Almost there

We will complete the last of the sheep commonages by next week. Overall we have now completed fieldwork on 90.83% of the commonages that have been assigned to us. With the completion of three sites currently in progress we will reach approx 96% of our assigned area by the end of next week.

An intensive round of meetings with farmers on sheep commonages will commence late next week with a view to having all commonage sheep farmers informed of their minimum stocking requirements in advance of the sales. 

C164L1A	Clare	Coastal
G10222A	Galway	Maw
G10312A	Galway	Cloughaunard
G10315A	Galway	Doon
G10318B	Galway	Fahy
G10602B	Galway	Ballyconneely
G10802a	Galway	Ardkyle	Fieldwork Complete
G10917B	Galway	Lettergesh East	Fieldwork Complete
G10917C	Galway	Lettergesh East	Fieldwork Complete
G11307A	Galway	Murvey	Fieldwork Complete
G11409A	Galway	Cuilleen
G11413A	Galway	Glynsk	Fieldwork Complete
G11501A	Galway	Ardmore	Fieldwork Complete
G11506A	Galway	Callowfinish	Fieldwork Complete
G11516A	Galway	Kilkieran	In Progress
G11520A	Galway	Letterpibrum	Fieldwork Complete
G11523A	Galway	Shannawirra	Fieldwork Complete
G11615A	Galway	Kylesalia	Fieldwork Complete
G11616A	Galway	Loughaconeera	Fieldwork Complete
G12005A	Galway	Glennagevlagh	Fieldwork Complete
G12213A	Galway	Crumlin East	Fieldwork Complete
G12214A	Galway	Dooghta	Fieldwork Complete
G12309B	Galway	Ballyweeaun	Fieldwork Complete
G12310A	Galway	Boocaun	Fieldwork Complete
G12502A	Galway	Glentrasna	In Progress
G12506A	Galway	Lettermore	Fieldwork Complete
G12507A	Galway	Lugganaffrin	Fieldwork Complete
G12511A	Galway	Shanvally	Fieldwork Complete
G12607A	Galway	Glencoh
G12616A	Galway	Knockadav	Fieldwork Complete
G12617A	Galway	Oorid	Fieldwork Complete
G12621A	Galway	Shannavarra	Fieldwork Complete
G12623A	Galway	Turlough	Fieldwork Complete
G12623B	Galway	Turlough	Fieldwork Complete
G12702A	Galway	Camus Oughter	Fieldwork Complete
G12705A	Galway	Kinvarra	Fieldwork Complete
G12802A	Galway	Bealadangan	Fieldwork Complete
G12802B	Galway	Bealadangan	Fieldwork Complete
G12815A	Galway	Lettercallow	Fieldwork Complete
G12816B	Galway	Lettermore	Fieldwork Complete
G12915A	Galway	Maumeen	Fieldwork Complete
G13001A	Galway	Barraderry	Fieldwork Complete
G13002A	Galway	Carrowroe North	Fieldwork Complete
G13002b	Galway	Carraroe North	Fieldwork Complete
G13004A	Galway	Carrowroe West	Fieldwork Complete
G13005B	Galway	Clynagh	Fieldwork Complete
G13006A	Galway	Derrynea	Fieldwork Complete
G13014B	Galway	Keeraunbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G13016a	Galway	Muckanaghederdauhaulia	Fieldwork Complete
G13102A	Galway	Ballynahown North	Fieldwork Complete
G13107A	Galway	Cartronlahan	Fieldwork Complete
G13113A	Galway	Inveran	Fieldwork Complete
G13116A	Galway	Knockadoagh	Fieldwork Complete
G13117A	Galway	Minna	Fieldwork Complete
G13117B	Galway	Minna	Fieldwork Complete
G13120B	Galway	Tully	Fieldwork Complete
G13202A	Galway	Bovroughaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13204A	Galway	Cornarona	Fieldwork Complete
G13209A	Galway	Loughaunbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G13210B	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13210C	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13210D	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13303A	Galway	Boliska Eighter
G13508A	Galway	Killagoola	Fieldwork Complete
G13514B	Galway	Newtown	Fieldwork Complete
G13515B	Galway	Oghery	Fieldwork Complete
G13610A	Galway	Billymore Or Carrowntober	Fieldwork Complete
G13621A	Galway	Cloghermore	Fieldwork Complete
G13621B	Galway	Cloghermore	Fieldwork Complete
G13659a	Galway	Lettercraffroe	Fieldwork Complete
G13662A	Galway	Maghera More	Fieldwork Complete
G13678A	Galway	Rushveala	Fieldwork Complete
G13681A	Galway	Shannadullaghaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13712A	Galway	Gortacarnaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13728A	Galway	Ower
G14702A	Galway	Coldwood Or Foorkill	Fieldwork Complete
G15901A	Galway	Addergoole	Fieldwork Complete
G15904A	Galway	Annaghdown	Fieldwork Complete
G15907a	Galway	Barranny	Fieldwork Complete
G15913A	Galway	Coteenty	Fieldwork Complete
G15913C	Galway	Coteenty	Fieldwork Complete
G16902A	Galway	Beagh More	Fieldwork Complete
G25301A	Galway	Big Island	Fieldwork Complete
G28106A	Galway	Cloghaun	Fieldwork Complete
G28117A	Galway	Kilbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G28212A	Galway	Gortnagleav	Fieldwork Complete
G28216A	Galway	Kilnagappagh	Fieldwork Complete
G28713A	Galway	Drumkeary East
G28807A	Galway	Cullenagh
G28807B	Galway	Cullenagh	Fieldwork Complete
G28901a	Galway	Derrybrien East
G28901b	Galway	Derrybrien East
G29106A	Galway	Knockauncarragh	Fieldwork Complete
G30106A	Galway	Keelderry	Fieldwork Complete
G31304a	Galway	Carrigeen East	Fieldwork Complete
G31305A	Galway	Carrigeen West	Fieldwork Complete
P22709A	Mayo	Glencally	Fieldwork Complete
P23303A	Mayo	Erriff	Fieldwork Complete
P23307A	Mayo	Letterass	Fieldwork Complete
P23309A	Mayo	Lettermaglinskin	Fieldwork Complete
Z11401A	Wicklow	Brockagh	Fieldwork Complete
Z11402A	Wicklow	Seven Churches	In progress
Z13408A	Wicklow	Carrigoona East
Z13409A	Wicklow	Carrigoona West
Z13615A	Wicklow	Cullentragh Big	Fieldwork Complete

