Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016
229. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agricultural planners he has selected to prepare commonage plans in Connemara under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the number of commonages and hectares allocated to each planner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6865/16]
View answerMy Department has compiled a database of Commonages throughout the country, which is publicly available on the Department’s website and is regularly updated. Information on the commonages can be freely obtained from this database, which can be accessed through the following link: http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmerschemespayments/glas/glastranche1/commonagedataforglas/.
In this database, all commonages are listed in county order, indicating the townland and their unique identifier number. The total area of each commonage, along with the active shareholders based on the most recent data available to the Department, is also shown.
The detailed information requested by the Deputy on the appointment of Advisors to individual commonages in County Galway has been forwarded directly to the Deputy concerned.
