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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Economic Competitiveness (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: As over 80% of Irish food and drink production is exported, managing and maintaining our international competitiveness is fundamental for the future development of the sector. Ireland ranks quite highly in global competitiveness tables, but is still considered to be less competitive than some of our main competitors on global agrifood export markets such as Netherlands and New Zealand, or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Data (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has responsibility for a suite of legislation in the equine area generally, the rules of which apply equally to thoroughbred and non-thoroughbred equine animals. This legislation requires the proper identification of equine animals as well as the maintenance of traceability and ownership issues. The current rules regarding the identification of equidae are determined by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An official from my Department will be in contact with the Deputy directly to further discuss the matters raised in the question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. I am happy to advise the Deputy that, notwithstanding the prevailing economic environment in which we operate, in excess of €5.9 million has been invested in maintenance, development and upgrading works at Howth FHC as part of my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Superlevy Fine (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: Three milk suppliers from County Sligo incurred a super levy fine bill in the 2014/2015 milk quota year. No suppliers from County Sligo incurred a levy in the previous milk quota year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: UK Referendum on EU Membership (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The decision of the UK to leave the EU is one that creates considerable challenges for the agrifood sector. The UK is by far our largest trading partner.  Last year we exported almost €5.1 billion worth of agricultural products. This included more than €1.1 billion in beef products and almost €970 million in dairy products. Ireland is also the UK’s largest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon has informed me that it has carried out an extensive review of procedures for regulatory control with many new standard operating procedures either finalised or close to finalisation. New secondary legislation is now in place with the result that any adverse analytical finding from a greyhound tested for prohibited substances after October 1st 2015 will be published and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transport of Animals (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department currently allows for the notification of the carriage of mobility and other service type animals by their owners. However in order to mitigate the risk of the incursion of rabies into Ireland and to maintain our rabies free status the Department must implement rules to minimise the illegal importation of non compliant animals. This can only be achieved by placing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements under the ’Scottish Derogation’ measure of the 2015 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. In order to complete these administrative checks...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 11 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: Animal Identification Schemes (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has confirmed that it has decided to withdraw a Request for Tenders (RFT) seeking a single supplier for the provision of a service to supply a suite of bovine eartags which was published in May. The Department has decided to withdraw the RTF in light of representations received from a number of interested parties. The issues raised had the potential to delay the adjudication of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety Scheme (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: There is a range of investments available under Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme II measures to enhance safety of farms. Farmers can, in certain cases, claim back the VAT from the Revenue Commissioners except in the case of mobile equipment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named has submitted an appeal against the decision to refuse his application under the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme and the matter is currently under consideration. He will be notified of the outcome as soon as the appeal is determined.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Early Retirement Scheme (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: BPS is payable to applicants who are farming, have an active herd number and have eligible land which is used for an agricultural activity. The eligibility requirements for qualifying for an Early Retirement Pension is that an applicant must have definitively ceased farming, have divested himself/herself of all UAA lands, including lands rented out and have cancelled or made dormant their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The correspondence regarding the appeal concerning the person named is currently being examined in the Agriculture Appeals Office having recently been received from the Office of the Ombudsman. It is anticipated that the examination will be concluded shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: I was delighted to announce last week the decision of the US authorities to extend their approval for Irish beef to include manufacturing beef/beef intended for grinding (BIFG). This marks the culmination of over a year of intensive work between my Department and its US counterparts on a range of technical matters. The new US decision paves the way for industry to undertake the steps...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: UK Referendum on EU Membership (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The decision of the UK to leave the EU is one that creates considerable challenges for the agrifood sector. The UK is by far our largest trading partner.  Last year we exported almost €5.1 billion worth of agricultural products. This included more than €1.1 billion in beef products and almost €970 million in dairy products. Ireland is also the UK’s largest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: On 13 June 2016 Ireland was added to the list of Countries approved to export live cattle to Turkey. The market was opened following a period of detailed engagement by DAFM with the Turkish authorities, which culminated in a visit to Ireland by a Turkish Veterinary team in May 2016. A Veterinary Certificate allowing live exports of cattle from Ireland to Turkey is now in place in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (14 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: There is a strong demand for beef globally and my role as Minister is to facilitate market access and to enable Irish exporters to take advantage of the opportunities that arise. In 2015 Ireland exported an estimated €2.2 billion, or approximately 500,000 tonnes of beef, to almost 80 countries around the globe. Food Wise 2025 acknowledged that there is a rising global population...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (19 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The Irish Whiskey industry is expanding rapidly to meet rising demand on international markets where Irish Whiskey is currently the fastest growing spirit drink. Exports in 2015 recorded double digit growth to reach €410 million. In volume terms exports are likely to increase from 7 million cases in 2014 to 12 million cases by 2020 and 24 million cases by 2030. Significant...