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

Michael Creed: Applicants under the Basic Payment Scheme and other EU funded area-based schemes are obliged to comply with the requirements of the Cross Compliance regime. The Cross Compliance regime comprises 13 Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs), set down in EU legislation, and 7 Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) standards on the environment, climate change, good...

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

Michael Creed: Under Article 75 (1) of EU Regulation 1306/2013 Member States are allowed to make advance payments on area and animal related rural development schemes from 16 October each year.  This provision has been in place since the commencement of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and enables payments to issue to farmers before the completion of on-the-spot checks.  The change...

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

Michael Creed: Regulation (EU) 1307/2013 established rules for direct payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy.  Included in the Regulation are the various articles that relate to "agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment", more commonly known as Greening.  Greening has three distinct provisions; Crop Diversification (CD),...

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

Michael Creed: A total of 12,933 farmers have been approved into GLAS 3 to date of which 6,541 are Tier 1, 5,710 are Tier 2 and 682 are Tier 3.  Checks on the remaining 1,000 cases have been prioritised and are nearing completion and a county breakdown will not be available until this work is completed.

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

Michael Creed: The information requested is set out in the table. GLAS 1 GLAS 1 GLAS 2 GLAS 2 County Name Number  sent for Payment Unpaid Number  sent for Payment Unpaid Carlow 252 27 117 11 Cavan 854 59 414 18 Clare 1,507 114 653 38 Cork 1,945 225 913 101 Donegal 1,779 176 882 129 Dublin 53 10 15 2 Galway 2,739 365 1,140 173 Kerry 1,629 151 794 83 Kildare 221 30 72 10 Kilkenny...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Regulations governing this Scheme and all other area-based payment schemes, a full check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place before payment can issue. As all AEOS II participants will be receiving their final payments under the scheme, re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be processed. ...

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

Michael Creed: With regard to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), grant aid is payable upon activation of an eligible hectare per payment entitlement held. In general terms an eligible hectare is one that is used for an agricultural activity. If the exploration/drilling exercise results in a reduction in the area available to the person named for a farming activity, they will have to make the appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: A total of 11,669 applications have been received to date for TAMS II and 7,489 approvals have issued.  Of these a total of 469 applications have been received for County Cavan and 294 approvals have issued; 410 applications have been received for County Monaghan and 271 approvals have issued.  Approvals continue to issue on an on- going basis.

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

Michael Creed: Regulations governing the AEOS and GLAS Schemes require a full check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System before payment can issue. As cases pass these regulatory checks they are paid and cleared cases will continue to be paid on a weekly basis for both GLAS and AEOS Schemes.  The information requested is set out in the table. County GLAS 1...

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

Michael Creed: The issue of the Russian ban on agri-food exports from the European Union is one that is discussed at the Agriculture Council of Ministers.  There are essentially two bans in place. The Russian Federation imposed a temporary ban on the importation of pigs, pork and reproductive material certified from the EU after 26 January 2014 in response to the discovery of two cases of African...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is heavily reliant on ICT Services to operate the large range of services for which it is responsible.  These services cover areas such EU and national scheme payments, animal welfare, food safety, environmental protection, trade and EU negotiations and the seafood industry. The Department has an excellent record in the delivery of IT...

Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The areas of natural constraints, ANC, scheme was introduced under the 2014-2020 rural development programme as a replacement for the previous disadvantaged areas and less favoured areas schemes that had been in place since 1975. Payments under the ANC scheme are an important support for farmers across the country in addressing cash flow issues...

Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: I have listened carefully to and noted the points the Deputy has made about County Laois. They are similar to points raised by other representatives in the Deputy's constituency, including my colleague, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. The Deputy asked about an extension of the time for implementation. Amendments to regulations in this area are...

Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Yes. This is 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: I understand that the amenity to which the Deputy refers, namely Castlemorris Woods Walk, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny, is part of the Coillte forest estate. Coillte CGA was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their lands, are the responsibility of the company. The matter was, however, raised...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The second tranche of GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme closed for applications on 18 November 2016. The scheme is administered by The Heritage Council on behalf of my Department. A total of 93 applications were shortlisted and grant offers will issue to the successful applicants by mid May. I plan to open a further tranche of this very successful scheme later this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beekeeping Industry (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department provides a range of supports and initiatives to encourage and assist beekeepers and the beekeeping associations recognising the important role bees play within agriculture and for biodiversity as both pollinators and honey producers: the value of honey bees as pollinators far exceeding their value as honey producers. In terms of grants directly available to individual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The revenue from the collection of veterinary inspection fees on the export of live animals in 2016 is set out in the table to facilitate the calculations referred to by the Deputy. Animal Fees collected HORSES €69,000 PIGS €147,000 SHEEP €24,000 CATTLE €638,000 OTHER ANIMALS €5,000 TOTAL €883,000 I am very conscious of the vital role that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: No application for the Reconstitution Scheme (Windblow - Storm Darwin) has been received for the person named or anyone by the surname given or anyone at the address given. The contract number (CN) supplied is also incorrect. The last reference provided refers to different parties.