<p> Rural Environment Protection Scheme</p><p>Facts & Figures 2004</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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 </p><p>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 </p><p>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</p><p>Top 10 Penalties for Non-Compliance imposed in 2004 Penalty Occurrences</p><p>UNDERTAKINGS IN RESPECT OF FARMYARD NOT CARRIED OUT AS PLANNED 334</p><p>HEDGEROWS/STONEWALLS NOT MAINTAINED AS SPECIFIED IN PLAN 177 BOVINES NOT EXCLUDED FROM WELLS AND WATERCOURSES MARKED BLUE ON MAP 141</p><p>FARM BOUNDARIES NOT STOCKPROOFED 121</p><p>STOCK NOT WINTERED AS SET OUT IN PLAN 58</p><p>PLANNED WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES NOT PROVIDED 55</p><p>PLANNED ANIMAL HOUSING FACILITIES NOT PROVIDED 53</p><p>FENCES NOT LOCATED THE SPECIFIED DISTANCE FROM WELLS/WATERCOURSES 34</p><p>TILLAGE FIELD MARGINS WIDTHS NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH REPS REQUIREMENTS 33</p><p>FIELD BOUNDARIES,HEDGEROWS AND STONEWALLS ON MAP NOT RETAINED 27</p><p>REPS Factsheet 2004 Page 6 Document updated 6/1/05 </p>