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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 November 2015 thus incurring 100% late penalty. A postage receipt was included with the application with date of postage as 26 May 2015. However, when checked this receipt was already associated with another application and consequently could not be accepted by my Department. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: While the United Kingdom remains a member of the European Union, under the Common Fisheries Policy, it maintains equal access to waters and resources in all Union waters. I presume therefore that the Deputy’s query regarding fishing rights refers to the recent Supreme Court judgment related to fishing by Northern Ireland vessels within the 0-6 nautical mile zone of the territorial...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for grant aid under the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme under TAMS 11, Tranche 4 on 20 September 2016. The application concerned has passed all administrative checks. All the applications in a given tranche are examined and then go through the ranking and selection process. Following that step the application will be forwarded to the local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Transfer of entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by lease. The application is now processed and payment is due to issue to the person named under the Basic Payment Scheme in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The information sought is not readily available. It is currently being compiled by my Department and it will be forwarded directly to the Deputy at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: In June 2016, my Department invited applications from animal welfare bodies that wish to be considered for ex-gratia funding in the current year. In excess of 140 applications have been received, including an application from the organisation in question. These are currently being processed and successful applicants will be notified next month.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The conditions under which circus animals are kept and managed come under the scope of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which contains rules relating to the welfare of all animals and requires a person having an animal under his or her control to safeguard and not endanger the health and welfare of the animal.  My Department continues to engage with stakeholders, including circus...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The GLAS traditional farm building scheme is jointly funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the European Union and is administered by the Heritage Council on behalf of the Department. Grants awarded will not exceed 75% of the cost of the works with a maximum grant of €25,000 and a minimum grant of €4,000 being made.  The first tranche...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department’s examination of the matter referred to by the Deputy which is nearing completion, is detailed and involves all engineering, scientific, environmental and technical matters associated with the incident. In addition, the incident to which the report relates is also the subject of legal proceedings which have not yet concluded. The draft report will need to be the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: According to the records of my Department, there is no instance of an injury warrant application under the Superannuation Acts being refused since 1995.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: Advance payments under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) commenced in Ireland on 17 October 2016 in respect of applicants whose applications are fully processed and who have no outstanding errors.  This is the earliest that payments can commence under the governing EU Regulations. To date payments in excess of €785m have issued to over 119,400 applicants....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes which was received in my Department on 19 May 2015. These applications have been fully processed and payments in respect of both schemes have issued to the nominated bank account of the person named. My Department had received further information regarding the submission of a 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department introduced new arrangements earlier this year to move from the supply of bovine ear tags by a single supplier based on a competitive tender to an arrangement under which all tag suppliers who meet the standards and conditions set down by the Department in the Tag Approval document published last September will be approved to supply tags in Ireland. The new arrangements came...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The work of my Department in relation to Brexit is comprised of a number of components.  Following the UK vote I established a Brexit unit in the Department and this unit has been assessing the implications of the exit vote and working on contingency planning. It will deepen further the Department's analysis as the notification and negotiation processes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has no vacant sites, properties or land, in the Dublin City Council area. In relation to State Agencies this issue is an operational matter for the Agencies.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Data (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: Details of the trade between the UK and Ireland from 2013 to date are outlined in the following table. Ireland has a positive trade balance with Great Britain, with exports increasing from just over €3.89bn in 2013 to €4.36bn in 2015.  The main increase was in the beef sector, which increased from €798m in 2013 to just under €1bn in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (22 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department deals with the issuing of decisions on incremental credit which are subject to the examination and consideration of a number of variables. My Department has now issued a decision to the person in question.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: I was there in Rockchapel on the day the former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced that he would introduce a scheme for farmers whose lands were designated for the protection of hen harriers. The Department has gone to tender on the process in recent days.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: On the issue of beef and tillage, the Deputy will be aware that one of the things we have done has been to bring forward the early payment of the single farm payment. Most farmers have received that at this stage. The balancing payments will issue shortly. On the grain side, we have a number of initiatives, including access to low-interest finance which was one of the asks from the grain...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The Deputy is on the Business Committee.