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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: In total there are now 46 confirmed cases of the disease. Of these 26 are in forestry plantations in Counties Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Tipperary and Waterford. There are 14 Horticultural Nurseries that have tested positive for the disease, three samples from roadside landscaping have tested positive as well as one Garden Centre, one private...

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

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2010 and full payments totalling €1,050.30 and €3,629.48 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 the Land...

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

Simon Coveney: The harbour at Dunmore East is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department. Funding is made available on an annual basis by my Department to the Fishery Harbour Centres, including Dunmore East, via the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Development Programme. The allocation of funding for projects within the 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Regulations (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The deadline for burning vegetation is set in the Wildlife Act 1976 as amended by the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000 and any extension thereto is the responsibility of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Despite the challenging budgetary constraints facing my Department, last year I secured an additional €20 million annually to fund the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) and on foot of this I announced the re-opening of the scheme. I decided on a maximum payment of €4,000 per annum for individual applicants which, on the basis of previous experience in implementing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbour Authority Properties (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. As I have said on a number of occasions, Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is first and foremost a working fishery harbour. Its business customers include business tenants, fishing vessel owners and crew, and full access is required for commercial traffic servicing the fishing side and its various ancillary enterprises. A wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy may be aware that the then Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources announced the proposed REFIT for Biomass Technologies (REFIT III) on 24 May 2010. State Aid approval was received from DG Comp in respect of the proposed tariffs on 18 October 2011. My Department was consistently supportive of the efforts to introduce these REFIT tariffs. The tariffs apply to a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2008 and received payments 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 now been completed for 2012 in this case...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1 November 2010 and full payments totalling €476.63 and €2,844.00 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2011 and full payment totalling €1,333.31 issued in respect of 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Natural Heritage Areas (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Designation of Natural Heritage Areas, NHA, is primarily within the remit of the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. Proposed NHAs were published on a non-statutory basis in 1995 and there are no mandatory farming conditions imposed on pNHAs.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Bioenergy Scheme was introduced as an Exchequer funded pilot scheme in 2007 to support the establishment of the energy crops miscanthus and willow. The pilot scheme ran until 2009 and was replaced from 2010 with a 50% EU co-funded Scheme which was subsequently increased to an 85% EU co-funding rate from 1 January 2012. Up to the end of 2012 some 3,250 hectares of energy crops have been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: In the intervening period since my reply to the previous Question on this case, the matter has been resolved and processing of the 2012 DAS application was recently finalised and payment issued directly to the nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in April 2009 and received payments for the first three 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. Following the administrative check an area discrepancy was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in December 2007 and received payments 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 in this case and the 75%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (6 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered 5 animals for the 2011 Suckler Welfare Scheme and 18 animals for the 2012 Scheme. The Terms and Conditions of the Scheme require that applicants undertake to carry out and notify to my Department, the requisite measures for the full 5 year duration of the Scheme. While data were received in respect of most of the animals born during 2012, the required weaning...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (6 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: Departmental Funding (7 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently considering a request for grant-aid by the association.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (7 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2012 National Reserve. The 2012 National Reserve caters for farmers’, who commenced farming after 17 May, 2010. Applicants are required to submit a 2012 Single Payment application form detailing all lands which they are currently farming. In addition, applicants are required to meet certain criteria...