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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Coliemore Harbour is in the ownership of the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with that Council in the first instance. My Department has however, provided funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned harbours, piers and slipways in 2012 as part of the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced issuing, on target, on 26 September and, to date, payments worth in excess of €166 million have issued to almost 76,000 applicants. Of the 12,485 Scheme applications from Galway, payments have, to date, issued to 8,700, with the balance currently being processed. Payments continue to issue twice weekly, with individual cases...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Lettercallow Pier is owned by Galway County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. My Department provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned harbours, piers and slipways as part of the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. No application for funding was received...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Currently, this applicant is one of a number, whose cases are impacted by a requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who have applied for a derogation in this regard. This application had not been determined in sufficient time to enable payment with the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of receiving a 2012 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Area application from the person named and has no record of the appeal referred to either. My Department has already been in contact with the person concerned in this regard. If and when an appeal is received, it will be given due consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 17 April 2012. In order to comply with EU requirements, the application concerned was one of a number which was selected for inspection. As a result, it was not possible to include this case with the initial tranche of DAS payments on 26 September. This inspection and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department wrote to the Department of Social Protection to ascertain the status of any pension payable to the person named and was informed on 19 April 2012 that the State Pension (Non-Contributory) of the person named was suspended on 12 January 2011. As this is after the end date of the payment of this Department’s Early Retirement Scheme pension, it did not affect payments under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of receiving the original 2012 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Area application from the person named. However, that person has recently submitted proof of postage in relation to the submission of the 2012 application and this has been accepted. Nonetheless, the person has not as yet submitted an application containing the requisite details of land being claimed in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 19 April 2012. However, payment has not yet issued as, at this stage, the holding of the person named has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements, which have been notified to all Scheme applicants. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 2 May 2012. However, payment has not yet issued as, at this stage, the holding of the person named has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements, which have been notified to all Scheme applicants. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 April 2012. However, payment has not yet issued as, at this stage, the holding of the person named has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements, which have been notified to all Scheme applicants. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2012, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment will, therefore, issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department has two Regional Offices, in Clonakilty and in Cork city and a separate office from which the Marine functions are delivered in Clonakilty. In order to leverage cost savings whilst maintaining the highest level of services to our stakeholders, I have decided to merge my Department’s Clonakilty activities in the Clogheen complex. Administrative staff located at Darrara...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2012, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment will, therefore, issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Currently, this applicant is one of a number, whose cases are impacted by a requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who have applied for a derogation in this regard. This application had not been determined in sufficient time to enable payment with the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: As indicated in my previous reply to the Deputy the application referred to is in respect of a site located within Ardgroom Harbour, Kenmare Bay which is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive (Natura 2000 site). All applications in ‘Natura’ areas are required to be appropriately assessed for the purpose of environmental compliance with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Under the Nitrates Regulations, farmers are required to maintain certain records for each calendar year and to keep these records for five years. As part of a Cross Compliance inspection carried out on 29 November 2010, the person submitted such records to the Department. During a subsequent evaluation of these records, it was found that there was a deficiency in storage capacity of some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The amounts paid to farmers under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme in the categories requested were as follows: Category Paid Total Amount Paid Received more than €99,999.99 243 €32,840,103.00 Received between €50,000 and €99,999.99 1,804 €118,368,175.00 Received between €5,000 and €49,999.99 69,543 €959,768,088.00 Received...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 to 542, inclusive, together. The Government initially decided, in the context of the State asset disposal programme, that consideration would be given to the sale of certain assets of Coillte, excluding land. The Government has further decided, in relation to Coillte, that a concession for the harvesting rights to Coillte’s forests will be put...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Hear, hear.