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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: Food Wise 2025, the new ten year strategy for the agri-food sector published in July last year, identifies the opportunities and challenges facing the sector and provides an enabling strategy that will allow the sector to grow and prosper. Food Wise includes more than 400 specific recommendations, spread across the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, innovation, human capital, market...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named has been approved under Tranche 1 of GLAS with a contract start date of 1 October 2015. GLAS applicants with a start date of 1 October 2015 are eligible for a 2015 part-year payment in respect of 2015 eligible actions, for the three month period 1 October 2015-31 December 2015. The first instalment of the payment issued to the person named on 23 December 2015. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The applicant named has applied in the second tranche of the Low Emissions Slurry Spreading Equipment Scheme for a slurry tanker with trailing shoe. The application in this case has passed the initial administrative checks. All applications received are examined, validated and then have to be ranked and selected. Approvals will commence when this process is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for allocation of entitlements under the ‘Scottish Derogation’ measure of the Basic Payment Scheme. Under EU Regulations governing the Basic Payment scheme, processing of applications involves administrative and on farm checks and verification of land details submitted. The checks are now complete and the application has now been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The applicant named applied under the Dairy Equipment Scheme of TAMS II for an in- parlour meal feeding system and milk storage and cooling equipment in the first tranche. Part approval issued on 18 December. The outstanding full approval will issue in a matter of weeks. It is envisaged that the payment system will be in place in June to enable the claim for payment to be submitted and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: In 2015 the National Reserve fund was based on a 3% cut to the Basic Payment Scheme financial ceiling and provided some €24 million in funding which was the maximum financing rate available under the relevant EU Regulations. When finalised there will be some 6,000 successful applicants under the 2015 National Reserve. Due to the high level of successful applicants under the scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The applicant named applied in the first tranche of the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme for a mass concrete tank. The application has passed the administrative checks and will be examined by the local office shortly with a view to issuing approval.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 September 2010. Payment issued for the 2010-2014 Scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue.  The application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: An application under Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) 2015 was received from the person named on 28 May 2015. Initial examination of the application indicated that the holding had not met the required minimum stocking density per the Terms and Conditions of the scheme. The holding is required to meet a minimum stocking density of 12 livestock units. Documentation in respect of eleven...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted applications to my Department under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme. The processing of these applications involves administrative checks and verification of land details submitted under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application. These checks are required under the EU Regulations pertaining to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: Basic Payment scheme entitlements which were allocated and activated in 2015 may be transferred in 2016 by a variety of methods including inheritance , sale and lease. Where entitlements are the subject of inheritance they must be inherited by the rightful beneficiary in the first instance prior to transferring them by lease. Entitlements may not be leased out by the Reps of a deceased...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: There are a number of applications remaining, including that of the person named, which have not passed all of the Department’s pre-payment validation checks for the 2015 part-year payment. The Department is continuing to investigate these issues including the correction of any IT or data issues with a view to all these remaining cases meeting the payment validation checks so that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for the Single Payments Scheme on 24 April 2014. He was notified of an over claim and incurred a 3– 20% penalty. The person named submitted further evidence for review. On completion of that review, the reduction in the found area was less than 3% and no penalty was applied. A recalculation of the payment was undertaken and a refund was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application under the Basic Payments (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes (ANC) on 13 May, 2015. The advance and balancing payments due under the BPS have already issued to the nominated bank account of the person named. A final balancing payment will issue over the coming weeks when the definitive value of entitlements has been established.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Transfer of Entitlements Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and values by Change of Registration Details of Herdnumber following the addition of his daughter to his herdnumber. This application was fully processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme issued on 8thMarch 2016. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Transfer of Entitlements Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and values by Gift of Holding as transferee. This application was fully processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme issued on 18thApril 2016. The person named also submitted applications under the ‘young...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraint scheme application on 29 April 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Ground Eligibility inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 September 2011. Payment issued for the 2010-2014 Scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. The application of the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (28 Apr 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application under the ‘Old Young Farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve to my Department. This application was not successful as the applicant was deemed to have commenced farming prior to 2008. On this basis the person named does not meet the eligibility criteria under the National Reserve ‘Old Young Farmer’ category. The...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Simon Coveney: I congratulate the new President of the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, Joe Healy. Cohesive, strong and united farming organisations are very important to the representation of Irish farming interests. I consider the IFA to be very important. It has been through a difficult period and now has new leadership following an election. I wish Joe Healy well in the challenges he will face and I...