Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One of the big questions for anyone familiar with commonage farming and hills would be what the "something extra" referred to by the Minister involves. What is the nature of the "something extra" that the 50% will have to agree to? As I understand it, the Department has said that farmers can join individually as long as there is a common plan for the commonage part of the farm. Is the Minister saying that the commonage plan will have to be agreed by 50% of the farmers or 50% of the area owners? Will 50% of those in ownership who have submitted an area aid form have to sign up to the commonage plan before anybody can get into the scheme?

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