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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: Yes, the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: I would appreciate the Deputy's advice though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: There are currently 38,000 farmers in GLAS. There is a provision over the lifetime of the rural development programme for €1.4 billion up to 2020. When I attended the committee in June, I stated it was our ambition to re-open the scheme and it remains so. However, that is contingent on the budgetary process. Deputy Jackie Cahill and Senator Michelle Mulherin raised the issue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: We have 100 applications in the system. There is no delay in those where they are properly received with farm safety course certificates or tax clearance certificates where the payment is over €10,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: They are turned around very quickly. There is no undue delay at all. We have provision made for these payments and the systems are up and running. We want to get the money out because it suits us. However, only 100 applications have come in. Some people have been approved. While I acknowledge there have been difficulties in all sectors, many farmers, rightly and understandably, have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: I appreciate that and we are very conscious of the increased challenges associated with Brexit. Deputy Cahill mentioned the UK having the capacity to conduct its own trade deals when the negotiations on its exit are concluded, and that is true. The truth is that the UK could decide at that stage to conclude the Mercosur trade deal and that would be damaging to us. This is why that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: To date, we have paid €140 million to 65,000 farmers. Entitlements will continue to flow under the ANC up to the end of the year as eligibility is met in terms of stocking density, etc. The provision for an additional €25 million is a commitment in the budget for 2018. It is not a commitment for 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: Approximately 28,000 farmers are participating in the knowledge transfer scheme. The scheme is enormously beneficial in terms, literally, of the knowledge it transfers, but it has an equivalent value in respect of the socialisation opportunity it brings to a profession that is largely carried on in isolation. I have heard the concerns around the edges of the scheme. Obviously, there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: I am very conscious of this. The hallmark of the Department has always been to take a practical approach to it. We need to be extremely careful, however, because the derogation Irish agriculture has under the nitrates directive is up for renewal at the end of this year. It is a valuable asset that we have secured. In that context, for example, the Danes had a derogation but it has not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: I am informed that is the plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: No. Let us be honest about it. The programme for Government is quite explicit on that. I have enough issues in the Department to try to get funding for in 2018. I am conscious that the Minister has been waiting for me since 7 p.m. to progress those. I have told the farm organisations that the commitment is for an additional €25 million in 2018.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: Yes, I am sure they will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: If the committee wants to take a break, we can do so. Are we talking about five minutes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, is a commercial State body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing sector. Under the provisions of the relevant Acts, the appointment of the chief executive officer is a matter for the board of HRI, subject to the consent of relevant Ministers. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: I agree with Senator Daly. This is a world class industry. Many thousands of people are employed in it, including small trainers and breeders throughout the country, all of whom contribute to an industry in which Ireland is at the forefront globally. That reputation has been hard won and we should bear that in mind. Deputy Penrose spoke about the HRI board meeting today. It issued a press...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: The first letter that came into the Department was dated 16 December 2014. It stated that the board wished to confirm Mr. Kavanagh as CEO. It is a legitimate assumption to make that when the Department receives a letter from the chairman of a State board, the chairman speaks on behalf of the board, and the letter specifically said that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: I have made the point in my opening contribution that I would have preferred if the sequencing of events had been different. The chairman of HRI acknowledges that too. The net point is if the board was so minded that it did not want to appoint any CEO, no Minister could compel it to appoint a CEO. It is a function of the board. The Minister cannot appoint a CEO against the board’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: That was in 2014 and there has been other correspondence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: The misleading has really to do with the sequencing as to when the letter arrived whether the board had discussed it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Michael Creed: It is the current board. They are good questions but it would be appropriate to address them to the board, the CEO and the chairman. I have very specific and limited roles, as does the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and they have to do with assenting to, or otherwise, the communication of the board in respect of the appointment of a CEO. I received a communication which I...

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