REPS Data by Scheme and County from 01/01/2004 to 31/08/2004

Rural Environment Protection Scheme

Facts & Figures 2004

Data by County under REPS 1 P. 1 Data by County under REPS 2 P. 2 Data by County under REPS 3 P. 3 Age Profile, REPS 2 & REPS 3 P. 4 Farm Size, REPS 2 & REPS 3 P. 4 No of Inspections carried out in 2004 (all Schemes) P. 5 Top 10 Penalties for Non Compliance imposed in 2004 P. 5

REPS Factsheet 2004 Document updated 6/1/05 REPS data by Scheme and County from 01/01/2004 to 31/12/04 Active Participants on REPS 1 County No. Paid Total Paid Area Paid (HA's) 31/12/04 CAVAN 37 € 142,516.55 995.86 1 CLARE 49 € 109,786.29 1,245.27 4 CORK 82 € 239,638.19 3,088.53 5 DONEGAL 135 € 714,938.96 5,301.14 8 GALWAY 83 € 262,327.26 2,274.43 4 KERRY 25 € 55,282.67 800.34 2 KILDARE 13 € 11,955.10 554.56 KILKENNY 14 € 25,613.37 3,587.80 LAOIS 17 € 46,382.72 450.12 2 LEITRIM 54 € 109,881.11 1,621.66 1 LIMERICK 59 € 149,014.59 2,076.44 2 LONGFORD 16 € 53,153.46 445.97 LOUTH 7 € 10,320.99 216.68 MAYO 71 € 163,964.31 1,969.82 4 MEATH 25 € 36,013.33 796.70 MONAGHAN 11 € 25,365.61 329.78 OFFALY 17 € 30,722.90 510.72 ROSCOMMON 28 € 91,228.80 836.94 1 SLIGO 36 € 92,214.27 1,303.11 3 TIPPERARY (NR) 14 € 31,073.91 534.44 TIPPERARY (SR) 14 € 2,114.12 531.56 1 WATERFORD 10 € 9,603.54 446.23 WESTMEATH 24 € 24,170.18 628.06 WEXFORD 13 € 22,115.67 352.90 WICKLOW 5 € 1,727.05 103.62 859 € 2,461,124.95 31,002.66 38

REPS Factsheet 2004 Page 2 Document updated 6/1/05 REPS data by Scheme and County from 01/01/2004 to 31/12/04 Active * Participants on REPS 2 County No. Paid Total Paid Area Paid (HA's) 31/12/04 CARLOW 199 € 1,078,517.04 7,541.79 229 CAVAN 1,111 € 4,668,466.35 30,502.83 1,189 CLARE 1,364 € 7,701,457.17 52,361.27 1,433 CORK 1,894 € 10,023,783.32 73,290.63 2,020 DONEGAL 2,859 € 16,052,828.49 102,601.13 2,946 DUBLIN 55 € 258,576.38 1,981.47 69 GALWAY 3,939 € 20,283,492.70 129,227.95 4,284 KERRY 1,936 € 12,724,500.99 105,488.42 1,987 KILDARE 260 € 1,206,137.27 8,632.63 311 KILKENNY 415 € 2,141,000.76 15,015.27 303 LAOIS 443 € 2,101,242.35 14,725.99 426 LEITRIM 1,626 € 7,364,920.09 46,673.44 962 LIMERICK 750 € 3,632,691.53 24,834.46 839 LONGFORD 726 € 3,127,791.23 21,198.63 758 LOUTH 179 € 778,523.02 4,838.73 457 MAYO 3,721 € 18,965,873.15 124,166.08 4,070 MEATH 464 € 2,072,418.65 13,891.19 538 MONAGHAN 738 € 2,773,883.45 18,064.83 537 OFFALY 678 € 3,361,265.25 23,658.66 723 ROSCOMMON 852 € 3,792,938.83 24,430.54 1,671 SLIGO 936 € 4,644,253.55 32,158.04 1,031 TIPPERARY (NR) 542 € 2,830,256.83 20,395.28 608 TIPPERARY (SR) 554 € 2,874,992.31 21,640.04 619 WATERFORD 351 € 1,909,458.67 16,021.43 552 WESTMEATH 596 € 2,705,483.07 19,603.21 666 WEXFORD 551 € 2,825,986.16 20,588.33 608 WICKLOW 317 € 1,838,541.45 14,783.87 342 28,056 € 143,739,280.06 988,316.12 30,178 * this data covers participants active in REPS 2 on 31/12/04 - participants who transformed to REPS 3 in 2004 are covered in the REPS 3 data