Rhododendron establishing on a mountain commonage.

Progress on the assessment of commonages is continuing at a rapid pace. We remain confident about completing the sheep farming commonages by the end of next week and the remaining cattle commonages very early in September. The importance of these field assessments cannot be underestimated.

On site after site issues such as internal fencing, invasive species, uneven grazing distribution and incorrect boundaries have been found. None of these create impossible difficulties and a range of management responses have been prepared for the relevant shareholders to consider. WIthout a thorough field assessment this just would not be possible.

The shareholder meetings have already begun and the level of engagement by the shareholders on these commonage issues has to date been very positive. Our progress on sites for which we have been approved is shown below, if the fieldwork for you commonage has not been completed yet rest assured that we are treating the remaining sites as our top priority and that we will be moving to the next stage of the process on all sites in September. 

You can check on the status of the commonages that you are involved in

C164L1A	Clare	Coastal
G10222A	Galway	Maw
G10312A	Galway	Cloughaunard
G10315A	Galway	Doon
G10318B	Galway	Fahy
G10602B	Galway	Ballyconneely
G10802a	Galway	Ardkyle	Fieldwork Complete
G10917B	Galway	Lettergesh East	Fieldwork Complete
G10917C	Galway	Lettergesh East	Fieldwork Complete
G11307A	Galway	Murvey	Fieldwork Complete
G11409A	Galway	Cuilleen
G11413A	Galway	Glynsk	Fieldwork Complete
G11501A	Galway	Ardmore	Fieldwork Complete
G11506A	Galway	Callowfinish	In Progress
G11516A	Galway	Kilkieran	In Progress
G11520A	Galway	Letterpibrum	In Progress
G11523A	Galway	Shannawirra	In Progress
G11615A	Galway	Kylesalia	Fieldwork Complete
G11616A	Galway	Loughaconeera	Fieldwork Complete
G12005A	Galway	Glennagevlagh	Fieldwork Complete
G12213A	Galway	Crumlin East	Fieldwork Complete
G12214A	Galway	Dooghta	Fieldwork Complete
G12309B	Galway	Ballyweeaun	Fieldwork Complete
G12310A	Galway	Boocaun	Fieldwork Complete
G12502A	Galway	Glentrasna	Fieldwork Complete
G12506A	Galway	Lettermore	Fieldwork Complete
G12507A	Galway	Lugganaffrin	Fieldwork Complete
G12511A	Galway	Shanvally	Fieldwork Complete
G12607A	Galway	Glencoh
G12609A	Galway	Halfcarton
G12616A	Galway	Knockadav	Fieldwork Complete
G12617A	Galway	Oorid
G12621A	Galway	Shannavarra
G12623A	Galway	Turlough	Fieldwork Complete
G12623B	Galway	Turlough	Fieldwork Complete
G12702A	Galway	Camus Oughter	Fieldwork Complete
G12705A	Galway	Kinvarra	Fieldwork Complete
G12802A	Galway	Bealadangan	Fieldwork Complete
G12802B	Galway	Bealadangan	Fieldwork Complete
G12815A	Galway	Lettercallow	Fieldwork Complete
G12816B	Galway	Lettermore	Fieldwork Complete
G12915A	Galway	Maumeen	Fieldwork Complete
G13001A	Galway	Barraderry	Fieldwork Complete
G13002A	Galway	Carrowroe North	Fieldwork Complete
