Results 41-57 of 57 for revert speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: ...any other supporting documentation/information which speaks to the durability, coherence and permanence of their group.  On receipt of this correspondence, I will consider the matter further and will as soon as possible revert to the INHFA with my decision. I have also written to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...that related to the tag numbers provided, and their associated movements, were investigated by staff from my Department who established that none of them met the criteria required for the payment to revert to the previous herdowner A letter issued to the person named on the 18th of November 2019 informing him that his review was unsuccessful. This letter also informed the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: ... are otherwise eligible and a participant in the scheme. All of the animals that relate to the tag numbers provided, and their associated movements, were investigated by staff from my Department who established that none of them met the criteria required for the payment to revert to a previous herdowner A letter confirming the original decision issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (21 May 2019)

Michael Creed: .... If a farmer holds entitlements that have not been used for a period of two consecutive years, a number of entitlements, equivalent to the total number of entitlements which have not been used, shall revert to the National Reserve. The person named did not submit a 2016 Basic Payment Scheme application and, therefore, the entitlements were not used in that year.  My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Relations Contracts Data (9 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: ...2005 to 2016 is provided in the following tables. Due to the number of topics included in the question by the Deputy, it was not possible to provide all the data, in the required time. I will revert to the Deputy with a full response, for the outstanding data on expenditure for Photography, Advertising, Communications Advice and Public Relations, as soon as it is available. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Losses (23 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: ...all the stakeholders who attended the Forum, including on the issue of compensation for crop losses as a result of the poor harvest conditions of last autumn. As I stated at the Forum, I will look at this issue further and revert in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Creed: .... My Department continues to view the single premium approach as an important strategy in increasing forest cover in Ireland. Our aim in this regard is to achieve forest cover of 18% by 2050. Consequently there are no plans to revert back to an afforestation scheme which offers higher premiums to farmers than to non-farmers and our focus now is working to achieve the targets set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (18 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...as this, are a matter between the Farmer/Supplier and the Processor/plant. Regarding the suspension of mechanical grading, this occurred on six occasions and the factories were instructed to revert to manual grading. Regarding the publishing of information and trial results, my Department fully endorses and supports  the objective of ensuring a robust system of...

Social Welfare Benefits (7 Oct 2009)

Michael Creed: ...case in the Minister's hands. As he is not the Minister of State at the Department and given that I anticipate a similar response to the reply I received to my parliamentary question, I ask him to revert to the line Minister on this issue and ask her to re-examine the case as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: ...the request of the beneficiaries, officials from my Department, met with them to discuss the possibility of modifying the remaining element of the original plan.  At that meeting, the beneficiaries gave an undertaking to revert to my Department with clarification on whether they ultimately planned to complete their investment.  No such clarification was received and on 20...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: ...all inspections, which significantly exceeds the legal minimum requirement of 8 inspections per year. There were 11 instances in 2016 and 5 instances in 2015 when factories were instructed to revert to manual classification when a machine was found to be working outside of tolerance by my inspectors. To date in 2019, 1 machine has been placed in test mode. Machines operating outside...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Michael Creed: ...and in the motion itself that there has been a reversion to type and a debate about Ireland's corporation profits tax rate. That is not an issue being considered at all in the OECD report. We reverted to name calling of multinationals. We would do well to remember in the context of the debate that we are a small, open trading economy. We have an indigenous sector which, fortunately, is...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: ...to provide adequate fodder for exceptional weather events such as those we have been experiencing recently. On tuberculosis, I understand the number of cases has started to plateau but I will revert to the Deputy with detailed figures. Subject to correction, it is my recollection that where there has been a decline in herd incidence as a result of the increasing average herd size....

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: .... That is part of what we wholeheartedly embrace as members of the European Union. What the Senator wants to do now is simply to cherry-pick that and say that by this legislation we want to revert back in some way to the 1960s and ensure the man who owns and operates his boat and lives in Northern Ireland is the only person who is entitled to benefit under voisinage. That view of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: ...to aquaculture, my officials have met with Aquaculture sector representatives on a number of occasions, most recently on 22 May.  It is worth recalling that aquaculture enterprises and their workers may avail of the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment or wage subsidy Scheme. The representatives of the sector agreed to reflect on the discussions and...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: ...make the payment on the basis of a farmer having the minimum stocking density for ANC payments. That would allow farmers to make economic decisions. If we chose the option of making a coupled payment we would be then reverting back to obliging farmers to keep any old stripper or suckler cow for the purposes of the payment, regardless of the quality. I do not think anybody could argue...

Seanad: Beef Sector: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...was equally important that we did not dismantle the bonuses that are paid for products that are responsive to market demands and consumer tastes and preference in terms of welfare, age and so forth and revert to a situation where we were treating all beef producers as the same. That is very important. I hope that in the context of the beef market task force which will be up and running...