Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2019
390. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages in County Donegal that have not received agricultural payments to date; the details of these commonages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10311/19]
View answerThe submission of a Commonage Management Plan or a Commonage Farm Plan is a requirement for GLAS participants with a commonage action. 4,286 farmers in Co. Donegal are active participants in GLAS of which 4,003 have received their 2018 advance payment. Out of the remaining 283 applications, 43 have commonage.
There are 834 Donegal commonages associated with the GLAS action, of which 829 plans have been fully submitted. Four commonage plans are under review by the Commonage Implementation Committee at the request of the GLAS Commonage Advisor while there is also a case where the Department has been in direct contact with both the shareholder and advisor as a plan has not yet been finalised.
