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- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: We are all aware that there is a need to improve the age structure of our agricultural work force, and to support well-educated young farmers who will be the platform for further innovation and growth in our agriculture industry. To achieve our Food Harvest 2020 targets, Ireland will need to respond to new market opportunities, and young people tend to be quicker to adapt when change is...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 25 April 2011, following processing of which over-claims were identified in respect of three land parcels declared by the person named. As this has recently been satisfactorily resolved, the 50% advance payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) with effect from 1st November 2010. 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. During these checks a...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2011, processing of which has recently been completed, thereby allowing payment to issue to the applicant shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: The application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme, received from the person named on 11 May 2011, was the subject of an eligibility inspection by way of Remote Sensing. As this inspection revealed discrepancies, it was necessary to conduct a ground inspection to clarify the position. The application will be further processed immediately the results of the inspection are known, with a view...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: The following table details the estimated numbers of maps submitted by farmers under the Single Payment Scheme, based on an average of two maps per farmer. Farmers submit maps to my Department to facilitate re-digitising, in order to have various ineligible features, such as buildings, roadways, farmyards, etc, properly recorded on my Department's Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS). As...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: The application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, which gave rise to the overpayment in question, was received by my Department on 7 May 2010. The reason the person named did not receive full payment is that ineligible areas were identified among the areas declared. I can confirm that my Department has a robust system in place for considering all appeals; should...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. Almost 3,200 staff in my Department access their payslips on-line on the Department's IT system and do not receive payslips. Hardcopy payslips continue issue to some 380 staff, at an annual cost of approximately â¬7,000, taking account of stationery and postage costs. It is planned that all staff will be paid by electronically by the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011, processing of which has recently been completed thereby allowing payments under both Schemes to issue in the coming days.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: A sum of â¬4.5m has been provided by my Department in 2011 to cover the cost of claims arising from pigmeat contamination incident. At this stage, I do not anticipate that there will be any expenditure under this heading in 2012.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: Payments under the Farm Waste Management Scheme over the period January â October 2011 have amounted to â¬32.4 million.
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: Over 23,000 REPS 3 participants will complete their contract in 2011. The majority of these participants received their final annual payment at the end of 2010. Payments under the scheme to these farmers on a full year basis would be of the order of â¬140m. The overall level of funding available to the Department in the 2012 Budget will be determined by the Government in the context of the...
- Written Answers — Farm Incomes: Farm Incomes (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: Eligibility for grant aid under Departmental schemes and EU Schemes administered by this Department is based on criteria such as animal numbers, acreage farmed or location, Single Payment entitlements held, or land classified as disadvantaged, etc, and as a consequence specific financial information on applicants is not recorded. However, the following broad information is available from the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011, following processing of which an over-claim was identified on one of the land declared. The person named was written to on 28 October in this regard and, immediately on receipt of a satisfactory reply, the application will be further processed with a view to the appropriate payment issuing...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application for ex-gratia funding has been received from the organisation in question. Provision of ex-gratia assistance this year is subject to the availability of funds and the application will be considered in this context and having regard to competing claims for financial assistance submitted by other animal welfare bodies.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Grassland Sheep Scheme was received from the person named on the 14 May 2010. This application was fully processed and payment under the Grassland Sheep Scheme issued on 1 February 2011, based, in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme, on the original Sheep Census return received by my Department on 11 January 2010, which indicated...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011, following processing of which an over-claim was identified in respect of a land parcel declared by the person named. This necessitated correspondence in order to clarify the mapping position and, having been satisfactorily resolved, the 50% advance payment issued to the person named on 3...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 16th May 2011. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility/Cross Compliance Inspection. This inspection was completed and the results are now being processed. In the vast majority of inspected cases amendments have had to be made to the maps in...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2011. While the person named replied to a query in relation to an over-claim, which had been identified following processing of the application, the matter is not yet resolved and is still being investigated. However, immediately the matter is resolved, the application will be further processed...
- Written Answers — Animal Identification Scheme: Animal Identification Scheme (8 Nov 2011)
Simon Coveney: Commission Regulation 504/2008, which came into force on 1 July 2009, requires that equine animals be identified with an equine identification document (passport) and a microchip. The Regulation is implemented in Irish law by S.I. No. 357 of 2011 - European Communities (Equine) Regulations 2011. This S.I. provides that if an equine animal has not been identified within six months of the date...