Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Commonage Division
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of commonage farmers and the number of hectares in each county that have been claimed under Department schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34677/14]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The following is a breakdown of the number of applicants declaring commonage in 2013 and the total number of hectares of commonage land declared in each county.
County | Number of Herds | Area Claimed in Hectares | County | Number of Herds | Area Claimed In Hectares |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CARLOW | 176 | 2,403 | LONGFORD | 61 | 345 |
CAVAN | 134 | 3,715 | LOUTH | 166 | 2,250 |
CLARE | 375 | 3,214 | MAYO | 3 , 300 | 83,237 |
CORK | 978 | 17,305 | MEATH | 12 | 95 |
DONEGAL | 2 , 699 | 51,497 | MONAGHAN | 3 | 13 |
DUBLIN | 46 | 1,601 | OFFALY | 42 | 421 |
GALWAY | 2 , 677 | 45,202 | ROSCOMMON | 163 | 1,221 |
KERRY | 1 , 926 | 53,743 | SLIGO | 487 | 10,178 |
KILDARE | 62 | 2,480 | TIPPERARY | 328 | 11,572 |
KILKENNY | 35 | 693 | WATERFORD | 179 | 8,869 |
LAOIS | 105 | 1,180 | WESTMEATH | 27 | 149 |
LEITRIM | 469 | 9,912 | WEXFORD | 106 | 2,349 |
LIMERICK | 59 | 1,409 | WICKLOW | 321 | 17,641 |
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