had a legal interest (ownership or a turbary right (right to cut turf)) in one of these sites on 25 May 2010 and must have had the right to cut and remove turf from the property on that date;
- The applicant must have been cutting turf on the land in question during the relevant five year period up to 14 January 2014;
- The turf resource on the site has not been exhausted; and
- No turf cutting or associated activity is ongoing on the property.
To assist my Department in assessing the application for compensation under the scheme, correspondence was issued to the applicant on the 12th of October, 2021 requesting further information. To date, my Department has not received this information from the applicant. The correspondence has been re-issued to the applicant and upon receipt of the information requested, further assessment of the application can be undertaken.