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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: A GLAS three application was submitted on behalf of the person named on 14 December 2016. Initial checks indicated that the Rare Breed action had been selected and documentation uploaded with the application needed to be verified as part of the approval process. This work has now been completed and the application has now passed the full suite of pre approval validations and will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The information on total payments per annum for GLAS to date is set out in the following table: The 2017 provision in the estimates for GLAS is €214m.  Year € 2015 11,452,000.00 2016 102,615,247.13 2017 19,631,911.96 Total 133,699,159.09

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department is aware that, in a limited number of cases, applications were not visible online while vital data was being updated. In the case of the individual named, this process is now complete and the applicant may proceed with his BPS Online application.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year. During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases in relation to the protection of watercourses action.  Department officials are examining this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: I announced this morning that the Beef Data and Genomics Programme will be reopened to beef suckler farmers who are not already part of the scheme. The scheme will be known as BDGP II and will, like the original, commit to six years of payments to farmers for completion of actions aimed at delivering accelerated genetic improvement in the national herd and improvement of its environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The 85% advance of the 2016 payment has issued to the person named.  My officials are examining this case and it appears that details of one GLAS parcel declared as Low Input Permanent pasture were not included in the payment calculation and this therefore needs to be reinstated.  The matter is now being worked on and when it is resolved, the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) was received from the person named declaring an eligible area of 26.09 hectares. Subsequently 4.06 ha were afforested and, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the BPS, were subject to eligibility criteria checks.  It was for this reason that this area was initially excluded from the entitlement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of the 2015 scheme year. During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases. Following review by the Department this issue has now been resolved, 2016 payment has now been processed and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 297 together. Among the details supplied by the Deputy is a letter dated 28 February 2017 to my Department from the persons concerned. Please note that my Department provided a detailed response to this letter on 23 March 2017.  I can further inform the Deputy that the vessel owned by the persons concerned has recently been approved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Under EU legislation, cattle exported from Ireland within the EU (including to Northern Ireland) must complete a residency period on a holding prior to export. The animal must have been resident on this holding within 29 days of moving to an assembly centre for export. Subsequent to moving from the holding, an animal may move one time through a mart and/or one time through a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The Direct Payments Division of my Department is in regular contact with DG Agri regarding the eligibility of land for payments under the various area-based schemes.  The issue of solar panels has been raised specifically as part of these discussions.  As currently interpreted the area under the solar panels is not deemed to be part of an agricultural activity as defined in Article...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Food Wise 2025, the ten year strategy for the agri-food sector published in July 2015, identifies the opportunities and challenges facing the sector and provides an enabling strategy that will allow the sector to grow and prosper. It includes more than 400 specific recommendations spread across the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, innovation, human capital, market development and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: As requested please see below a breakdown of payments under the Protein Aid Scheme which is the only voluntary coupled payment operated by my Department under pillar 1 of the current CAP. Year Number Paid Amount Paid 2015 1,086 €2,899,147.19 2016 1,111 €2,954,047.71

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Ireland has supported the greater market orientation of the CAP over recent reforms, including by decoupling of payments from production, because farmers’ freedom to respond to the demands of the market is vital for the long-term development of the sector (as set out in Food Wise 2025).   This approach to the reform of the CAP was one which is recognised as being the most...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: I announced this morning that the Beef Data and Genomics Programme will be reopened to beef suckler farmers who are not already part of the scheme. The scheme will be known as BDGP II and will, like the original, commit to six years of payments to farmers for completion of actions aimed at delivering accelerated genetic improvement in the national herd and improvement of its environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme / Less Favoured Areas Scheme.  The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. From 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The GLAS scheme is one of the Agri-Environment measures approved in Ireland's Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.  The participation uptake target for the GLAS scheme in the RDP 2014-2020 was 50,000 farmers by 2018.  This target will have been already exceeded when the remaining applications to GLAS 3 have been finalised over the coming weeks with over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: I hosted a further Tillage Stakeholders Forum recently which consisted of representatives from all sides of this Sector. Addressing the Forum, I took the opportunity to highlight that one of my priorities has been to address the impact of the change in the sterling exchange rate and lower commodity prices in some sectors, which have caused cash flow difficulties for farmers. Therefore I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The Deputy is aware I hosted a further Tillage Stakeholders Forum recently following on from the first one in October 2016 which on both occasions consisted of representatives from all sides of this Sector. Addressing the most recent Forum, I took the opportunity to highlight that one of my priorities has been to address the impact of the change in the sterling exchange rate and lower...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: EU regulations governing the Direct Payment Schemes require that full and comprehensive checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing (Satellite) inspections where applicable, are fully completed before payments are issued. This is to ensure that payments do not issue on ineligible areas/features, that only eligible applicants are paid, and to avoid an applicant receiving an undue payment...