Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria being used by his Department to decide on a planner to carry out a commonage management plan for GLAS scheme applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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To be considered for approval to draw up Commonage Management Plans an agricultural advisor must fulfil the following criteria:

- have a minimum educational agricultural qualification of level 8 Fetac. 

- have attended Farm Advisory Service and GLAS training courses that were run by  my Department in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

- have attended a commonage field walk which were held in  2015 and 2016.

A list of currently approved commonage advisors is published on my Department’s Website.