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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue to the nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, with due regard having been taken of the stocking restriction, payment will shortly issue to the nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in April 2008 and has received payments for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. This process has been completed for the 2012 REPS 4 application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Payment under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not yet issued as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements for 2012. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment at the earliest possible date thereafter. The person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: In order to comply with EU requirements, the application of the person named was one of a number selected for inspection. The inspection and related processes have been finalised and payments under both schemes will shortly issue to the nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Appeals (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As the grounds for the decisions by the Agriculture Appeals Office in the two cases concerned are quite detailed, I will forward copies of the Appeals Office decisions to the Deputy with the personal details of the applicants concerned removed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As the person named does not hold any Single Payment entitlements, no payment is due to the person named under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme. In relation to the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, as there are outstanding issues in relation to the stocking density of the holding of the person named, my Department is making direct contact with the applicant in order to clarify matters.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2008 and has received payments for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. This process has been completed and payments have commenced. I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2012 ón duine ainmnithe an 11 Bealtaine 2012. Níl aon íocaíocht eisithe fós, áfach, mar nach gcomhlíonann gabháltas an té ainmnithe íos-cheanglais dlús-stoic na Scéime. A luaithe is a dheimhneofar go bhfuil an gabháltas ag comhlíonadh na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2012 ón duine ainmnithe an 11 Bealtaine 2012. Níl aon íocaíocht eisithe fós, áfach, mar nach gcomhlíonann gabháltas an té ainmnithe íos-cheanglais dlús-stoic na Scéime. A luaithe is a dheimhneofar go bhfuil an gabháltas ag comhlíonadh na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Cuireadh achomharc an duine ainmnithe ar aghaidh chuig Coiste Achomhairc an DAS le breithniú a dhéanamh air; a luaithe is a dhéanann an Coiste breithniú ar an achomharc seo, cuirfear in iúl don duine i gceist maidir lena gcinneadh, i scríbhinn.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The Tax Clearance Certificate has been received by the Forest Service. Payment of the second instalment of the establishment grant cannot take place until after the fourth anniversary of planting on 20th December 2012. Therefore payment of this grant and the 2013 annual premium is expected to take place in early January 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of having received an application for grant-aid under the Young Farmers’ Installation Scheme from either of the two persons named. As the Scheme concerned has been suspended for new applications since October 2008, my Department is unable to accept any applications under the Scheme at this stage.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: I meet, on an ongoing basis, with representatives of the various sub-sectors of the agri-food industry including the Drinks Sector. In particular the regular meetings of the Food Harvest 2020 Committee, which I chair, provide a forum for updates on implementation of the Strategy and ongoing consultation with representatives of the agri-food industry. The drinks industry made a presentation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (12 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: In answer to the Deputy’s question, I can confirm that the following staff were assigned a temporary acting-up allowance for a period of one year to work on matters relating to the Irish Presidency of the EU: 1 Executive Officer to Higher Executive Officer; 1 Administrative Officer to Assistant Principal Officer. The assignments were made based on Paragraph 9 (v) of Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dairy Sector (13 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The development of a dairy sustainability and quality programme comes against the background of ambitious plans under the Food Harvest 2020 report to increase dairy production by 50% in the period to 2020, and the need to find a home on international markets for this additional production. We are taking a series of steps on a number of levels to prepare for this. State agencies, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dairy Sector (13 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The best way farmers can insulate themselves from the price volatility that will happen in the future is to ensure Irish product get differentiated from other product. Let us not forget that more than 85% of all the milk we produce is exported in various forms, be it infant formula, skimmed and semi-skimmed milk, cheese, yoghurts and all the other products in which milk is an ingredient. If...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Expenditure (13 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As this is a fairly broad question, I will address the issues that might be most pertinent. There has been some criticism since the announcement of the budget that we have targeted certain schemes unfairly and I want to give the Deputy the rationale for why we did what we did. I will deal with the beef sector first. For the past five years we have had a suckler cow welfare scheme which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes Expenditure (13 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: There is a genuine concern about ensuring that farmers on relatively small farms in very disadvantaged areas are provided with enough support to keep them on the land. That is the reason, in terms of the savings we must make in the disadvantage areas scheme, we have excluded mountainous farmers from any of those savings to ensure nobody farming in a mountainous area - that is 32,000 out of...