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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme provide that entitlements have to be used at least once in every two-year period. "Used" in this context means that in any of two consecutive years one hectare of eligible land must have been declared in respect of each entitlement held. The Regulations further provide that any entitlements that remained unused over the two-year period must...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbour Fees (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 730 and 731 together. The total income received in relation to annual charges, rents and other categories at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 is as follows :- Year Receipts (€) 2010 721,492 2011 669,801 2012 766,732

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: A Gamma Interferon Blood test was carried out today on all animals aged 12 months or over in the herd concerned. The results of the test should be available on the afternoon of 8 February.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: Following an appeal to the independent Agriculture Appeals office on the 20th of August 2012, a letter, upholding the decision in this case, issued on the 27th of November 2012. This letter detailed the reasons and set out the further avenue available to the applicant, involving reference to the Office of the Ombudsman.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered 18 animals for the 2012 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, for herds of more than ten cows, animals must be weaned in at least two groups with an interval of at least five days between the removal of the first and last group. While payments generally for 2012 born animals commenced in December 2012, insufficient data was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

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: Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: Ós rud é gur cuireadh próiseáil iarratas Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2012 an duine ainmnithe i gcrích le déanaí, eiseofar íocaíocht ar an gcuntas bainc ainmnithe go luath. Níor eisíodh an íocaíocht roimhe seo ós rud é nár dearbhaíodh go dtí le déanaí gur...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The objectives and priorities for funding rural development in the period 2014-2020 are set out in the Rural Development legislative proposal which forms part of the overall CAP reform. Negotiations of the CAP reform package have not yet been finalised. EU funding for the Programme will depend on the outcome of the Multi-annual Financial Framework [MFF] negotiation process which resumes on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The European Commission proposals on CAP post 2013, published in October 2011, form a comprehensive package to address various different policy objectives, including simplification for both farmers and national authorities. The aim of the package is to propose measures and instruments that are as simple as possible, while still being effective tools to achieve overall policy objectives. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: A request for a review of the decision on the penalty in this case has been received and is currently being examined. Correspondence has also been received from Kerry County Council on the matter and will be taken into consideration in the review process. The person named will be notified of the outcome of this review as soon as possible, which can be appealed to the independent Agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Pension Numbers (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform is providing the information on the numbers of retired civil servants in receipt of the various ranges of pension, as sought by the Deputy. The parallel information in respect of the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the Bodies themselves. My Department is responsible for the payment of pensions to a small number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: As stated in my earlier reply, the information supplied to my Department by the applicant indicated that the requisite 5-day interval between the removal of groups of animals had not, in fact, occurred. A letter received from the applicant on 18 January did not address this particular issue. However, it is still open to the person named to request a review and provide the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1st September 2010 and full payments totalling €608.11 and €4,195.14 issued in respect of 2010 and 2011 respectively. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: The overall funding of the CAP, including the amounts to be made available for direct payments (Pillar 1) and rural development (Pillar 2), are decided in the context of the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2014 to 2020. As the Deputy may be aware, EU Heads of State and Government tried unsuccessfully at the European Council last November to agree the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am pleased to have this opportunity to report to the committee on the intensive investigation undertaken by my Department and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland into the source of equine DNA disclosed in certain beefburgers. This meeting was scheduled for last week and would have taken place then if it had not been for the tragic death of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. Indeed, it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: I will try to answer some of the questions and maybe Professor Reilly will pick up on some of the technical ones. I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for his questions. Professor Reilly will confirm this, but my understanding is that 29% of the meat in the burger contained equine DNA as opposed to beef. Sixty-three percent of that burger was meat and the rest was filler. Effectively, 20% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: So that was about 20% of the burger.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: I can answer that question if the Deputy wants. "Yes" is the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: I can be helpful here. When one looks at the records - this is not a scientific thing - one can establish what goes into burgers by looking at the ingredients records, assuming one has been given accurate information. That obviously has to be verified. With any burger - this is an example of a batch of samples with ingredients going into individual burgers, some of which tested positive -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burger Content Investigations: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: -----and there are many different suppliers. Some people think that Silvercrest slaughters. It does not. Silvercrest is a processing facility, and all of the 200 million burgers per year that it processes are made up of ingredients that come from lots of different sources, including other factories - meat cuts and low-value meat, in most cases, that are made into burger material and sent...