G13002b	Galway	Carraroe North	Fieldwork Complete
G13004A	Galway	Carrowroe West	Fieldwork Complete
G13005B	Galway	Clynagh	Fieldwork Complete
G13006A	Galway	Derrynea	Fieldwork Complete
G13014B	Galway	Keeraunbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G13016a	Galway	Muckanaghederdauhaulia	Fieldwork Complete
G13102A	Galway	Ballynahown North	Fieldwork Complete
G13107A	Galway	Cartronlahan	Fieldwork Complete
G13110A	Galway	Derroogh South
G13113A	Galway	Inveran	Fieldwork Complete
G13116A	Galway	Knockadoagh	Fieldwork Complete
G13117A	Galway	Minna	Fieldwork Complete
G13117B	Galway	Minna	Fieldwork Complete
G13120B	Galway	Tully	Fieldwork Complete
G13202A	Galway	Bovroughaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13204A	Galway	Cornarona	Fieldwork Complete
G13209A	Galway	Loughaunbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G13210B	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13210C	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13303A	Galway	Boliska Eighter
G13508A	Galway	Killagoola	Fieldwork Complete
G13514B	Galway	Newtown	Fieldwork Complete
G13515B	Galway	Oghery	Fieldwork Complete
G13610A	Galway	Billymore Or Carrowntober	Fieldwork Complete
G13621A	Galway	Cloghermore	Fieldwork Complete
G13621B	Galway	Cloghermore	Fieldwork Complete
G13659a	Galway	Lettercraffroe	Fieldwork Complete
G13662A	Galway	Maghera More	Fieldwork Complete
G13678A	Galway	Rushveala	Fieldwork Complete
G13681A	Galway	Shannadullaghaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13712A	Galway	Gortacarnaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13728A	Galway	Ower
G14702A	Galway	Coldwood Or Foorkill	Fieldwork Complete
G15901A	Galway	Addergoole	Fieldwork Complete
G15904A	Galway	Annaghdown	Fieldwork Complete
G15907a	Galway	Barranny	Fieldwork Complete
G15913A	Galway	Coteenty	Fieldwork Complete
G15913C	Galway	Coteenty	Fieldwork Complete
G16902A	Galway	Beagh More	Fieldwork Complete
G25301A	Galway	Big Island	Fieldwork Complete
G28106A	Galway	Cloghaun	Fieldwork Complete
G28117A	Galway	Kilbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G28212A	Galway	Gortnagleav	Fieldwork Complete
G28216A	Galway	Kilnagappagh	Fieldwork Complete
G28713A	Galway	Drumkeary East
G28807A	Galway	Cullenagh	Fieldwork Complete
G28807B	Galway	Cullenagh
G28901a	Galway	Derrybrien East
G28901b	Galway	Derrybrien East
G29106A	Galway	Knockauncarragh	Fieldwork Complete
G30106A	Galway	Keelderry	Fieldwork Complete
G31304a	Galway	Carrigeen East	Fieldwork Complete
G31305A	Galway	Carrigeen West	Fieldwork Complete
P22709A	Mayo	Glencally	Fieldwork Complete
P23303A	Mayo	Erriff	Fieldwork Complete
P23307A	Mayo	Letterass	Fieldwork Complete
P23309A	Mayo	Lettermaglinskin	Fieldwork Complete
Z11401A	Wicklow	Brockagh	Fieldwork Complete
Z11402A	Wicklow	Seven Churches
Z13408A	Wicklow	Carrigoona East
Z13409A	Wicklow	Carrigoona West
Z13615A	Wicklow	Cullentragh Big	Fieldwork Complete

