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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The identification and registration of bovine animals is governed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council which established a common EU system for the identification and registration of bovine animals. This Regulation provides for the use of ear tags to identify bovine animals and there are no provisions contained therein with regard to micro...

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 28 November 2012. The initial processing of the applications has been completed and acknowledgement letters have issued to all applicants. The detailed actions listed in each application are currently being recorded and all applications will be ranked and selected according to the...

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

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1 September 2011. 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 be completed before any payment can issue. During these checks an...

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

Simon Coveney: The Department operates a car park at Rossaveel Fishery Harbour Centre as a public amenity serving tourists and other members of the public using the ferries to the Aran Islands. There are a number of businesses operating within the boundary of the Fishery Harbour Centre at Rossaveel. The car park is also located within the boundary of the Fishery Harbour Centre. There are 276 spaces in this...

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

Simon Coveney: Kilmore Quay, although an important fishing harbour and marina, is not a designated Fishery Harbour Centre under the Fishery Harbour Centres Act, 1968, and accordingly I have no responsibility for its management. The Deputy should address any enquiries as to the management of parking at Kilmore Quay to Wexford County Council. As I have said in response to a number of questions recently, I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in May 2008 and received payment for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 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. These checks have been completed and the 75% 2012 payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The holding of the person named has recently been confirmed as having met the minimum stocking density requirements of the Scheme, following receipt of outstanding evidence relating to sheep on the holding. This enabled processing of the application to be finalised, with payment issuing on the 14 February 2013, directly to the nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 of 27 November 2009 established transitional technical measures for the 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011. Subsequent measures were established by Regulation (EU) No 579/2011 of 8 June 2011 for the period 1 July, 2011 to 31 December 2012. In June 2012, the EU Commission brought forward a proposal to extend the provisions of the Regulation. In October 2012,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases are impacted by the requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011 and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. Additional information was subsequently supplied to my Department which showed that this requirement had been...

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

Simon Coveney: The person named registered 8 animals for the 2011 Suckler Welfare Scheme. The Terms and Conditions require that applicants undertake to carry out and notify to my Department, the requisite measures for the full 5 year duration of this Scheme. In August 2011, applicants were informed of the requirement to notify the details of these measures within one year of the date of birth of the animal....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases are impacted by the requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently availed of the option to appeal to the independently chaired DAS Appeals Committee. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the holdings of eligible applicants were required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of six consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. As the applicant has not as yet demonstrated that the holding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently availed of the option to appeal to the independently chaired DAS Appeals Committee. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Since May 2011, a notification has been placed on my Department’s website inviting expressions of interest from persons interested in being appointed to the boards of State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. On 7 September 2012 last, I placed an advertisement in the National Newspapers inviting expressions of interest. All expressions of interest lapse at the end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tug Boat Services (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The provision and engagement of a tug boat service at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre is a commercial and private transaction between vessel owners and tug boat service providers. Although my Department does not play any role in the provision of tug boat services, I can confirm that I have endeavoured to encourage and facilitate the provision of such services by private enterprise through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Earnings outside of agriculture do not affect entitlements to the Single Farm Payment or to Disadvantaged Area Payments. Total income is assessed by the Revenue Commissioners for income tax and any queries concerning taxation regulations should be directed to them.

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

Simon Coveney: The reform of the single farm payment arises in the context of the negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, where perhaps the most contentious issue is the question of how direct payments should be redistributed between farmers within Member States, by a process referred to as ‘internal convergence’. The Commission has proposed a movement to a system of...

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

Simon Coveney: In order to be eligible under the Single Payment Scheme and other area based schemes, an applicant must ensure that all agricultural land is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC). Farmers can keep grassland in GAEC by conducting an agricultural activity on it such as grazing, harvesting forage crops, or by topping. Grasslands continue to be eligible where it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 440 together. In the context of delivering the Single Payment Scheme, Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme and other area based schemes, my Department is required to carry out an annual round of inspections covering both the eligibility of the land declared to draw down payments and also cross compliance aspects, to ensure compliance with EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The applicant submitted a felling licence application, no. GFL12173, which was received by the Forest Service on 6 March 2012. In his report on 25 May 2012, the District Inspector recommended refusal of the licence because the plantation is not ready for thinning and there was a high risk of wind-throw. Following discussions between the Inspector and the applicant’s forester, on 7...