11,000 at risk of losing out in DAS
They will be written to by the Department of Agriculture and given the opportunity to apply for a derogation if, for example, their participation in agri-environmental measures resulted in stocking density less than 0.3 LUs.
Most of those with less than 0.3 LUs in 2011 were in counties Donegal (2,179); Mayo (1,996); Galway (1,556); and Kerry (1,254). In other Munster counties, they numbered 586 in Cork, 435 in Clare, 235 in Tipperary, 171 in Limerick, and 84 in Waterford.