Commonage Update

The current position is that Commonage Management Plans have to be completed by the end of September in order for farmers to be paid their 2016 GLAS payments. As part of the delivery of these plans we have had to focus first on walking  the commonages to identify the habitats present, their condition, the stock carrying capacity and the issues that potentially affect eligibility for future payments. This process is now in its final stages and we hope to have it completed by the end of August. We have already begun holding meetings with the farmers on individual commonages and this aspect of the process will accelerate in September.

As sheep farmers face particular challenges in adjusting their flock sizes we are prioritising fieldwork on these sites. It is our intention to have fieldwork completed on most sheep commonages this week. The Dept. of Agriculture have issued approval to us for an additional six commonages last week and we expect several more approvals in late August. These additional sites include several important sheep commonages however we are confident that they too can be completed by the end of August.

Our advisors are continuing to make good progress on the fieldwork underpinning the Commonage Management Planning process. Details of our progress to date can be see on the table below

CODE	COUNTY	COMMONAGE	STATUS
G10222A	Galway	Maw
G10312A	Galway	Cloughaunard
G10315A	Galway	Doon
G10318B	Galway	Fahy
G10602B	Galway	Ballyconneely
G10802a	Galway	Ardkyle	Fieldwork Complete
G10917B	Galway	Lettergesh East	Fieldwork Complete
G10917C	Galway	Lettergesh East	In progress
G11307A	Galway	Murvey	Fieldwork Complete
G11409A	Galway	Cuilleen
G11413A	Galway	Glynsk	Fieldwork Complete
G11501A	Galway	Ardmore	Fieldwork Complete
G11506A	Galway	Callowfinish
G11516A	Galway	Kilkieran
G11520A	Galway	Letterpibrum
G11523A	Galway	Shannawirra
G11615A	Galway	Kylesalia
G11616A	Galway	Loughaconeera
G12005A	Galway	Glennagevlagh	Fieldwork Complete
G12213A	Galway	Crumlin East	Fieldwork Complete
G12214A	Galway	Dooghta	Fieldwork Complete
G12309B	Galway	Ballyweeaun	Fieldwork Complete
G12310A	Galway	Boocaun	Fieldwork Complete
G12502A	Galway	Glentrasna	In progress
G12506A	Galway	Lettermore	Fieldwork Complete
G12507A	Galway	Lugganaffrin	Fieldwork Complete
G12511A	Galway	Shanvally	Fieldwork Complete
G12607A	Galway	Glencoh
G12609A	Galway	Halfcarton
G12616A	Galway	Knockadav	Fieldwork Complete
G12617A	Galway	Oorid
G12623A	Galway	Turlough	Fieldwork Complete
G12623B	Galway	Turlough	Fieldwork Complete
G12702A	Galway	Camus Oughter	Fieldwork Complete
G12705A	Galway	Kinvarra	Fieldwork Complete
G12802A	Galway	Bealadangan	Fieldwork Complete
G12802B	Galway	Bealadangan	Fieldwork Complete
G12815A	Galway	Lettercallow	Fieldwork Complete
G12816B	Galway	Lettermore	Fieldwork Complete
G12915A	Galway	Maumeen	Fieldwork Complete
