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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Indecon report to review the Irish harness racing sector is being examined by officials within my Department and its recommendations are under active consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has received 1,339 applications under the 2017 National Reserve and 9,308 applications under the 2017 Young Farmers Scheme.  Processing of applications is at an advanced stage. My Department continues to engage with a number of applicants where outstanding documentation is required to finalise their applications and my Department is focussed on maximising...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I am aware of the Irish Wildlife Trust's request to ban the practice of pair trawling in coastal areas in order to maintain the sprat population to the benefit of seabirds and marine life. Sprat is a short-lived species and an important prey fish for many marine species thus vital to the ocean food chain as well as an important source of income for inshore fishermen. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (19 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named joined AEOS2 with  a start date of 1 September 2011. The contract was due to run up to 31 December 2016. An inspection was carried out on 11 May 2012. An issue arose in relation to water courses on the farm. The inspectors decision was to disallow the Alternative Water Source for Bovine action as no water courses, as defined in the AEOS specification, were found on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (19 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 15 April 2017. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (19 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Teagasc is a non commercial State body, established in 1988, under the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, chiefly to provide advisory, research and training services to the farming and agri-food sector. As the matter raised is an operational matter for Teagasc, I have arranged to forward the relevant information to the Director of Teagasc for his attention and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 to 179, inclusive, together. I was delighted to announce in the Budget that, in partnership with my colleague, An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald TD, we had agreed to establish a new “Brexit Loan Scheme” which will provide affordable, flexible financing to Irish businesses that are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (19 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The allocations for the individual schemes mentioned by the Deputy will be set out in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) to be published later this year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget Measures (19 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The 2017 information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows: 2017 Budget €000 Teagasc 128,130 Bord Bia 34,492 Marine Institute 31,563 Bord Iascaigh Mhara 44,088 Sea Fisheries Protection Authority 12,800 251,073 The individual allocations for 2018 will be set out in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) to be published later this year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Indecon report, which reviewed the Irish harness racing sector is currently being examined by officials within my Department and I intend publishing it shortly once this review is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sports Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Irish Harness Racing Association was a beneficiary, for the first time in 2016, of an Equine Infrastructure grant scheme operated by my Department. The IHRA has received grants totalling €21,704 under this scheme, with a view to supporting this sector in a targeted way. In addition, the IHRA has been approved in 2017 for grants totalling €40,077 under the Equine technical...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Following detailed engagement between our two Departments, I was pleased that Minister Donohoe announced key measures in the Finance Bill in relation to stamp duty on agricultural land transactions: the extension for three years of “Consanguinity Relief” for inter-family farm transactions, the retention of the 1% rate and the removal of the upper age limit of 67 for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: In 2006, following the reform of the EU Sugar Regime, Ireland availed of the EU Voluntary Restructuring Scheme under which the sugar industry dismantled its infrastructure and ceased sugar production. Many Member States however, retained their sugar industry and continued to operate within the EU sugar quota system. With effect from 1 October 2017 sugar production quotas were fully...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbour Fees (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has responsibility under the Fishery Harbours Centre Act, 1968 (as amended) for the six Fishery Harbour Centres located at Howth, Dunmore East, Killybegs, Dingle, Ros an Mhíl and also, at Castletownbere. Rates and charges for the use of facilities and services at each of the six Fishery Harbour Centres are imposed in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has an excellent record in the delivery of high quality ICT systems.  We have been consistently among the first to make payments in the EU. 98.6% of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 participants have received advance payments in respect of 2016. The remaining cases have been informed of the outstanding steps which they must take to receive their payments. In terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2017 Basic Payment (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 18 April 2017. Processing of this application is now completed and payment under both BPS and ANC has issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. State funding to the horse and greyhound racing industries is provided through the Horse and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I would like to clarify at the outset that my Department has no role in the designation of lands.  That function is exercised through the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.  The question of compensation for designation does not arise, therefore, in the context of any schemes or measures introduced by my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: At the request of my Department, the relevant Organic Control Body undertook a comprehensive audit of all sites operated by the company named.  I can confirm that the outcome of these audits indicate that the company named is compliant with the rules governing the organic sector. I am satisfied therefore that the integrity of the organic label is protected. As with the performance of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Appeals (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board hearing took place in Bantry on 19th and 20th September, 2017. As the Deputy is aware, on 21st September my Department received an inquiry from Inland Fisheries Ireland concerning large quantities of dead fish at the site referred to by the Deputy. Subsequent inquiries by my Department’s Marine Engineering Division indicated that substantial...