Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 68: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she plans to address the anomalies in the REP scheme where commonage land does not qualify for the mixed grazing supplementary top-up of €1000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27082/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Commonage land must be farmed to the farming conditions set out in the relevant Commonage Framework Plan and attracts an enhanced payment rate of €282 per hectare on up to 40 hectares in REPS 4.

The mixed grazing supplementary measure is available to farmers who engage in a mixed cattle/sheep livestock farm enterprise in which at least 20% of the livestock units (on average) grazing the holding must be made up of the second livestock type. The livestock must graze the same sward either together or in a leader–follower grazing system.

It is not possible to undertake this measure on land which is not under the sole control of the farmer, which excludes commonage. A farmer with commonage and non-commonage land may however apply for the measure on his or her non-commonage land.