G13001A	Galway	Barraderry	Fieldwork Complete
G13002A	Galway	Carrowroe North	Fieldwork Complete
G13002b	Galway	Carraroe North	Fieldwork Complete
G13004A	Galway	Carrowroe West	Fieldwork Complete
G13005B	Galway	Clynagh	Fieldwork Complete
G13006A	Galway	Derrynea
G13014B	Galway	Keeraunbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G13016a	Galway	Muckanaghederdauhaulia	Fieldwork Complete
G13102A	Galway	Ballynahown North	Fieldwork Complete
G13107A	Galway	Cartronlahan	Fieldwork Complete
G13110A	Galway	Derroogh South
G13113A	Galway	Inveran	Fieldwork Complete
G13116A	Galway	Knockadoagh	Fieldwork Complete
G13117A	Galway	Minna	Fieldwork Complete
G13117B	Galway	Minna	Fieldwork Complete
G13120B	Galway	Tully	Fieldwork Complete
G13202A	Galway	Bovroughaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13204A	Galway	Cornarona	Fieldwork Complete
G13209A	Galway	Loughaunbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G13210B	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13210C	Galway	Shannapheasteen	Fieldwork Complete
G13303A	Galway	Boliska Eighter
G13508A	Galway	Killagoola	Fieldwork Complete
G13514B	Galway	Newtown	Fieldwork Complete
G13515B	Galway	Oghery	Fieldwork Complete
G13610A	Galway	Billymore Or Carrowntober	Fieldwork Complete
G13621A	Galway	Cloghermore	Fieldwork Complete
G13621B	Galway	Cloghermore	Fieldwork Complete
G13659a	Galway	Lettercraffroe	Fieldwork Complete
G13662A	Galway	Maghera More	Fieldwork Complete
G13678A	Galway	Rushveala	Fieldwork Complete
G13681A	Galway	Shannadullaghaun	Fieldwork Complete
G13712A	Galway	Gortacarnaun
G13728A	Galway	Ower
G14702A	Galway	Coldwood Or Foorkill	Fieldwork Complete
G15901A	Galway	Addergoole	Fieldwork Complete
G15904A	Galway	Annaghdown	Fieldwork Complete
G15907a	Galway	Barranny	Fieldwork Complete
G15913A	Galway	Coteenty	Fieldwork Complete
G15913C	Galway	Coteenty	Fieldwork Complete
G16902A	Galway	Beagh More	Fieldwork Complete
G25301A	Galway	Big Island	Fieldwork Complete
G28106A	Galway	Cloghaun	Fieldwork Complete
G28117A	Galway	Kilbeg	Fieldwork Complete
G28212A	Galway	Gortnagleav	Fieldwork Complete
G28216A	Galway	Kilnagappagh	Fieldwork Complete
G28713A	Galway	Drumkeary East
G28807A	Galway	Cullenagh	Fieldwork Complete
G28807B	Galway	Cullenagh
G28901a	Galway	Derrybrien East
G28901b	Galway	Derrybrien East
G29106A	Galway	Knockauncarragh	Fieldwork Complete
G30106A	Galway	Keelderry	Fieldwork Complete
G31304a	Galway	Carrigeen East	Fieldwork Complete
G31305A	Galway	Carrigeen West	Fieldwork Complete
P22709A	Mayo	Glencally	In progress
P23303A	Mayo	Erriff	Fieldwork Complete
P23307A	Mayo	Letterass	Fieldwork Complete
P23309A	Mayo	Lettermaglinskin	Fieldwork Complete
Z11401A	Wicklow	Brockagh	Fieldwork Complete
Z11402A	Wicklow	Seven Churches
Z13408A	Wicklow	Carrigoona East
Z13409A	Wicklow	Carrigoona West
Z13615A	Wicklow	Cullentragh Big	Fieldwork Complete