Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the number of entitlements increasing from 35 to 44 on the Doon commonage, located in the electoral division of Clogheen; the proof that exists for further support; the reason that the entitlements increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58824/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The commonage in the townland of Doon is based on grazing rights. To claim grazing rights on a commonage, in the case of an appurtenant grazing right, you must also be claiming the relevant lowland. Typically, an appurtenant grazing right is one where the right to graze commonage is directly associated with specific lowland. The right to graze in general cannot be separated from the lowland.

As part of ongoing administrative checks, officials from my department completed a review on Doon commonage and the rights of individual applicants to declare these lands. The review, which was based on the Irish Land Commission Schedule of Areas associated with the lands in Doon, identified forty-four purchase agreements. Each purchase agreement was then associated with a Land Registry Folio and as result of these checks the number of rights to declare has been set at 44. An analysis of the above documentation established one grazing right per land registry folio. Therefore, the total number of rights on Doon has been amended from 35 to 44.