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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue with the Low Input Permanent Pasture action was identified.  Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: GLAS is not a whole farm scheme. Farmers in GLAS are required to retain those land parcels on which a GLAS commitment has been given for the full period of the contract. Where the farmer has additional parcels to those in GLAS he/she is free to lease out these parcels.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Officials in my Department have been in correspondence with the individual named on previous occasions, and have also met with him to discuss the issues he has raised. I have also recently written directly to the individual named in relation to his case and advised that officials from my Department are available to meet with him to further discuss the matters raised, should this be required....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as sale transactions, are the responsibility of the company. Coillte advise, however, that the exact timeline for the potential completion of the transaction relating to the Killykeen Holiday Complex is not known at this stage as the process is still on-going and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The statistics the Deputy is seeking are listed in the table below. Exports €000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Jan - Feb 2017 Value of exports of live animals (€)  338,680 356,884 329,660 432,095 399,672 430,508 339,863 58,952 Value of live animal exports as a % of total agri-food exports 3.8% 3.7% 3.3% 4.1% 3.5% 3.6% 2.8% 3.1% (Source: CSO Agri-Food statistics)

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme.  The Terms and Conditions governing the operation of these schemes state that in order to qualify as a ‘young farmer’, a person must be setting up an agricultural holding for the first time in his/her name or have set up such a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: An AEOS 3 contract relating to the herd number quoted commenced on 1 May 2013. Payment issued in respect of the 2013-2015 Scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. Issues arose relating to the transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department would not be in a position to comment on a matter relating to an individual member of staff.  There are agreed processes and mechanisms available to all civil servants if they have concerns regarding their work and this is the appropriate way to deal with any individual's concerns.  I have passed your correspondence to my Department's HR Division.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme, eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of seven consecutive months and to maintain an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. The Terms and Conditions of the ANC Scheme (and the predecessor schemes)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under Tranche 3 of GLAS and has been approved into the scheme with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017. The first payment due to GLAS 3 participants is in respect of the 2017 scheme year and processing of such payments will commence in the final quarter of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: GLAS, AEOS and TAMS are approved and co-funded by the European Union and specific EU regulatory requirements must be complied with in processing payments under the scheme. Failure to comply with these requirements would impact negatively on the funding available through disallowances being imposed on Ireland. GLAS payments continue to issue with 92% of payments issued to date. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. The application has now passed the pre-payment checks in respect of the 2016 scheme year and the 85% payment for 2016 has been processed and payment has issued. The remaining 15% due for 2016 will issue in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. The application has now passed the pre-payment checks in respect of the 2015 scheme year and payment will issue shortly. Following the issue of payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year, the application will be further processed in respect of the 2016 scheme year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named held 6.26 entitlements under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme with a total value of €3,135.63. Following a land reduction under the 2015 Scheme year, the eligible land was reduced to 2.55 hectares. The Basic Payment Scheme entitlement was re-calculated to take into account the reduced area. In this regard, 2.55 entitlements was established with a total value of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The persons named have submitted a payment claim under the Dairy Equipment Scheme of TAMS II. The applicants made a payment over-claim. The Department is currently working on the processing of an over-claim. As soon as this is completed the payment will be finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The persons named submitted a 2016 Transfer of Entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by lease as transferor. An issue has arisen in relation to the value of the entitlements which were the subject of this lease. My Department is currently in the process of resolving the issue and the persons named will be notified in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Applications continue to be processed to payment as set out in the tabular form below. Of the 2,840 cases, my Department has written to 360 applicants who have failed to submit fully completed commonage forms. The Department has also written to 70 other applicants who have failed to return complete information on low emission slurry spreading.  The Department has also been in contact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: There is no on-going review of GLAS affecting the status of scheme participants. All Member States are required to carry out comprehensive administrative checks on all applications for payment and on the spot checks are required on at least 5% of GLAS participants annually.  The outcome of these checks may result in the imposition of a penalty for non compliance with the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Supply (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: According to EU food hygiene regulations it is the responsibility of the food business operator (FBO) to ensure that food placed on the market is fit for human consumption. This includes the FBO’s obligation to test for undesirable substances, such as lead. Where appropriate tests are commercially available for routine testing of food products it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Cattle Herd Data (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The figures for beef and dairy calf registrations for 2014-2017 (to date), and the number of live exports of beef and dairy calves for 2007-2017 (to date) are as follows. These figures are also available on my Department's website. Calf Birth Registration Calves born to a Beef Bull Calves born to a Dairy Bull 2014 1,386,875 744,173 2015 1,501,101 762,666 2016 1,520,860 803,436...