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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: Irish cattle have access to all EU Member States. The non-European Union countries to which live Irish cattle exports have market access currently are set out in the following table. Member State Third Country Type/Health Certificate IRELAND LEBANON Breeding cattle <36mts Fattening/slaughter cattle<36mts LIBYA Fattening & Slaughter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: Live exports from Ireland to Belgium have reduced considerably largely as a consequence of the introduction by Belgium of a compulsory national Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) eradication programme. Under EU legislation, Member States who have compulsory disease eradication programmes in place or who have freedom from particular diseases, such as IBR, are entitled to additional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Expenditure (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The agri-environment-climate measure, Measure 10, of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 includes the Green Low-Carbon Agri- Environment Scheme (GLAS), transitional funding for AEOS and REPS arising from commitments in the 2007 - 2013 RDP, the Beef Data Genomics Programme and The Burren Programme. All new schemes and programmes, with the exception of the Burren Programme which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: Some 38,000 farmers have been approved into the GLAS scheme under the first two tranches launched in 2015. The full value of these contracts will only be calculated later this year when the 2016 payments, the first full calendar year of their five-year contracts, are processed. It is only when this full year payment processing is complete that the definitive average payment per contract...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Genomics Scheme (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) forms part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme and will provide suckler farmers in Ireland with some €300 million of funding over the next 6 years. The BDGP builds on the investment in data recording and genomics in recent years, and will ultimately bring about long-term improvements to the sector by fundamentally improving the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The programme for Government committed to introducing a new sheep scheme under the Rural Development Programme with a budget of €25 million provided in Budget 2017. In this regard a submission will be made to the European Commission shortly. In relation to the design of the scheme, my Department is currently in consultation with the stakeholders. Any scheme must be both...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have outlineda model guarantee instrument for agriculture, developed within the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding on co-operation in agriculture and rural development within the EU. The model instrument aims to help ease access to finance for farmers and other rural businesses. Member States and regions can adapt...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Superlevy Fine (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: A breakdown of the sums outstanding under the super Levy Instalment Scheme is outlined in the following table. The rules governing the EU milk quota regime, including the super levy system for production above quota, were set at EU level and it is not within the gift of individual Member States to amend the rules. However at the request of Ireland and some other member states the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has recently published a Request for Tenders (RFT) for the supply of bovine identification tags by a single supplier. The legal issues raised in relation to the RFT are being examined by my Department in consultation with its legal advisors. In the meantime, my Department has decided to extend the closing date for the receipt of tenders for a short period.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (16 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: In general, all issues in relation to leases for Government Departments/Offices, including my Department, are a matter for the Office of Public Works. There is one building in Athenry which is leased by my Department at an annual cost of €80,000, plus campus charges. The lease agreement which runs for five years with effect from November 2012 is not an upward - only rent lease....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020 Strategy (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: Food Wise 2025, the new ten year strategy for the agrifood sector published in July last year, replaced Food Harvest 2020. It 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department received a Scottish Derogation application from the persons named on 14 thMay 2015. In order to qualify for ‘Scottish Derogation’ applicants must submit verifiable evidence that they were engaged in agricultural production in 2013. An official from my Department has been in contact with the second named person to request this documentary evidence. On receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The Sheep Technology Adoption Programme was a three year programme for 2013, 2014 and 2015. The person named submitted a valid application and was subsequently paid in full for 2013 and 2014.  In the absence of confirmation that the person named had completed all required tasks for 2015, payment was not authorised. The required confirmation hassince been received and payment issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of receiving an AEOS application for the person named. An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 20 May 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. There are a number of applications, including that of the person named, remaining which have not passed all of the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 21 May 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. There are a number of applications, including that of the person named, remaining which have not passed all of the Department’s pre-payment validation checks for the 2015 part-year payment. The Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The applicant in question has submitted three separate applications to the TAMS II Scheme. Approval issued on the 15thof June 2016 in relation to his application for a bulk tank under the Dairy Equipment Scheme. A query has issued to the applicant on the 13thof June in relation to his application for a feed system and meal bin and when responded to the matter will be processed further. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: 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 did not meet the eligibility criteria under the National Reserve ‘Old Young Farmer’ category. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 September 2011. Payment issued in respect of the 2011-2013 Scheme years. Issues arose which resulted in a delay in the processing of the 2014 Scheme year payment. These issues have now been resolved and payment in respect of the 2014 scheme year issued on 2 ndJune 201 6 . It is expected that payment in respect of the 2015 Scheme year will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 2 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 8 December 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 2 with effect from 1 January 2016. The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year and this will be processed in the final quarter of the year. An application was also received from the person named under the GLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department received a Scottish Derogation application from the person named on 8 thMay 2015. In order to qualify for ‘Scottish Derogation’ applicants must submit verifiable evidence that they were engaged in agricultural production in 2013. No such evidence was included with the application from the person named and an official from my Department has been in contact with the...