Written answers
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on revising the regulation to allow farmers who are committed to the agri-environment option scheme to supplement the feed for their animals as currently the only time supplement may be added to the diet is under extreme weather conditions due to heavy snowfall or flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39584/14]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Supplementary feeding was prohibited on Species Rich Grassland parcels in AEOS as a precautionary measure to prevent damage through poaching at supplementary feeding points. However in the context of GLAS my Department is considering allowing supplementary feeding on Low Input Permanent Pasture and Traditional Hay Meadow parcels contiguous to commonage as a means of assisting farmers to manage stock actively grazing the commonage. This review will also inform our position with regard to supplementary feeding under AEOS.
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