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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (7 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The persons named submitted an application under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme with the last named person as the young farmer. The Young Farmers Scheme application was successful and payment has since issued. The National Reserve application was not successful as the applicants were deemed to have exceeded the off-farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (7 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 basic payment/ Areas of Natural Constraint scheme's application on 24 April 2016. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (7 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2016 Basic Payment scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2016.  Advance and balancing  payments have issued to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The table sets out estimates, provided by Teagasc of the number of hectares sown and amount of grain produced by county for the years 2015 and 2016. - Cereal Output 2015 Cereal Area (Hectares) Grain Production (tonnes) CARLOW 15888 137305 CAVAN 166 767 CLARE 92 633 CORK 39397 330709 DONEGAL 5437 38258 DUBLIN 13454 135776 GALWAY 3719 26576 KERRY 1711 15585...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2016 Basic Payment scheme was received on 22 April 2016. The processing of this application is now complete and both the advance and balancing  payments have issued to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The waters around Ireland (ICES Sub-areas VI & VII which extend from north of Scotland to Brittany and cover part of the Exclusive Fisheries zones of the UK and France also) contain some of the most productive and biologically sensitive fishing grounds in the EU.  The management of the resources within this area come under the remit of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named was the subject of an inspection carried out by Kerry County Council in January 2016, the results of which were cross-reported to my Department as required under EU Regulations. The inspection identified non-compliances with the cross compliance requirements under the Nitrates Regulations relating to the inadequate collection and management of soiled...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS (GLAS 1) was received in my Department on the 18 May 2015 and the person named was approved into GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. During the GLAS pre-payment validation checks in respect of the 2015 scheme year an issue was identified on two parcels on which the Hen Harrier (whole parcel) action was selected.  Department Officials are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 basic payment/ Areas of Natural Constraint scheme's application on 16 May 2016. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The penalty applied under the 2012 Direct Payment Schemes relates to breaches of Cross Compliance requirements. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Direct Payment Schemes, an applicant is required to comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance in addition to meeting the Scheme criteria. A report detailing findings of an inspection carried out by Veterinary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote rensing (Satellite) inspections be completed to confirm eligibility under the schemes. The 2014 Single Farm Payment/ Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named was selected for a remote sensing inspection. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: To date some 14,000 applications have been created on the GLAS 3 online system.  The information requested by the Deputy on the breakdown of applications will not be available until after an assessment has been carried out on all of applications submitted to the Scheme in advance of the Scheme closing date of 15 December 2016. Given the large volume of applications being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: 23,218 participants in the BDGP completed the carbon navigator by the deadline, which I had extended by one month to 30 November, and the number per county is set out in the table below. County Carlow 317 Cavan 1138 Clare 1771 Cork 1671 Donegal 1298 Dublin 57 Galway 2510 Kerry 1252 Kildare 297 Kilkenny 577 Laois 576 Leitrim 892 Limerick 754 Longford 602 Louth 216 Mayo 2152...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The first two tranches of GLAS resulted in almost 38,000 farmers being approved into the scheme in its first year of implementation, some 26,300 in GLAS 1 and 11,700 in GLAS 2. The first full year of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 contract payments are due in 2016 and the prepayment checking process is currently under way for both schemes with a view to commencing payment of the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The range of data requested by the Deputy is not readily available. Officials in my Department will compile the data requested and forward it directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: Eight Irish plants are currently approved to export beef to the US and Ireland remains the only EU Member State exporting beef to this market to date. An estimated 1,800 tonnes of beef, valued at €14 million, was exported in 2015. This trade will be surpassed in 2016 because 2,000 tonnes have already been exported so far this year. Sales are expected to increase as the trade...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies Data (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: There are twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. The information sought by the Deputy is outlined in the table I am personally committed to achieving the Government target of 40% gender balance on the Boards of State Bodies. In this regard I recently wrote to the Chief Executives of some agri-business companies asking them to support women within their companies who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2012 Single Payment Scheme application on 14thMay 2012 to my Department. The person named claimed 15.71 entitlements on the 2012 Single Payment Scheme application. Payment issued to the person named on 15.71 entitlements under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Basic Payment Scheme application on 12thMay 2016 to my Department. The person named held 18.46 entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme. In order to draw down payment a farmer must declare one eligible hectare for each entitlement owned. The person named submitted 17.55 hectares of eligible land on the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme application and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2013 Single Payment Scheme application on 14thMay 2013 to my Department. The person named claimed 15.71 entitlements on the 2013 Single Payment Scheme application. The person named was paid on 15.71 entitlements under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme.