Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Management of Upland Habitats in County Wicklow: Discussion with Wicklow Uplands Council

3:10 pm

Mr. Pat Dunne:

Under the commonage framework plans to be introduced, stocking levels will be set down. That issue will have to be worked on. There is a lot of work to be done on the plans. I believe each commonage will have to be looked at in a separate way to see what stock is needed to keep the vegetation in proper condition. We want a payment for work done, not just because somebody happens to own ten, 20 or 50 ha of land. We want people to be paid for work done rather than just owning land.

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