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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: One of my priorities is to support the provision of lower-cost, more flexible finance for farmers. The “Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme” was developed by my Department in co-operation with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) to address the impact of the change in the sterling exchange rate arising from Brexit and lower commodity prices in some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. Horse Racing Ireland is a commercial state body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. On 30 September 2014 the Government announced changes to the system for appointments to State Boards including that all appointments should be advertised on www.stateboards.ie, operated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Earlier this week I welcomed the signing of the counter guarantee agreement with the European Investment Fund that will facilitate the launch of the “Brexit Loan Scheme”. The Scheme will provide affordable, flexible financing to Irish businesses currently impacted by Brexit, or those who will be in the future, and will make up to €300 million of working capital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The successful “Agriculture Cashflow Loan Scheme” has provided a template for publicly-assisted loan schemes. This includes the “Brexit Loan Scheme”, which I expect to launch shortly with my colleague the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I also announced in Budget 2018 that I had secured funding of €25 million for my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy when it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The proposal referred to by the Deputy concerns the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures. Technical Conservation measures are rules on how, where and when fishermen may fish, also determining gear, catch composition and ways to deal with accidental catches. Up until now, these detailed and complex rules have been decided at EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: In Ireland the control of sea lice is managed by the Marine Institute on behalf of the State.  These protocols are more advanced than those operated in other jurisdictions for the following reasons: - The inspection regime is totally independent of the industry. - Data obtained as a result of inspection is published and made widely available. - Treatment trigger levels are set at a low...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Marketing Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The labelling of food in the European Union is governed by a number of regulations which lay down strict requirements in relation to mandatory country of origin labelling for certain meats. Under these rules, labels on meat from cattle born and reared in the Republic of Ireland, exported live to Northern Ireland and subsequently slaughtered there must include the member state...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department is currently reviewing the CAP Communication published by the European Commission in November 2017, in advance of legislative provisions to be presented by the Commission in mid 2018. It is also expected that Multi Annual Financial Framework proposals will be presented in May 2018. The CAP binds the members of the European Union in a collective commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I am keenly aware of how resilient pig farmers have been in recent years and in their ability to sustain their businesses in an often volatile price environment. Price volatility is an ongoing challenge for the sector and developments over the last couple of years simply serve to emphasise the cyclical nature of prices in the industry.  Following a particularly tough 2015 prices hit...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I am fully aware that the wet weather conditions of much of last autumn, coupled with the need to house livestock earlier than normal resulted in pressure on fodder supplies, with consequent shortfalls in some parts of the West and North West of the country. Through feedback from work I asked Teagasc to undertake locally and the views returned from the two meetings of the Fodder Group I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Discussions on the future of CAP post-2020 have been afoot since the middle of 2016 at many forums. Since then, CAP post 2020 has been discussed at Agri Fish Councils and Bilateral meetings on several occasions. Since the publication of the Commission’s CAP Communication in November 2017, CAP Post 2020 was discussed at the Agri Fish Council meeting in December 2017. Also in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I am acutely aware of the importance of the suckler sector to Ireland's rural economy and the wider agrifood industry. As such, my Department provides a range of supports to the suckler herd. A number of direct payment and grant schemes provide vital income and investment support to the suckler sector, including BPS, ANC, GLAS and TAMS. The Beef Data and Genomics...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Department has completed an archaeological report on the application for the Afforestation Grant and Premium submitted on behalf of the person named.  The application will now be further processed and the Department will be in touch with the applicant and their Registered Forester when finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced a contract under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme on 1 December 2010. Following a full review and investigation of this and similar cases, the Department found in this case that the herd owner, following a number of written communications, could not satisfactorily support the level of the original claim for the purchase of the trees. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: GLAS payments cannot issue until all regulatory requirements are met. Each GLAS payment claim must be put through a suite of checks for each action and where any individual check fails the issues must be investigated and resolved before being cleared for payment. 2017 advance payments commenced on schedule in November 2017 and to date the Department has issued advance payments to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department publishes annual afforestation statistics, which are available on its website.  Those statistics include the area planted on a county basis for each year.  A breakdown in hectares for Co. Leitrim is indicated in the table below, for 2013 to 2017. Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Leitrim 356.02 271.91 512.90 433.78 536.22

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The application from the person named under the 2017 Young Farmers Scheme was reviewed and has now been approved. The person named has been notified in writing and payment under the 2017 Young Farmers Scheme will issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The GLAS requirements for each action are applied nationally and apply to all participants. An application for force majeure can be made on a case by case basis where due to weather it was not possible to access land to comply with the low emission slurry spreading action.  Any such application should show that there was adequate storage capacity for the slurry produced on the farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016.  All 2016 payments have been made for this case. During the processing of the 2017 advance payment an issue arose regarding the Rare Breeds action. This matter has now been resolved. The claim will now be run through the validation checks. Once all checks are...