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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of a GLAS 3 application for the person named being submitted. A draft GLAS 3 application was commenced on the dedicated GLAS online application system on 27 November 2016 but was not submitted before the deadline for submission of applications of 15 December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of a GLAS 3 application for the person named being submitted. A draft GLAS 3 application was commenced on the dedicated GLAS online application system on 15 December 2016 but was not submitted before the deadline for submission of applications of 15 December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of a GLAS 3 application for the person named being submitted. A draft GLAS 3 application was commenced on the dedicated GLAS online application system on 27 November 2016 but was not submitted before the deadline for submission of applications of 15 December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of a GLAS 3 application for the person named being submitted. A draft GLAS 3 application was commenced on the dedicated GLAS online application system on 3 November 2016 but was not submitted before the deadline for submission of applications of 15 December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of a GLAS 3 application for the person named being submitted. A draft GLAS 3 application was commenced on the dedicated GLAS online application system on 6 December 2016 but was not submitted before the deadline for submission of applications of 15 December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of the 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year. During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue was identified in relation to crosschecks with other Department databases.  Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: I can confirm that my Department has not sought any “exemptions” or derogations as provided for under Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 to allow the use of neonicotinoids in crops which are already covered under the existing restrictions of Regulation (EU) No 485/2013.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: I welcome the publication of the report referred to by the Deputy, which I think makes a further important contribution to the range of analysis that has been carried out by my Department and by other bodies on the implications of Brexit for Ireland's agri-food and fisheries sectors, and will be considered in that context.  I note the points made in the report in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of the 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year. The prepayment checking process in respect of the 2016 scheme year identified that issues with the planting of hedgerow and planting a grove of native trees actions on the application.  The Department is reviewing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The main EU funds that are available to the agri-food and fisheries sectors include the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (finances direct payments to farmers and certain market support measures), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (finances support for the achievement of economic, social and environmental objectives through measures co-funded by Member States),...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The Deputy should not say anything bad about Charleville.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises the importance of hedgerows and woodland habitats and their roles in biodiversity, agricultural management and potential carbon sequestration. Hedgerows are an important feature of the Irish landscape with a network estimated in excess of 300,000 km, providing multiple benefits such as: a distinctive character, important for wildlife, a barrier and shelter for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Terms and Conditions of the Direct Aid Schemes, which includes the 2013 Single Payment Scheme, farmers are obliged to declare only eligible land when making their applications. Ineligible features such as roads, buildings, farmyards, dense scrub, etc. must be excluded. The Department carried out a review of the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in 2013. This resulted...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department is the regulatory authority in relation to the control of felling. It is noted that, while the land is currently cleared, it had previously been under forestry and was felled under a felling licence issued under the Forestry Act 1946. There is, accordingly, an associated replanting obligation under the Act whereby this land is required to be replanted. Coillte CGA was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The Knowledge Transfer Programme under Ireland's Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 is delivered by a network of approved Knowledge Transfer Facilitators. Facilitators who meet their commitment under the programme are due a payment per participant of €500 for each year of the three year programme while farmers are due €750. Payment to facilitators under the programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: While the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund regulation prohibits the provision of funding for the construction of new fishing vessels or the importation of fishing vessels, certain grants and supports are available to those wishing to enter the fishing industry. The most salient of these to the Deputy's question is the New Fishermen Scheme, co-funded under Ireland’s European and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: EU Regulations governing the National Reserve provides that the two mandatory categories of ‘young farmer’ and ‘new entrant to farming’ must receive priority access to the Reserve. A young farmer is defined as a farmer aged no more than 40 years of age in the year when they first submit an application under the Basic Payment Scheme and who commenced their farming...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon has statutory responsibility for the development of the greyhound racing industry. In that context, it runs commercial operations in a number of greyhound stadia, including Harold's Cross. In 2014, against the background of reducing income for the organisation through the recession, and a significant debt burden, my department commissioned an independent report into certain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. The 2015 accounts for Bord na gCon includes a list of the numbers of employees receiving employee benefits, including salaries and pensions, above €60,000 per annum, and as required by Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon has informed me that an administrative error caused the premature publication of the 2015 Annual Report on the Bord na gCon website. They should not have been published until they had been noted by...