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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The new TAMS measure will make €395m available to Irish farmers for investing in on-farm infrastructure, facilities and equipment. All TAMS schemes have been opened and the applications received under the first tranches of both the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme and the Dairy Equipment Scheme are now being processed. Interest in TAMS to date has exceeded expectations and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: Questions of price and market specifications are matters to be determined between the purchasers and the sellers of cattle. Prices are determined by supply and demand dynamics and by a range of different factors such as consumer preferences, distance to market, consumer confidence, retail promotions, competition with other meats, currency fluctuations and the overall macroeconomic situation....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat Response Plan for Hen Harriers (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: Farmers with lands identified as important for the hen harrier can avail of payments of €370 per hectare up to a maximum of €7,000 per annum under GLAS.  In addition, I recently announced plans for the introduction of a new scheme aimed at farmers managing large tracts of hen harrier land which will be introduced under the broad heading of the new locally-led measure which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 23 April, 2015. Processing of the Basic Payment application has recently been finalised and payment has issued directly to the nominated bank account. Processing of the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application has been completed, with payment due to issue directly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a 2015 Transfer of Entitlement Allocation Right and Reference Value application from the persons named on 11 November 2015. The transfer has been processed and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under Basic Payment / Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes was received from the person named on 29 May 2015. Processing of the Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes has been completed. Payments in respect of Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes has issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named. Records held by my Department indicate that the herd number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Area of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 29 May, 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Animal Health & Welfare Act 2013 is a major updating of our laws in this area going back to 1911. The provisions of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 are designed to improve the health and welfare of all animals and for the first time introduces a general prohibition on operations and procedures which interfere with the bone or sensitive tissue of an animal unless for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The advisor named was assigned by my Department to prepare the GLAS Commonage Management Plan for the above named commonage. Following subsequent checks, officials in my Department became aware that the advisor named had shares in this commonage which presented a clear conflict of interest which would obviously give rise to questions in the context of audit probity standards. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Microchipping of Dogs Regulations, 2005 (S.I. No. 63/2015) came into force for newborn puppies this year and is being rolled out for all dogs next year. These regulations also provide that, by 31 March 2016, all dogs must be, not only microchipped, but also the owner’s current contact details must be registered with one of four Databases approved under the Regulations. Microchips...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The new TAMS measure will make €395m available to Irish farmers for investing in on-farm infrastructure, facilities and equipment. All TAMS schemes have been opened and the applications received under the first tranches of both the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme and the Dairy Equipment Scheme are now being processed. Interest in TAMS to date has exceeded expectations and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Local Authority Functions (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy’s question relates to Donegal County Council’s activities, the Deputy’s question should be directed to the Council.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: In relation to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening Payment, I am pleased to confirm that advance payments began issuing in Ireland on 16 October , 2015.   This is the earliest that payments can commence under the governing EU Regulations.  In addition, I can confirm that the level of the advance payment was set at 70% for 2015 rather than the normal 50%.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: A part-year payment in respect of 2015 will be paid to the vast majority of GLAS applicants approved under Tranche 1. However, a small number of actions are not payable this year, as they are not required to be undertaken in 2015. The se include the actions to which the deputy refers , which are primarily capital in nature. The total cost of delivery of these actions will be fully compensated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named joined AEOS in 2010 and was fully paid for 2010, 2011 and 2012. Issues arose in relation to certain areas under the LPIS review and payments for 2013 and 2014 were reduced in light of these findings. However, the person named appealed the outcome of this review and was successful in having the area of a parcel increased. The file is now being processed in light of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 7 April, 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date. .

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme/Area of National Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 26 May, 2015. This application included an additional share of a previously claimed commonage. Following direct contact by my officials with the person named, this query has now been satisfactorily resolved. Payment under both schemes is due to issue shortly, directly to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application under the Basic Payment Scheme on 25 May , 2015. The person named has requested changes to the reference areas of two land parcels. However, the appropriate maps outlining the requested amendments were not submitted with the request. An official from my Department has been in contact with the person named, and the Department has issued the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 28 May 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The new TAMS measure will make €395m available to Irish farmers for investing in on-farm infrastructure, facilities and equipment. All TAMS schemes have been opened and the applications received under the first tranches of both the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme and the Dairy Equipment Scheme are now being processed. Interest in TAMS to date has exceeded expectations and...