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Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 54: In page 74, lines 38 and 39, to delete “paragraph 39” and substitute “paragraph 40”. This is a technical amendment to correct a cross-reference after an earlier amendment. I do not know why it was not grouped with that earlier amendment.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 55: In page 77, to delete lines 12 to 14. These are technical amendments to update the list of legislation.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 56: In page 77, between lines 28 and 29 to insert the following: “ 40. Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 666 of 2007) "

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 57:In page 77, after line 57, to insert the following: 54. Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. No.554 of 2012) 55. Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 555 of 2012)

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Thank you.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputies for participating. There has been genuine engagement. I decided to initiate the Bill in the Seanad, where there was also a really good debate. The Bill has taken a great deal of time to process, but that has been a good thing. The approach has not been party political, which is how legislation which is not really about ideology, with the exception, I accept, of what...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Was the Deputy outlining the Fianna Fáil position?

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: That was not the question.

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: For the record, there is no proposal to sell Coillte.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 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: Commonage Division (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: All outstanding matters have been resolved and my officials are awaiting the completion of a signature by one shareholder on one document. On receipt of this the vesting order will be served on all the shareholders.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department has written to the representatives of the person named requesting the usual testamentary documents and bank account details and also outlining procedures for the transfer of schemes in which the person named was involved. My Department awaits further instruction on the matter. The representatives of the person named should continue to communicate with the Inheritance Enquiry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (28 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 appeal of the person named was recently forwarded to the DAS Appeals Committee for consideration; immediately when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has submitted an application to my Department for an Aquaculture and a Foreshore Licence for the cultivation of Finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay. The application and its accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is currently being considered in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act as amended....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Seafood National Programme 2007-13 is a framework programme under the National Development Plan covering supports to the seafood sector that are not co-funded by the EU. Most support to the seafood sector is co-funded by the European Fisheries Fund and is covered by the Seafood Development Programme 2007-2013. Financial supports for the construction, installation and modernisation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inland Fisheries (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has submitted an application to my Department for an Aquaculture and a Foreshore Licence for the cultivation of Finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay. The application and its accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is currently being considered in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act as amended. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: According to the information available to my Department, imports of live cattle and pigs into the EU are negligible. Cattle are imported in very low numbers, with imports being mainly high value breeding lines such as prized bulls. Similarly, live pig imports into the EU are limited, with some very small numbers of breeding stock from countries such as Switzerland and Norway. No bovines...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: In October 2012, Ireland’s first finding of Ash Dieback disease, caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea, was confirmed in Co. Leitrim at a site planted in 2009 with saplings from a consignment imported from continental Europe. The disease causes significant damage to ash trees and has spread rapidly in continental Europe, where it is now widespread in several countries. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 14th November 2012 and an acknowledgement letter has issued to the person named. The processing of all applications is nearing completion and I expect to be in a position to inform all applicants of the outcome in the next few weeks. In the event that any queries arise on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 14th November 2012 and an acknowledgement letter has issued to the person named. The processing of all applications is nearing completion and I expect to be in a position to inform all applicants of the outcome in the next few weeks. In the event that any queries arise on the...