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Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Commonage Division

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan 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]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon 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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