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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes Data (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: The 2017 Flood Damage Relief Measure was implemented in response to the severe localised flooding experienced in the Inishowen area on August 22nd 2017. The closing date for applications was September 29th. 314 applications for financial aid were received which are broken down into the following categories. - Category Number of applications Category 1 loss of livestock 40 Category 2...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foireann Roinne (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Ta 3,111 fostaithe lán ama (FTE) sa Roinn faoi lathair 20/11/2017. Laistigh do mo Roinn féin tá (6) ionad atá oiriúnach do poist datheangach. Tá cúig post dátheangach líonta ach tá foluntas amhaín fós le lionadh. Thit sé seo amach mar tá fadhb ag an Roinn Oififeach Feidhmiúcháin dátheangach ar...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foireann Roinne (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Is iad seo a leanas foluntais ata líonta i mbliana ag Roinn Talamhaíochta Bia Agus Mara ón Chead lá d’Eanair go dtí 20Ú la Samhain 2017. 432 Iomlán Seo an briseadh síos don uimhir sin. 139 ardú ceime don foireann fostaithe ag an Roinn hana fein.  194 Iarrthoiri nua ag teacht isteach don seirbhis Poiblí daon chead uair agus an 99...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I welcome this opportunity to present this sustainability impact assessment to the committee. A rigorous assessment, as in previous years, has been undertaken to examine the implications for Ireland of the EU Commission's proposals for the fixing of total allowable catches, TACs, for the coming year. The European Commission proposal was issued on 7 November and several non-papers updating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I can make the opening statement on the regulation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: The 2013 reformed Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 introduced the landing obligation or discards ban, that is, the obligation to land all catches for stocks under catch limits or minimum conservation reference size. The long-term implementation of the landing obligation was to be set out in regional multi-annual management plans, MAPs, adopted through co-decision....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn made an important point in the context of Brexit, a matter on which we have had some exchanges of views at the committee previously. It is almost an existential challenge for the fishing industry because the consequences will be enormous. The Senator has made reference to the fact that while Irish fishermen catch a proportion of the TAC in Irish waters,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: On the point raised by Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, what we are moving towards in terms of sustainable management is what is called MSY, or maximum sustainable yield. We want to get to a situation where all species are fished according to this objective and it a road we have been making progress on. We subscribe in principle to that but we accept that, in certain situations, it cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the free movement of goods and so on, I do not think we could legally enforce a situation where we would compel a trawler to land because they had caught so much here. The case we have been making is it is in their economic interest that, rather than steaming all the way back to the north of Spain with their catch, for instance, reprovisioning there and steaming back to catch whatever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I thank members for their questions. It is an important set of negotiations on an annual basis. The impact assessment shows the scale of the challenge this year. I am conscious that in these negotiations we carry with us the livelihoods and the prospects of both the fishermen and the onshore processing sector. I assure the Chairman and members that we will do our utmost in a challenging...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to present this request for a technical Supplementary Estimate for 2017. I am seeking the committee's approval to use savings on the Department's Vote to fund other desired expenditure. As these proposed transfers and expenditure involve significant changes to the original 2017 voted allocations, it is important to seek the committee's input and...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Each year, the vast majority of participants in the ANC scheme are paid in the calendar year but some cannot establish eligibility until the end of the year so payment is delayed until the following year. Some €9 million of the payments that have issued to date in the 2017 budget was used to pay successful applicants who established their entitlement from 2016 so there is a roll-over....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: It is likely to be in the second quarter of 2018. There is a sequential process and we are trying to get the industry scheme up and running. I would say it is likely to be the second quarter of 2018.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: It probably should be. We will have to reflect on the best use of the funding. Deputy Cahill raised an interesting point about those who did not get funding the last time around. Is there a significant cohort in any particular sector that was refused? Was it due to a credit history issue? What were the reasons? We will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the last scheme to see if...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: To which scheme is the Deputy referring?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Is that the sheep scheme?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I expect that will be a nominee of the-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I welcome the Deputy's comments on the World Food Programme. It keeps a degree of context on the scale of challenges that are being faced. It is one challenge to which Ireland is glad to respond. It is part of a three-year cycle of commitments we have made to the World Food Programme. With regard to the specialist food producer scheme, we are focusing on the artisan food sector. The...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy McConalogue for his questions. With regard to the underspend, it is important to put it in the context of the Department's overall budget of €2.5 billion. The underspend is less than 2%. In the context of trying to manage departmental expenditure of this scale, it is quite a fine act to bring in the expenditure as close as that. The fact that 70% of the Department's...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: Today, we are dealing with current expenditure rather than capital expenditure like TAMS. There is no doubt we have a challenge with TAMS. There is no issue on the Department's side with TAMS payments. The issue relates to delays in the submission of claims data. We are issuing approvals for farmers in respect of the tranche 8 of TAMS, which is the latest tranche. The provision we have...