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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Mid-Term Review of the Afforestation Programme is currently under preparation and my Department is involved in detailed discussions with stakeholders on it, including on the issues raised by the Deputy. Obviously any proposals must have regard to the available budget and the liability accruing for the State in future years.  I expect that the Review will be published in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Forestry Programme 2014 -2020 is the legal basis for the afforestation scheme insofar as Ireland has State aid approval to support a planting programme from exchequer resources. Details regarding how Ireland proposed to undertake this planting programme were covered in the forestry programme document which included rules governing limitations on planting unenclosed land. Removal of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department supports the lifting of the 20% rule and met with the European Commission in December 2016 to seek their approval to do so. After this meeting the Commission sought additional information which was provided and a further meeting is planned in November 2017. To support Ireland’s position, my Department, in consultation with the sector, produced  Land Types for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The appeal in question was heard on 4 September 2017 under the Independent Appeals System established by Part 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003. A determination granting the appeal was received from the Appeals Officer by e-mail on 10 September 2017. The appeal determination has been given due consideration and it is now posted on my Department's website.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 10 May 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 person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: 100,328 applications were received under the 2017 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme of which 85,319 have been paid to date. Below is the breakdown of applications and payments by county.  It should be noted that not all unpaid applications are eligible for payment.  As is normal at this point in time, certain applicants are not currently eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme is the vehicle for financial supports to the seafood sector up to 2021.  The Programme delivers a wide range of supports for aquaculture, fisheries and seafood processing through a suite of 15 schemes.  The EMFF Regulation provides for a special compensation scheme for fishermen...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Activities (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as transactions with suppliers and customers, are the responsibility of the company. The matter raised is entirely a commercial matter between Coillte and its potential suppliers.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Activities (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as contractual arrangements with private growers and suppliers, are the responsibility of the company. The matter raised by the Deputy is entirely a commercial matter between the company and its suppliers.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Brexit poses enormous challenges for the agri-food sector in Ireland by virtue of its reliance on the UK market, and particularly the integrated nature of the trade with Northern Ireland. The most immediate impact of Brexit has been the significant drop in the value of sterling against the euro, while some of the anticipated longer-term challenges are likely to include tariffs and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2017 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme commenced as scheduled in the third week of September.  To date payments worth €184m have issued to some 85,300 farmers. In respect of County Cavan, a total of 4,753 applications have been received of which 4,160 have been paid to date.As is normal at this juncture many farmers are not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2017 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme commenced as scheduled in the third week of September.  To date payments worth €184m have issued to some 85,300 farmers. In respect of County Monaghan, a total of 3,991 applications have been received of which 3,568 have been paid to date.  As is normal at this juncture, certain farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together. The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy when it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Commonage advisors have been assigned to prepare GLAS Commonage Management Plans (CMPs) for the commonages involved.  Information sessions for GLAS Advisors on the GLAS online system were held and a video demonstrating the system has been made available. The online system opened on 19 September with the submit button to finalise CMPs available since 12 October. CMPs must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The number of participants in REPS in 2005 was close to 47,500. Numbers peaked in 2006 with just over 59,000 farmers in the scheme. This reduced to just over 54,000 in 2007 and under 47,000 in 2008.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statutory Instruments (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is the competent authority for legislation on the roadworthiness of vehicles, governed by the EU Roadworthiness Testing Directive (Directive 2014/45/EU). In this context the Department of Transport introduced new regulations to provide for the introduction of compulsory testing of tractors used for commercial road haulage purposes. These...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Data (26 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The spending review carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform highlighted the fact that the TAMS II Scheme has been very successful in the rate of approvals that have been issued to farmers since the Scheme was launched in mid-2015.  In order for the success of the Scheme to translate into concrete improvements to the infrastructure of individual farms...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department will contact the Deputy directly to provide him with the contact details of the appropriate person within the Pensions section of Human Resources Division who will be able to assist further with this query.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I and my Department, in cooperation with Government and other Departments and Agencies, are attempting to mitigate the more immediate impacts of the Brexit vote on the agrifood sector through a range of budgetary measures. In Budget 2017 I introduced a number of measures to help minimise farm gate and business costs, including the introduction of a €150 million low cost loan...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (7 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: There has been no agreement on a Mercosur deal at this point. However, the commission has made an offer to Mercosur which includes a Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for beef. The TRQ offer is split evenly between fresh and frozen beef. A proportion of the fresh beef would be required to meet the definition of "High Quality Beef", and would therefore have to come from grass fed animals, and...