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

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2016. Payments for the 2016 scheme year have been made for this case. GLAS claims must clear the full set of validations before payment can issue. Department officials are working proactively to complete the checks to minimise delays in payments. Once this case clears validations the 2017 advance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regional Development Initiatives (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Atlantic Economic Corridor task force was established in March 2017 and will report to my colleague Minister Ring in the Department of Rural and Community Development.  The taskforce is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Sean Kyne T.D., and includes senior representatives from the business sector, Government Departments, other...

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

Michael Creed: A condition of the EU co-funded TAMS II Measures is that recipients of grant aid are farmers. I have no plans to extend the Scheme to include agricultural contractors and am precluded by legislation from doing so.

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

Michael Creed: My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle, who has responsibility for the greyhound sector, has met Mr. Dollard, most recently at an information meeting given by Mr Dollard to members of the Oireachtas on the 29thNovember 2017. Senior officials within my Department have also met Mr Dollard on a number of occasions.

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 Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme commenced on 16th October 2017 in respect of all clear applications. To date in excess of €1.153 bn has been paid to 122,229 applicants. This represents 98.9% of all eligible applications received. In County Cavan under the Basic Payment Scheme, 4,671 applicants have been paid out of a total 4,725 eligible applicants. This represents...

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

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme commenced on 16th October 2017 in respect of all clear applications.  To date in excess of €1.153 bn has been paid to 122,229 applicants.  This represents 98.9% of all eligible applications received. In County Monaghan under the Basic Payment Scheme, 3,952 applicants have been paid out of a total 3,968 eligible...

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

Michael Creed: As of 11 January 2018, 80% of the eligible applicants from County Cavan have received a 2017 scheme year payment.

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

Michael Creed: As of 11th January 2018, 83% of the eligible applicants from County Monaghan have received a 2017 scheme year payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disability Act Employment Targets (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department is committed to providing the supports necessary to enable staff with disabilities to participate fully in the workplace.  4.3 % of DAFM employees have declared a disability. Therefore my Department is in compliance with the Government target of 3% for the employment of people with a disability.

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: Transfer of Entitlements Application (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Entitlement Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by inheritance as a transferee.  This transfer has now been finalised following the receipt of outstanding testamentary documentation. Payment under the Basic Payment Scheme will issue shortly in respect of the 2015, 2016 and...

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

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received full payments in respect of the 2016 scheme year. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that resulted in the 2017 advance payment not being made. A solution has been identified and is scheduled for implementation this week.  It is expected...

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

Michael Creed: The named person was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. The applicant has received all payments in respect of scheme years 2015 and 2016 Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims.  All cases must clear these checks before...

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

Michael Creed: Bord Bia currently has its head office in Dublin, and 13 offices worldwide in Amsterdam, Dubai, Dusseldorf, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm and Warsaw. The inquiry regarding the possibility of an office in Australia is an operational matter for Bord Bia. Should the Deputy require further information on the subject he should contact Bord Bia...

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

Michael Creed: Securing beef market access to China is a very high priority for my Department. My Department has made significant progress in moving towards agreed access in recent years. Important steps include the lifting of the BSE ban in respect of Irish beef in early 2015, and the systems audit carried out by the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)...

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

Michael Creed: The position on the amount of available funding for a 2018 National Reserve is currently being finalised.  This involves assessment of the funding that remains in the National Reserve fund following allocations to successful applicants under the 2017 National Reserve and also the proceeds from clawback on the sale of entitlements without land and the value of unused entitlements that...

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

Michael Creed: As a large public sector organisation this Department receives circa 170,000 external emails per week and therefore uses filtering software to block dangerous and malicious emails. As part of and in line with the Department’s ISO 27001 Information Security certification procedures, the Department uses dictionaries of profanity terms provided by our email gateway software vendor to...

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: Departmental Strategies (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: In 2017, my Department ran 2 radio advertising campaigns, 1 for the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) encouraging farmers to submit their Nutrient Management Plans and the other campaign encouraging Backyard Poultry Owners to register with the Department.  All other advertisements in 2017 were either in print format or online. In the main, my Department advertised through...