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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Coursing Club (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is responsible for the identification and registration of greyhounds in the Irish Greyhound Studbook. It is the controlling authority for the breeding and coursing of greyhounds. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon under Section 26(2) of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (the Act). Bord na gCon is the statutory body with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The maintenance of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book is but one of the objectives of the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). The Irish Greyhound Stud Book has been owned and maintained by the ICC since 1923. The ICC has assured me that it is satisfied with the integrity of the particulars in the Irish Greyhound Stud Book in respect of the breeding and identification of thoroughbred greyhounds...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is responsible for the identification and registration of greyhounds in the Irish Greyhound Studbook. It is the controlling authority for the breeding and coursing of greyhounds. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon under Section 26(2) of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (the Act). Bord na gCon is the statutory body with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 to 141, inclusive, together. Where commonage is included in a GLAS application, a Commonage Management Plan or a Commonage Farm Plan as appropriate, must be submitted before GLAS payment for the 2017 scheme year can be processed. Payments cannot issue if commonage framework plans are not completed and submitted. Over 9,000 shareholders across over 3,800...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Pursuant to the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968 (as amended), my Department owns and directly manages the six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres including those located at Dingle and Castletownbere. The appointment of home ports of registry for fishing boats is the responsibility of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and governed by the Merchant Shipping Acts. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 2017 was received from the person named on 20 April 2017. Processing of this application has now been completed and payment will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. China is a high priority for beef market access and significant progress has already been made. The BSE ban in respect of Irish beef was lifted by the Chinese authorities in early 2015. This was a very positive development which paved the way for the start of the process to secure access. The Chinese General Administration of Quality...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Beef market access to South Korea is a high priority for my Department.  This process began with the submission of market access questionnaires. In late 2015 we were informed via the European Commission that South Korea was to undertake inspection visits to Ireland in May 2016. In May 2016 a delegation of 3 inspectors from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Processing of applications under the 2017 National Reserve is ongoing.  Details of the number of applicants that applied to the 2017 National Reserve without having completed the required agricultural educational qualification by the closing date for receipt of applications of 16thMay 2017 will be available when processing of all applications has been completed. Payments under the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The recent report by the C&AG outlined gross savings in 2016 of €106m for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine. The total gross voted allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for 2016 was €1,363m and total gross expenditure of €1,257m. As the Deputy will be aware, 2016 was a challenging year for many farmers financially. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department's Land Types for Afforestation document, released in March 2016, sets out a system to assess the productivity of land for afforestation.  This system is based on the scoring of various indicator plant species and is derived from previous work spearheaded by Teagasc. This system is used to identify to which, of three separate categories, land is assigned; these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department publishes annual Afforestation statistics, which are available on its website.  Those statistics include numbers of farmers and non-farmers who participate in afforestation planting each year.  A breakdown of numbers is indicated in the table below, for 2014 to 2016, which are the most recent available figures. It should be noted that the non-farmer category is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I launched the  Sheep Welfare Scheme in 2016 to contribute to the continued development of animal and health welfare in the sheep sector.  The scheme requires farmers to undertake two actions for a menu of possible actions in order to enhance the standards of animal welfare in the Irish sheep flock.  Under the scheme the number of breeding ewes returned on Sheep Census...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named made an application under the Young farmer Capital Investment Scheme on 16 March 2016. A payment claim was submitted on 23 August 2017. Following checks of the submitted supporting documents, a penalty was applied. This was because the investment item was not owned in full by the person named at the time of submission of the payment claim. As the value of this item...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies Data (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: There are twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, as listed. Vacancies on the Boards of these twelve bodies, other than those which are filled on the basis of nominations from specified organisations*, are advertised and processed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). In this regard, an Information Booklet is prepared for each vacancy which, among other matters, sets out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I met with members of the INHFA on Tuesday, 26 September, and had a wide-ranging discussion with them on many issues including their application for membership of the Monitoring Committee for the Rural Development Programme. The Monitoring Committee was established at the outset of the Programme in 2015, in accordance with regulatory requirements, and comprises diverse and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Property Registration (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Officials in the Lands Branch of my Department are actively engaging with the Property Registration Authority regarding this matter and will reply directly to the solicitor involved when the issue has been resolved.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has been paid the 85% advance payment for 2016. During the processing of the 15% 2016 balance payment an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to releasing the outstanding payment as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. The applicant has received their 2015 GLAS payment in full. The 85% advance payment for 2016 has recently been paid. The claim will now move to validation checks for the processing of the remaining 15% 2016 balance payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The persons named were approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and were paid the First Instalment Payment for 2015. The applicants wrote to the Department to advise that they wished to withdraw from GLAS 1 and sought entry to GLAS 3. The Department processed this request along with a claw back of the 2015 payment in line with the terms and conditions of the...

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