Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers with commonage in the country broken down by county; the number of applications received to date from farmers with commonage for the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme, broken down on the same basis; the number of these that have proceeded to select actions; the number that have submitted completed applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16182/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out below in tabular form. No applications have been formally submitted to date, as the ‘submit’ facility has not yet been activated on the GLAS on-line system, so the table below records the number of applications that have been initiated on the system.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average value of green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme applications; where actions have been selected, broken down by county and by tier; the number received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16183/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Approximately 18,000 applications have already been registered on the GLAS system but as actions are still being recorded against these it is not possible to calculate the average annual payment. However, I expect most will reach the maximum of €5,000 per annum, with GLAS+ candidates reaching up to €7,000. Of the 18,000 applications registered, specific actions have been selected in 10,590 cases. These are broken down by county below, as requested. The tier breakdown is more fluid, as up until applications are actually submitted, applicants have the opportunity to adopt particular actions which will improve their ranking. As things stand the breakdown for applications with associated actions indicates that some 44% at least will be Tier 1, some 24% Tier 2 and 32% Tier 3. However, these are subject to change, and in particular I would expect that many of the Tier 3 applicants will adopt actions which promote them into Tier 2.

The county breakdown for applications with actions is below.