Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
270. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6822/15]
View answerUnder the proposals for Commonages in the new GLAS Scheme, the shareholders themselves will draw up a new Commonage Plan, guided by the agricultural adviser they have chosen for their commonage. In these new Plans, a minimum and maximum stocking - level will be assigned to each participating shareholder and each shareholder will be required to comply on an individual basis with his or her prescribed stock numbers. Where a shareholder does not maintain his or her own stocking level on the commonage a sanction will apply to the individual shareholder in question, but to no other member of the Commonage group in question.
Where the Commonage Management Plan requires an action to be addressed by all shareholders in GLAS and this is not complied with, any resulting sanction must be applied to all participants.
