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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Programme for a Partnership Government sets out a number of priorities for the beef sector and the overarching commitment is to ensure that sustained profitability can be achieved by farmers within the sector. This continues to be implemented in different ways including the increase in funding for the RDP in 2017 under which suckler farmers will gain through various schemes. There is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: Information requested is currently being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as possible to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My department is currently collating this data following a previous PQ request 39304 on 7 December. This data will be forwarded directly to the TD once available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The EU regulations governing GLAS only allow for up to 85% of the GLAS payment to issue as a first instalment once all administrative checks have been completed. The balancing 15% may issue only after all the required on-the-spot checks have been initiated.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The processing of applications under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is a complex administrative task and one that remains a top priority for my Department. The scheme is fully funded by the European Union and the relevant Competent Authorities in each Member State are obliged to ensure that the requirements of the governing EU Regulations are observed and that only valid applications that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table. Some of the reports outlined are mandatory in the context of EU obligations. 2011: March- December Company Title of Report Date or Expected Date of Publication Costs € University College Dublin Evaluation of the EU School Fruit Scheme/Food Dude Programme in Ireland 2011 - Commission Regulation 288 of 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: I am keenly aware of the challenges that the mushroom sector is experiencing in the aftermath of the UK Referendum decision to exit the EU, particularly in light of recent fluctuations in currency. I am focused on working with the industry to meet these difficulties in the months and years ahead.  I have also established in my own Department a dedicated unit to consider the direct...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to Iran (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Iranian market is open for the importation of beef and sheepmeat from Ireland as we have agreed veterinary health certificates with Iran for both commodities. The agreement on the beef certificate dates back to 2013 while the sheepmeat certificate was agreed earlier in 2016, following on from the Trade Mission to Iran, which was led by my Department and Bord Bia. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: I am aware of some negativity surrounding forestry in County Cavan and neighbouring counties in recent months and particularly the planting of land by non farmers. A total of 24 landowners who classified themselves as non-farmers planted forests in Co Cavan so far during 2016; it’s worth noting that 17 of these had addresses in Co. Cavan itself. So far in 2016 there were no private...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Appeals (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The applicant in question applied under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II. The application was rejected as the applicant was deemed to have been farming for longer than five years and therefore fell outside the eligibility conditions of the Scheme for the 60% grant rate but may remain eligible for the 40% grant rate under TAMS II. In the letter of rejection the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office has confirmed that an appeal from the person named was received on 22 November 2016. The file and a statement on the appeal were requested from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine which has confirmed that the documents will shortly be received by the Agriculture Appeals Office.  On receipt of the Department file and statement,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: A decision on an appeal concerning the person named was issued on 12 August 2015 by the independent Agriculture Appeals Office. Further correspondence submitted since that decision requesting a review of the decision is currently being examined by that Office. I am advised that to date the examination of the case has not yet concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 2 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 14 December 2015 and the person named was approved into GLAS 2 with effect from 1 January 2016. The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year. The 2016 prepayment checking process is currently under way with a view to issuing the first instalment before the end of 2016 subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: A GLAS 3 application for the person named was created on the Department’s dedicated online application system on the 2 December 2016 however this application was not submitted and therefore will not be considered for approval into the Scheme. All parcel numbers presented on the GLAS system for the application of the person named were all the parcels they declared on their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1356 and 1457 together. The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016.  The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year.  During the 2016 prepayment checking process, issues were identified with the commonage action on the application.  Department officials are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Grant aid for slatted sheds is included in the current list of investments under the TAMS II suite of six Measures. Grants are being paid to farmers on a on-going basis where approval has issued before the work commences, the approved works have been completed in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and where a claim for payment has been uploaded to the online payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint schemes application on 4 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 was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes was received from the person named on 15 May 2016. Processing of the application has recently been finalised, and payment has issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 provides a statutory basis for Government policy on climate change and includes actions under mitigation and adaptation. In terms of mitigation, the Act provides the statutory basis for the national objective of low carbon transition by 2050. For the agriculture sector, this includes an approach to carbon neutrality in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Treatments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1361 and 1362 together. My Department is aware of the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) report on glyphosate which had classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans. However, we are also aware that another World Health Organization affiliate, the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues, does not concur with the view of the IARC and...