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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Weather conditions for much of last autumn and early winter were challenging for farmers, particularly in parts of the West/North West. This resulted in the earlier housing of stock and challenges for some farmers in terms of fodder conservation. On foot of these challenges, I prioritised the payment of farm supports to assist farmers with cash flow. The European...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2017. Processing of this application has now been finalised 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: Livestock Issues (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I am very conscious of the importance of the suckler sector to Ireland's rural economy and the wider agri-food industry. My Department provides a number of supports to the suckler herd. A range of direct payments and grant schemes provide vital income and investment support to the suckler sector, including BPS, ANC, GLAS and TAMS. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme, an applicant, as well as meeting the scheme criteria, must comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance.The penalty applied under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme relates to a breach of Cross Compliance requirements. The Department’s records indicate that in 2016, the amount of nitrogen from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1st January 2017. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that is preventing the 2017 advance payment being made to the applicant. The identification of a solution to this issue has been prioritised and it is expected that the payment will be made in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 and 2016 scheme years. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that is preventing the 2017 advance payment being made. The identification of a solution to this issue has been prioritised and it is expected that the payment will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. All payments due to the applicant have been made. The 2017 advance payment issued on 22 December.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Forestry is one of the many land use options available to farmers and land owners and the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme is one of a wide range of supports provided by my Department.  In 2016, 433 hectares of new forestry was planted in Leitrim all of which was private planting, largely by farmers living in Co. Leitrim.  According to Ireland’s National Forest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides that where poison is to be used, it may not be used to poison a protected animal and when used, there are strict controls on the manner of its application, so as to ensure protection of protected animals in particular. Section 12 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 sets out the principles which seek to protect all animals...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of the 2015 and 2016 Scheme years. Regarding the 2017 advance payment, the Department has been in direct contact with the applicant in relation to an outstanding requirement in relation to the eligibility of an action. The applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: To date the Department has issued 2017 GLAS advance payments to 39,000 famers totalling €140m. GLAS pay-runs are continuing on a weekly basis with further payments scheduled to issue this week as cases are cleared for payment. However, between 3-4,000 GLAS applicants remain ineligible for a payment for a number of reasons including participants with outstanding annual Low...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The suckler sector is a vital component of Ireland's rural economy and the provision of support for the suckler sector is critically important. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is the current primary support for the Irish suckler sector and makes provision for some €300 million of funding over the next six years to beef farmers. The Beef Data and  Genomics Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1179 and 1180 together. As of 12th January 2018 the average annual GLAS payment is €4,155. In total 49,700 applicants are currently active in the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The position is that 3,778 AEOS1 participants transformed to GLAS for the final three months of AEOS1 which was scheduled to finish at the end of 2015. At the same time 321 AEOS 2 and 443 AEOS 3 participants also transformed. 661 AEOS 2 participants transformed with effect from 1 January 2016. 804 AEOS 3 participants also transformed from this date. A further 2,152 AEOS 3...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Generally there are no savings in payments when a farmer moved from AEOS to GLAS due to the fact that, on average, payments under GLAS are higher than the payments under AEOS. In addition, payments under the non-productive capital investment action under AEOS continue to be made when a farmer transforms to GLAS.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The suckler sector is a vital component of Ireland's rural economy and the provision of support for the suckler sector is critically important. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is the current primary support for the Irish suckler sector and makes provision for some €300 million of funding over the next six years to beef farmers. The Beef Data and  Genomics...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six years of payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability.  Payments made in the calendar years 2015 to 2017 are set out in the following table. Year Amount paid €m 2015 scheme payments 29.1 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: In December 2016 I introduced the Sheep Welfare Scheme to contribute to  the continuing viability and sustainability of the sheep sector in Ireland. A total of 20,734 eligible applications were received under the Scheme. The number of breeding ewes included in these applications is 1.9 million.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1186 and 1187 together. Teagasc develops its programmes and activities in research, advisory and education in conjunction with clients and partners overseen by an Authority that is representative of the main stakeholder groups in the agri-food sector. My Department provides Teagasc with a yearly block Grant in Aid subvention to support the delivery of it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The TAMS II Schemes have been very successful in terms of uptake with the number of applications to date exceeding 15,500 and approvals issued exceeding 12,400.  All of these approvals represent committed expenditure under the TAMS II measure of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020. Until such time as these approvals are acted upon or expire the budget for TAMS must...