Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who included commonage in their single farm payment applications in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25091/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, the lands declared by applicants under the Single Payment Scheme also applies, where appropriate, to the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, REPS and other area-based schemes. In 2013, a total of 14,929 applicants declared commonage land parcels on their applications forms.