Wednesday 3 June 2015

Further Applications for Commonage Advisor Positions.




The most recent listing of applications for Commonage advisor positions shows that advisors have applied for a further 44 commonages, bringing the total to 308.

The latest list includes sites in Waterford and Wexford for the first time. The County with the greatest increase is Donegal with 14 applications. Galway continues to be very strong with a further 12 applications. The rate of increase in Mayo has slowed to just an additional 4 commonages in the last week. Cavan, Sligo, Leitrim and Tipperary also show modest increases in numbers. The current position is shown on the table below.

County
No. of Commonages
% of National Total
Galway
117
37.99
Mayo
71
23.05
Donegal
50
16.23
Tipperary
17
5.52
Kerry
12
3.90
Leitrim
12
3.90
Cavan
8
2.60
Sligo
7
2.27
Cork
4
1.30
Wicklow
3
0.97
Waterford
3
0.97
Clare
1
0.32
Laois
1
0.32
Roscommon
1
0.32
Wexford
1
0.32
Totals
308
100.00

 

We probably should not read too much into last week’s figures coming as they were in the week that both GLAS and the BPS schemes closed.  Advisors were preoccupied with those schemes and so applications for commonage advisory positions were almost certainly depressed.  However with less than two weeks until the closing date for these applications the application rate can be expected to pick up.

This leaves us with two very obvious questions.

  1. Will the expected increase in applications be enough to cover the bulk of Commonage applicants?
  2.  What role will the Commonage Implementation Committee take in accommodating those left behind?

The answers to these questions will become clear soon enough.

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