Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 3 Mar 1998

Vol. 488 No. 1

Written Answers - Rural Environment Protection Scheme.

Michael Ring

Ceist:

113 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of REP scheme applicants with leased commonage who have been paid each month since 1 December 1997 on a county by county basis; and the number that are still awaiting payment in each county. [5431/98]

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. Walsh)

The following table shows the current position, based on a survey of my Department's local offices.

County	Paid December 1997	Paid January 1998	Paid February 1998	Outstanding
Carlow	0	0	0	0
Cavan	0	0	0	0
Clare	0	0	0	0
Cork	0	0	0	0
Donegal	0	5	1	4
Dublin	0	0	0	0
Galway	0	1	0	1*
Kerry	0	0	0	0
Kildare	0	0	0	0
Kilkenny	0	0	0	0
Laois	0	0	0	0
Leitrim#	0	0	0	2
Limerick	0	0	0	0
Longford	0	0	0	0
Louth	0	0	0	0
Mayo	0	6	1	55*
Meath	0	0	0	0
Monaghan	0	0	0	0
Offaly	0	0	0	0
Roscommon	0	0	0	0
Sligo	0	0	0	0
Tipperary	0	0	0	0
Waterford	0	0	0	0
Westmeath	0	0	0	0
Wexford	0	0	0	0
Wicklow	0	0	0	0
Totals	0	12	2	62

* Of the ten cases in Galway and 66 in Mayo listed as outstanding in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 7 October 1997, nine have been withdrawn by the applicants concerned in Galway and four have been withdrawn in Mayo.

# A case in County Leitrim entered in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 4 February as paid since 1 December 1997 was in fact paid prior to that date.