Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I am not blaming him because he has simply been given the information, but where is the tabular form with the commonages? Has it been provided? My direct question was to ask the Minister to provide in tabular form each commonage and the pre- and post-inspection details.

I have spoken to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, previously, during the CAP negotiations, with regard to the coefficient and I expressed my concern about the downgrading of commonage forage areas vis-à-vis other lands. He has assured me, and I accept his bona fides, that commonage areas will be treated equally to other areas. However, I am concerned about certain cases. Certain cases have been highlighted in Galway and the Minister has received a communication from the European Parliament Committee on Petitions with regard to the downgrading of the Keelderry commonage in south Galway. I am concerned about Keelderry but also about the implications of these inspections on commonage throughout the country. That is the reason I requested the information in tabular form. It has not been provided, which is disappointing. I appreciate the Minister of State may not be familiar with the matter because I was dealing with the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on this issue, but I would appreciate receipt of the information I asked for in tabular form.

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