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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Exchequer Savings (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: In response to the Deputy's question, the total saving to the Exchequer would amount to €33,582 in respect of the two special advisers employed in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: The provision of funding for compensation in the context of the compulsory phase of the BVD programme must be placed in the context of the economic benefits accruing to farmers arising from the eradication of this disease and, particularly, the short payback time involved for individual farmers as well as the scarce budgetary resources available to my Department. It has been estimated that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: The tables that follow this reply set out the measures funded under the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 (RDP). The expenditure performance is based on the quarterly returns to the European Commission and the tables reflects the position up to June 2013. Under Council Regulation No 1698/2005, the latest date for incurring expenditure using funds available under the current...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: In the context of delivering the Single Payment Scheme and other area based schemes, my Department is required to carry out an annual round of inspections covering both the eligibility of the land declared by farmers to drawdown payments and also Cross Compliance checks relating to 18 Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) in the areas of public, animal and public health, environment and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 7 December 2012. The process of ranking and selecting all AEOS applicants was clearly set out in the scheme documentation. Acceptance into the scheme was established using the pre-determined selection criteria as follows: 1. farmers in the Boora region of Co. Offaly who chose...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: All applications for land-based aquaculture licences are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997. The legislation provides for extensive consultation with stakeholders including a period of general public consultation. Applications for aquaculture licences regardless of the location of the site in respect of which the applications...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: The current gender balance of the Boards of the State Agencies under my remit is as set out in the following table: Agency % Females on the Board No Females appointed by the Minister since taking office Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board Nil --- Bord Bia 13% 1 and 1 reappointed Bord Iascaigh Mhara Nil --- Marine Institute 11% 1 National Milk Agency Nil --- Sea Fisheries Protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: My understanding is that the meeting was to run only until 10.30 because of Leaders' Questions and the Order of Business. However, let us get as much done as we can. I am in the Chairman's hands. I can speak for an hour on the Common Agricultural Policy, or I can give a five to seven-minute outline of what has been achieved, after which we can have questions and answers. Most committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: I never said that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under the new CAP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: It is a more open market, but there are still many protections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: Yes - intervention in prices.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: Thirty-five percent on average.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: No, 35%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: As many as 67% will gain from this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: Should I answer now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: I agree with the last thing Deputy Ó Cuív said, which was that we need to work to ensure farmers get the best price they can for their animals. We have been doing that. We now have the highest price ever being paid for milk. Over the past five or six months, we have had pretty high beef prices also. The way in which we do that is to support farmers, to ensure we have the maximum...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy advocated that we redistribute more than what the Commission was proposing. Regardless of that, if we chose the payment per hectare flat rate model, then we would have had to break the country up into different regions to reflect different productivity levels. That would have been almost impossible to do and I did not want to do it, which is why we chose the approximation model....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: I know the Deputy is aware of it, but I am saying this for everybody's benefit. These are 2010 figures. We are talking about a payment that farmers would have got in 2010 and the payment they will get after the redistribution effect of what we are proposing. Figures have changed slightly since 2010 for some farmers. The average payment will also be less because redistribution will happen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Simon Coveney: Yes, exactly. Coupled payment is a double-edged sword. It benefits the sector that we want to support, but it has to come out of the other sectors. If we were to support suckler beef, for example - there are approximately 80,000 beef farmers - we would be giving the money back again. For someone who is not benefiting from a coupled payment it could result in their getting a more...