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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Mindful of ongoing difficulties, I have decided that a formal request should again be made to the EU Commission seeking agreement to pay an advance from 16 October of the 2013 Single Farm Payment which, being the first day of the new EU financial year is the earliest potential payment date and almost two months ahead of the standard timeline. It will be recalled that my successful approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011 and full payment totalling €1,294.73 issued in respect of 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The People’s Millennium Forests Project was a flagship Millennium project sponsored by the National Millennium Committee and AIB and managed by Coillte in association with Woodlands of Ireland. This was the largest ever project directed at the expansion and enhancement of our native woodlands. There were 16 sites involved in this project, 14 of which are in the Republic of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in December 2007 and received payments for the first three years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 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 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011 and has received full payment totalling €1,319.00 in respect of 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Authority Investigations (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The following direct costs have been incurred, to date, by my Department arising from the recent investigation: DNA testing                                          €83,714;   Phenylbutazone...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: In order to improve its service to farmers, the Department has decided that it will acknowledge - either by text message or by post - all SPS application forms received in 2013. This is intended to assist those farmers, who had forgotten to submit their application as happens in many instances every year. In some instances, farmers are unaware that they had forgotten to submit their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Mortalities (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The number of cattle mortalities in the first three months of this year was up 26% on the same period last year. It should be noted that the operation of the National BVD Eradication Programme would have been responsible for some of this increase. An increased incidence of liver fluke infection in sheep and cattle was anticipated in 2012 because of the increase in rainfall during the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Stocking Densities (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am particularly conscious of the difficulties facing farmers, prompted by the prolonged period of adverse weather, which has cumulated in severe fodder shortages in many areas. In response, I have introduced a specific Scheme, the Imported Fodder Transport Scheme, designed to assist towards the transport costs of imported fodder and maintenance of stocking levels. The situation has prompted...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under the initial Financial Plan for the Rural Development Programme an indicative amount of €528m was allocated to Natura 2000. The Natura measure provides for compensation to farmers for disadvantages in their farming activities arising out of three Directives, the Habitats Directive, the Wild Birds Directive and the Water Framework Directive. Natura 2000 forms an integral part of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Broadband Scheme Issues (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Rural Broadband Scheme (RBS) was launched in 2011 in recognition of the fact that despite the widespread availability of broadband throughout Ireland, there still remained individual premises that were unable to receive a service. This Scheme was aimed at making a basic broadband service available to un-served premises in rural areas, not already covered by the National Broadband Scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I announced last Friday the extension of the imported fodder transport scheme for a further 2 weeks and the doubling of the fund to €2m. Following consultation with Met Eireann, Co Ops, the farming organisations, Teagasc and the advice of officials working on the ground, the decision was taken to allow a further two weeks for fodder to be imported into the country with a doubling of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2009 and received payments for the first two years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before payments can issue. Following an inspection in 2011 an anomaly was discovered in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Mindful of ongoing difficulties, I have decided that a formal request should again be made to the EU Commission seeking agreement to pay an advance from 16 October of the 2013 Single Farm Payment which, being the first day of the new EU financial year is the earliest potential payment date and almost two months ahead of the standard timeline. It will be recalled that my successful approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered forty one animals for the 2012 Scheme. Payment issued in respect of four of these animals on 19 December 2012 and for a further twenty animals on 2 May 2013. In August 2011, applicants were informed of the requirement to notify the details of all measures required under the Scheme within one year from the date of birth of the animal. This requirement was also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Government is fully conscious of the concerns that have been raised in relation to the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights. The issues raised by interested parties had been identified and considered by NewERA, Coillte, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and my Department as part of the comprehensive analysis undertaken pursuant to the Government’s decision that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Fencing-Mobile Equipment Scheme Applications (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the TAMS Sheep Fencing/Handling Scheme and has received approval to proceed with the investment works concerned. To date, my Department has no record of having received a payment claim in relation to the application concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: As part of the underpinning of the area based support measures, which deliver some €1.6bn annually to Irish farmers, my Department is required, under relevant EU legislation, to maintain a detailed database of individual land parcels. This is known as the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) which currently records, electronically, some 1.3 million individual parcels and which is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Coillte Teoranta was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of the forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. Coillte’s forests are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), under which, I understand, Coillte are required to comply with a number of principles and criteria....