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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Bovine TB Eradication Programme as implemented by my Department includes a range of measures such as annual testing of all herds in the country, testing of herds contiguous to TB breakdowns, blood testing of certain animals, the restriction of herds which have experienced a breakdown, removal of sources of infection in wildlife, etc.  These measures have proven to be extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An official from my Department has contacted the person named with regard to his intention to apply for the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme. Following clarification received as a result of this contact, an Agricultural Adviser submitted documentation to my Department on behalf of the person named. This enabled his Young Farmers Scheme application to be processed and payment will issue shortly to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: In 2015 the National Reserve fund was based on a 3% cut to the Basic Payment Scheme financial ceiling and provided some €24 million in funding which was the maximum financing rate available under the relevant EU Regulations. Some 8,000 farmers received an allocation of entitlements under the 2015 National Reserve. There was no National Reserve in 2016 as all available funding had been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Of the schemes listed by the Deputy no allocation was made for the Knowledge Transfer Scheme in 2016. A substantial amount of further expenditure will take place in the coming weeks. Title of Scheme 2016 allocation€000 2016 Outturn – 13 December€000 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme 202,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: I wish to advise the Deputy that all court proceedings that my Department has been involved in are open to the public and the identity of the parties are available. My Department has settled 4 cases with confidentiality clauses in the past 5 years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: In 2015 the person named formed a Registered Farm Partnership with two other individuals. My Department has received three Transfer of Entitlement applications in 2016 seeking the transfer of entitlements out of this Registered Farm Partnership by Division of Entitlements. My Department has also received two Transfer of Entitlement applications in 2016 seeking the transfer of entitlements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department revised commonage eligibility requirements for GLAS 3 applications from those which applied for GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 and issued a circular to all advisors and also published the circular on the Department’s website. This update states that for GLAS 3 commonage land declared for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015 whether declared in previous years or not is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The conditions under which all species of animals in circuses 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, including wild animals in circuses. Section 25 of the Act provides for the adoption of codes of practice in relation to, inter alia, matters concerning the welfare of animals, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Roads Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: In 2016, 39 applications were received  from County Limerick for grant-aid under the Forest Road Scheme; of these, 29 have been approved.  The remaining 10 are in various stages of the application process and a decision will issue on these when that process is complete. On the payments side, 10 of the applications made in 2016 have received payment, an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the 2015 National Reserve ‘Old Young Farmer’ category to my Department. This application was not successful as the person named did not meet the educational criteria required under the terms and conditions of the National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme. He was notified of this decision and was offered the opportunity to submit...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme. He also submitted a 2015 Transfer of Entitlements Allocation Right and Reference Value application. Issues relating to the registration details of the above herd number have caused a delay in processing these applications. These issues have now...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2013 Single Farm Payment was received from the person named on 11 May 2016 thus incurring a 100%late penalty. An appeal was submitted and has been reviewed. It has been decided to waive the late penalty in this case. The application will now be processed on this basis and any payments due will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named as soon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. As the information requested is an operational matter for Bord na gCon, the body has been requested to forward the relevant  information directly to the Deputy as soon as possible....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The conditions under which all species of animals in circuses 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, including wild animals in circuses. Section 25 of the Act provides for the adoption of codes of practice in relation to, inter alia, matters concerning the welfare of animals, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has not published any Bills during the period in question. In the coming session there are plans to make two amendments to the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 and to introduce the Greyhound Industry Bill in January 2017. Details outlined in the following table: Name of Bills Expected date of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department is the “Competent Authority” responsible for the approval of pesticides (Plant Protection Products & Biocide Products). A cohort of specialists including human toxicologists, environmental toxicologists, chemists, environmental chemists, efficacy experts and biologists enable all necessary decisions to be made without routine consultation with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Redeployment (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: No entire units have been re-centralised back to Dublin within my Department.  

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: TheIrish Examiner.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: Deputy Smith must have gone home early last night.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department provided  a number of staff on duty at the recent Banagher Horse Fair over the weekend of Saturday 17 and  Sunday 18 September to support An Garda Síochána, Customs Division ofRevenue and Offaly County Council, and provision of advice on equine welfare, equine registration and identification matters. The cost to my Department was in the region of €1,400.