Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The problem with a commonage is that everyone claims his or her share of the total. No farmer has a right to say he or she has a claim over an identifiable part. It may be 100th of the total. Therefore, he or she is claiming to the top of the mountain. I do not want people bitten in the bum by small things, as they were with the LPIS. Does Mr. Smyth believe the Department credibly believes one is putting cattle up to the top of the mountain?