REPS Factsheet 2004 Page 3 Document updated 6/1/05 REPS data by Scheme and County from 01/01/2004 to 31/12/2004 Active * Participants on REPS 3 County No. Paid Total Paid Area Paid (HA's) 31/12/04 CARLOW 180 € 1,131,929.93 6,450.22 191 CAVAN 292 € 1,541,006.80 8,707.97 383 CLARE 515 € 3,240,586.84 18,983.05 559 CORK 838 € 5,409,686.78 32,245.71 1,113 DONEGAL 391 € 2,445,256.24 15,160.87 522 DUBLIN 22 € 151,594.59 1,105.58 27 GALWAY 843 € 4,845,656.56 29,243.87 1,035 KERRY 508 € 3,439,511.13 21,750.85 642 KILDARE 119 € 776,478.31 4,659.21 149 KILKENNY 479 € 3,332,472.16 20,724.98 230 LAOIS 384 € 2,528,413.21 14,938.96 506 LEITRIM 640 € 3,578,841.65 20,085.55 514 LIMERICK 336 € 2,207,075.86 12,468.38 389 LONGFORD 227 € 1,322,015.35 7,504.61 281 LOUTH 76 € 447,349.60 2,576.38 258 MAYO 1,080 € 5,841,019.42 33,719.92 1,331 MEATH 234 € 1,335,008.00 7,765.81 313 MONAGHAN 447 € 2,244,877.60 12,103.41 323 OFFALY 289 € 1,849,538.79 10,924.62 347 ROSCOMMON 285 € 1,586,607.54 9,136.94 606 SLIGO 297 € 1,645,986.88 9,552.12 376 TIPPERARY (NR) 356 € 2,420,642.79 14,749.65 401 TIPPERARY (SR) 300 € 1,993,690.44 12,097.18 331 WATERFORD 356 € 2,447,055.35 16,217.19 701 WESTMEATH 409 € 2,551,236.16 15,415.34 480 WEXFORD 208 € 1,386,219.46 8,200.80 271 WICKLOW 145 € 1,017,925.22 6,184.29 202 10,256 € 62,717,682.66 372,673.49 12,481 * this data covers both new participants to REPS 3 and participants who transformed to REPS 3 in 2004

REPS Factsheet 2004 Page 4 Document updated 6/1/05 REPS 2 Age Profile * REPS 3 Age Profile * Participants in Participants in From Age To Age Age bracket % of Total From Age To Age Age bracket % of Total 18 30 1,033 3.4% 18 30 481 3.9% 30 40 4,826 16.0% 30 40 2,403 19.3% 40 50 8,049 26.7% 40 50 3,575 28.7% 50 60 8,154 27.1% 50 60 3,367 27.0% 60 70 4,824 16.0% 60 70 1,747 14.0% 70 80 2,474 8.2% 70 80 704 5.6% 80 90 745 2.5% 80 90 181 1.5% 90+ 34 0.1% 90+ 16 0.1% * based on active participants as of 31/12/04 * based on active participants as of 31/12/04

REPS 2 Farm Size * REPS 3 Farm Size * Farms in Farms in size From (ha) To (ha) size bracket % of Total From (ha) To (ha) bracket % of Total 0 10 2,163 7.17% 0 10 811 6.50% 10 20 7,190 23.83% 10 20 2,154 17.26% 20 30 6,378 21.13% 20 30 2,702 21.65% 30 40 5,633 18.67% 30 40 2,379 19.06% 40 50 4,226 14.00% 40 50 2,024 16.22% 50 60 1,750 5.80% 50 60 1,140 9.13% 60 70 914 3.03% 60 70 569 4.56% 70 80 532 1.76% 70 80 286 2.29% 80 90 305 1.01% 80 90 148 1.19% 90 100 202 0.67% 90 100 78 0.62% 100 110 170 0.56% 100 110 35 0.28% 110 120 120 0.40% 110 120 40 0.32% 120 200 420 1.39% 120 200 86 0.69% 200 300 119 0.39% 200 300 21 0.17% 300 400 38 0.13% 300 400 5 0.04% 400 500 12 0.04% 400 500 2 0.02% 500+ 6 0.02% 500+ 1 0.01% * based on active participants as of 31/12/04 * based on active participants as of 31/12/04

REPS Factsheet 2004 Page 5 Document updated 6/1/05 Number of Inspections carried out in 2004 (all Schemes) Compliance 9,254 Audit 1,661

Top 10 Penalties for Non-Compliance imposed in 2004 Penalty Occurrences

UNDERTAKINGS IN RESPECT OF FARMYARD NOT CARRIED OUT AS PLANNED 334

HEDGEROWS/STONEWALLS NOT MAINTAINED AS SPECIFIED IN PLAN 177 BOVINES NOT EXCLUDED FROM WELLS AND WATERCOURSES MARKED BLUE ON MAP 141

FARM BOUNDARIES NOT STOCKPROOFED 121

STOCK NOT WINTERED AS SET OUT IN PLAN 58

PLANNED WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES NOT PROVIDED 55

PLANNED ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES NOT PROVIDED 53

FENCES NOT LOCATED THE SPECIFIED DISTANCE FROM WELLS/WATERCOURSES 34

TILLAGE FIELD MARGINS WIDTHS NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH REPS REQUIREMENTS 33

FIELD BOUNDARIES,HEDGEROWS AND STONEWALLS ON MAP NOT RETAINED 27

REPS Factsheet 2004 Page 6 Document updated 6/1/05