350 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a deal negotiated between her Department, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local farmers in the Shannon Callows area in County Galway was not proceeded with; her views on the fact that in order to preserve the corncrake, farmers will not alone have to take a massive reduction in the profits of the area specified for the corncrake but as a consequence of this development will also stand to lose substantial income from the rest of their farmland; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only about 6,000 hectares involved in this highly sensitive scientific area of conservation; her further views on whether farmers will be adequately compensated for managing and farming such important areas of conservation; the deal she had on the table with the farmers concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28197/05]

Summary

350 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a deal negotiated between her Department, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local farmers in the Shannon Callows area in County Galway was not proceeded with; her views on the fact that in order to preserve the corncrake, farmers will not alone have to take a massive reduction in the profits of the area specified for the corncrake but as a consequence of this development will also stand to lose substantial income from the rest of their farmland; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only about 6,000 hectares involved in this highly sensitive scientific area of conservation; her further views on whether farmers will be adequately compensated for managing and farming such important areas of conservation; the deal she had on the table with the farmers concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28197/05]

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Special Areas of Conservation.

  xml · EN · 12 October 2005

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.