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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: There are 3,767 herd numbers with designated lands in the Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas across Ireland. Of these, 1,017 have already been approved for entry to GLAS under Tranche 1, while a further 300 or so applications have queries associated with them and will hopefully be approved into the scheme when these are resolved. I expect significant additional applications from hen harrier...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is responsible in the first instance for the identification of areas important for the Hen Harrier sites, and these may include agricultural and non-agricultural land, as well as privately owned farmland and commonage. However, the Hen Harrier action in GLAS only applies to privately-owned farmland and therefore this is the only category...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under the CFP, control of the vessel within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone is a matter for the Irish control authorities who monitor fishing activity of all vessels operating the area. The Control authorities have on-going information in relation to the vessels operating in the Irish Exclusive Fisheries zone including their activities and characteristics. Under the Sea Fisheries...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 27 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: Animal Identification Schemes (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The animals in question are registered correctly and the passports have issued in respect of each animal. In this case there are no adverse consequences arising directly from the late registrations with respect to these animals.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 31 March 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Basic Payment Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 30 March, 2015. The advance payment under the Scheme has issued to the person named, and arrangements are now in place to issue the balancing payment directly to his nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department has been engaged in a number of actions in combatting the ash dieback disease during the course of 2015. This has included a large scale systematic and targeted survey of forests, nurseries, hedgerows, agricultural environmental schemes and roadside plantings across the whole of the country which commenced at the beginning of July. The field element, laboratory testing, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The applicant concerned failed to meet the minimum score as set out in the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) Terms and Conditions. The applicant’s Advisor appealed this decision on their behalf, claiming a clerical error when entering their application. My Department officials have replied to this appeal, to both the Advisor and the applicant, upholding the original...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Appeals (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The applicant concerned failed to meet the minimum score as set out in the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) Terms and Conditions. The applicant’s Advisor appealed this decision on their behalf, claiming a clerical error when entering their application. My Department officials have replied to this appeal, to both the Advisor and the applicant, upholding the original...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The maximum payment that is eligible for reimbursement per unit (tree) under the AEOS non-productive capital investment action is €62.70. This figure is compiled from all the costs that can be associated with delivering the Action of planting trees, including the purchase of the trees (with purchase price depending on size, age etc), the labour to plant the trees and all the associated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named applied to participate in the 2014 Beef Genomics Scheme on the 31 March 2014. Under the Terms and Conditions of the scheme applicants were required to tissue sample 15% of the animals in his/her herd. The person named was issued with 5 tissue tags for sampling purposes by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation. The person named only returned 3 tissue samples to the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under the EU Regulations, there is a requirement on my Department to undertake a minimum inspection rate of 5% of participants in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme. In this case, I take it the Deputy is asking about the 400 or so farmers that my Department wrote to seeking verification of invoices that they had submitted as part of their non-productive capital investment claim under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 1 May, 2015. Processing of this application has recently been finalised and payment will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 28 May 2015. Payment under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme has not issued to the person named as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not satisfied the Scheme’s minimum stocking density requirements. Eligible applicants are required to have met a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 and 296 together. The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the fisheries policy of the EU. It is a set of rules for managing EU fishing fleets and for conserving stocks. The CFP operates within the international framework of the Law of the Sea. Control of the vessel within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone is a matter for the Irish control...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. While first and foremost a working fishery harbour, Howth, similar to the other five Fishery Harbour Centres, has its own unique features and is home to a broad range of diverse economic and social activities. I am happy to advise...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: In response to representations in July, the Minister of State with responsibility for Food, Forestry Horticulture and Food Safety replied in August 2015 to the person referred to in your question, setting out the actions already taken and that were proposed for the remainder of 2015 in combatting the ash dieback disease. This included a large scale systematic and wider targeted survey of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently examining approximately 400 cases that submitted invoices from one particular company to verify and support claims under the non-productive capital investment action of AEOS. It is known that in some cases the invoices submitted were for amounts different to those actually paid by the participants. Funding provided under the scheme comes partly from the EU and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department was required to issue a letter to the person named and to the personal legal representative of the deceased former holder of the herd number shown advising that the Department had processed an application for the transfer of Single Payment Entitlements to the person named by way of inheritance under the Single Payment Scheme. The purpose of my Department’s letter to the...