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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The most recent changes relating to the export of dogs were introduced as a result of new EU Regulations on intra-community trade in dogs which came into effect on 29 December 2014. Under these regulations, dogs must be at least 12 weeks old in order to be vaccinated against rabies and a waiting period of 21 days post (primary) vaccination is necessary for rabies immunity to take effect....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application of the person named was initially selected for a Remote Sensing inspection. A subsequent field visit, to verify the position on the ground, identified discrepancies between the area declared and the area determined resulting in an over-declaration in area of greater than 50%. This resulted in no payment being due...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: This year, my Department received over 135,000 applications from farmers under the Direct Aid Schemes, which are funded or partially funded by the EU. The Schemes involved include the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme.  Under EU Regulations, all applications must be subjected to robust administrative checks prior to payment. The main element of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 14 May 2014. Following a partially successful appeal to the Agriculture Appeal Office, the person named was paid his 2014 Single Payment on 18 September 2015. Payment is now due under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme in respect of 11.06 hectares. Payment will issue directly to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The 2015 Basic Payment Scheme applications of both of the persons named were submitted to the Department on 29 May 2015. The application of the first person named has been processed and payment will issue to their nominated bank account on completion of the further processing of their separate Private Contract Clause application. The application of the second person named has been processed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named is approved in GLAS with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and based on the actions selected will qualify for a part year payment for the period 1 October to 31 December.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The State, through the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, has an existing and well established infrastructure for oversight of competition matters and for dealing with allegations of anti-competitive practices or abuse of a dominant position. I understand that acquisitions or mergers of organisations with turnover exceeding certain statutory thresholds are required to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1 September 2011. Issues arose in respect of a parcel of Wild Bird Cover (WBC) which, in order to be eligible for payment under the scheme, must have an area greater than 0.5 hectares. The area of WBC was recorded as 0.47 hectares following digitisation in 2013 and a subsequent field visit confirmed that the area on the ground was indeed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The persons named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department to transfer the allocation and value through Change of Legal Entity. This application has been fully processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person name has been allocated 43.41 new entitlements under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme at a value of €1,300 including Greening payment. The value of entitlements of approximately €14,500 which was associated with this herd number under the 2013 and 2014 Scheme year could not be allocated to the person named as they were not owned by him in 2014. My Department issued a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes was received from the person named on 30 April 2015. Processing of applications under both schemes is complete and payment has issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Basic Payment Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 14 May 2015. The processing of this application was recently finalised and payment has issued to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Severe Weather Events (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am acutely aware of the difficulties farmers in flooded areas are experiencing in recent weeks. My Department has put special arrangements in place to deal with animal welfare issues that might arise as a result of flooding and to deal with the flooding of slurry tanks that has occurred in a limited number of circumstances. Where there is a potential animal welfare issue on farms,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 22 April 2015. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payment will issue shortly directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am considering whether to include Financial Instruments (FIs) in Ireland’s Rural Development Programme. The funding for any such FIs would have to draw on Ireland’s existing RDP allocation of European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development funding as well as National Exchequer funding. So far 7 Programmes from 5 Member States have implemented a FI for the current...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme on 28 May 201 5. Having examined the application it was established that the person named did not qualify for Scottish Derogation as there was no verifiable evidence of production under the beef, dairy, arable or sheep sectors in 2013 which is a requirement to qualify under the scheme. The person named was notified...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application under the ‘new entrant to farming’ category of the 2015 National Reserve. Payments under the 2015 National Reserve commenced during the week beginning 14 December. The application submitted by the person named has been fully processed and payment is due to issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (16 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: On the 31 of October, 2015 (the latest date for which figures are available), the strength (whole-time equivalent) of the Permanent Defence Force was 9,155. Budget 2016 includes a provision of some €416 million for Permanent Defence Force Pay and this amount will allow for the payment of the full establishment of 9,500 personnel, in line with the commitment in the White Paper on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (17 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: Further to my reply to the Deputy’s question on 19 November 2015, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) issued a formal response to the communication from the Chinese authorities on Friday 27 November and circulated a copy of the response to representatives of the Irish live crab export industry. The SFPA response, inter alia, puts forward Ireland’s views on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information Fees (17 Dec 2015)

Simon Coveney: The fees received by my Department in respect of Freedom of Information requests in 2014 and in 2015 to date are set out in the following table. Year Fees - € 2014 1,180 2015 to date (15/12/2015) 460