Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
942. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of the payments made by the State to private land owners in 2010 and 2011 to acquire land for use in the public capital programme. [40005/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was established on 2 June 2011, following substantial Departmental reconfigurations. During the period 2 June 2011 to 31 December 2011, voted capital expenditure in respect of my Department's Voluntary Bog Purchase Scheme amounted to €44,253.65.
The individual amounts spent under the scheme were:
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8,867.43 |
Balance and legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Barroughter Bog SAC, Co Galway |
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10,415.15 |
Balance and legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Mount Hevey Bog SAC, Co Meath |
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14,005.15 |
Balance and legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Ballynafagh Bog SAC, Co Kildare |
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317.43 |
Contribution to legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Barroughter Bog SAC, Co Galway |
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317.43 |
Contribution to legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Girley Bog NHA, Co Meath |
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476.15 |
Contribution to legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Barroughter Bog SAC, Co Galway |
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634.87 |
Contribution to legal fees for purchase of an area of freehold title on Corliskea/Trien/Cloonfelliv Bog SAC, Co Galway |
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1,572.50 |
Deposit for purchase of an area of freehold title on Carn Park Bog SAC, Co Westmeath |
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2,067.20 |
Deposit for purchase of an area of freehold title on Sharavogue Bog SAC, Co. Offaly |
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2,142.50 |
Deposit for purchase of an area of freehold title on Cloonmoylan Bog SAC, Co Galway |
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3,437.84 |
Deposit for purchase of an area of freehold title on Carn Park Bog, Co Westmeath |
For the sake of completeness, I should add that Waterways Ireland, a statutory North/South Implementation Body jointly sponsored by my Department with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) in Northern Ireland, made a payment of €6,000 in respect of land purchase in the context of the Mosstown Bridge Replacement Scheme on the Royal Canal.
