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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: No, I am keen to get on with it because people are busy. It is up to you if you want a break.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Interest in TAMS to date has exceeded expectations and clearly many Irish farmers are looking once again at the benefits of investing in their enterprises and expanding production. Under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme a total of 520 applications have been received with over 200 of these applying for dairy investments while over a thousand applications have been submitted for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The persons named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department to transfer the entitlement allocation and value to a Registered Farm Partnership. This application has been processed and payment will issue shortly. An official from my Department has been in contact with the persons named to outline the position in relation to their application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 29 May 2015. Processing of this application is currently ongoing, with a view to finalising for payment at the earliest possible date. My Department also received a 2015 Transfer of Entitlement Allocation Right and Reference Value application from the person named. As the name on the herd...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Sheol na daoine a ainmnítear iarratas ar Mhaolú Albanach ar aghaidh an 8 Bealtaine 2015 ach níor sheol siad iarratas ar Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair 2013 ar aghaidh. Faoi rialacha an AE a rialaíonn an Scéim Buníocaíochta, is gá na cásanna seo a phróiseáil faoin gCúlchiste Náisiúnta.Cuirfear tús...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Sheol an duine a ainmnítear iarratas faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta/Scéim na Limistéar Srianta Nádúrtha 2015 (ANC) chuig mo Roinn an 29 Bealtaine, 2015. Eisíodh íocaíocht faoi Scéim an ANC go díreach le cuntas ainmnithe bainc an duine a ainmnítear. Faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta, níor deimhníodh go raibh aon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 1 April, 2015. This application has been fully processed and payments will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar Srianta Nádúrtha ón duine a ainmnítear an 28 Aibreán, 2015. Tugadh próiseáil an iarratais seo chun críche go hiomlán agus eiseofar íocaíochtaí go luath do chuntas bainc ainmnithe an duine a ainmnítear.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 1 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: Agriculture Scheme Applications (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named did not submit an application under the 2015 National Reserve. He submitted a 2015 Review of Entitlements application seeking to amend the number/value of his entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme. He was notified in writing on 12 November 2015 that his application was unsuccessful and was given the right to appeal this decision . The ‘old young farmer’...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Over the last number of years the Department has operated a Reconstitution Scheme to restore forests established under its afforestation schemes back to their original form following significant damage by natural causes. The Scheme has been used to assist forestry owners who have been affected by Ash dieback disease. The objective of the Scheme is to eradicate/contain ash dieback in forests...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The above named is approved in GLAS with a contract start date of 1 October 2015. GLA S applicants with a GLAS contract start date of 1 October 2015 are entitled to a 2015 part-year payment in respect of 2015 eligible actions and covering the three month period 1 October 2015-31 December 2015.  It is intended that these 2015 part-year payments will commence later this month.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: A very wide range of Dairy Equipment is eligible for grant aid under the TAMS II Scheme. However, as cluster flushers are not a requirement for a basic milking machine they are not being grant aided.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Dairy farmers in whose herd some animals have had an inconclusive reaction to the TB test are not prohibited from selling milk for human consumption. The position is that milk from TB infected or inconclusive animals cannot be used for human consumption or the manufacture of milk-based products for human consumption. However milk from healthy animals in TB restricted herds may be used for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Applications for aquaculture licences are assessed under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act which provides for extensive consultation with stakeholders and also a period of general public consultation. Licence decisions in each case are made following detailed advice from my Department’s scientific and technical advisers. The application referred to by the Deputy is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Recruitment (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Government is committed to maintaining the stabilised strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500 personnel, comprising of 7,520 Army, 886 Air Corps and 1,094 Naval Service as stated in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 31 October 2015, the latest date for which details are available, was...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: First, the disallowing of the amendments had nothing to do with my office. I understand a decision was made by the Bills Office that the understood definition of horse racing involved a horse and a rider, and there may have been some issues around thoroughbreds and non-thoroughbreds. Either way, the office ruled it out of order. I have said before that I am sympathetic and am trying to be...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: This section provides definitions for the Bill, but the phrase "greyhound racing" is only used for the insertion of text into the Animal Remedies Act 1993 in section 18 of the Bill and, as such, it is not appropriate to insert the definition here. This is not a greyhound bill; it is not about the greyhound industry or greyhound racing. I do not see any need to have a definition of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am prepared to look at this. I do not have any problem with it in principle. I would like to check it with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, but if it is consistent with the kind of language it can approve then I will do it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The amendment suggests that we should stick with what is there at the moment as opposed to making a change. One of reasons this legislation is being introduced is that we asked Indecon to report on the industry, its structure and its governance, and Indecon made some pretty clear recommendations about the composition of the board. One of those recommendations was to reduce the...