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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Licences (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Applications for approval to operate meat processing plants must meet the requirements of the European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 432 of 2009) and related EU Regulations. The applicant in this instance has upon request provided clarification in relation to the proposed range and scale of activities. As a consequence one of the preconditions for approval has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 12 March 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be fully aware of the importance of payments made under the Single Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and other Direct Payment Schemes to the annual income of Irish farmers. My Department is bound, under EU Regulations, to maintain the accuracy the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), which underpins the processing of applications under these Schemes as well...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The following tables shows the breakdown of the age profile of farmers requested, based on the Department’s 2012 SPS database. Age Category Number of Farmers % of Total Farmers Under 35 6,828 5% Over 66 (State pension age) 33,072 26% Over 85 2,961 2% Total Farmers 124,843 The table shows that 26% of all farmers in Ireland are over the State pension age, with 2% over 85; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that the Twelve Bins/Maam Turk Complex Scheme, which the National Parks and Wildlife Service put in place for the purpose of regenerating these commonages, expires on Ist November, 2013. The future management of these commonage lands will now be considered in the wider context of the ongoing examination of issues relating to all Commonages. This process will involve the farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: No officer in my Department has been in receipt of salary payment in excess of the Government pay caps first introduced in June 2011 and revised in July of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Harvest 2020 Strategy (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Implementation of Food Harvest 2020 is driven and monitored by the High Level Implementation Committee (HLIC) which comprises senior executives from Bord Bia, Teagasc, BIM, Enterprise Ireland, the Environmental Protection Agency and Forfas as well as departmental representation from my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Representatives from industry and from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme, the statutory basis for which is set out in S.I. 532 of 2012, requires that calves indicating an initial positive or inconclusive test for the BVD virus be removed from the herd. I have made compensation available to suckler cow farmers who have multiple cases of persistently infected (PI) calves in their herds in order to encourage the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. The details in respect of payments which have issued to farmers in County...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: In the context of delivering the Direct Payment Schemes my Department is required to carry out on-the-spot inspections on a number of farms covering such issues as eligibility under the Scheme, compliance with EU legislation in the areas of the environment, food safety, animal health and welfare and plant health and ensuring that the farm is maintained in good agricultural and environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was notified of the refusal of his application under the Roads Scheme on 10 June 2013. My Department does not have any record of receipt of an appeal from him since that decision was issued.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) is an independent statutory body and the matter referred to by the Deputy is an operational decision and is therefore a matter for BIM itself. I have forwarded the Deputy's query to BIM for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The contract number (CN63551) does not refer to the person named and my Department has no record of an application from that person under the Forest Roads Scheme at the address given. If the Deputy could check the contract number with the person named or supply additional information, such as a Herd Number, my Department will deal with the matter further.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The application by the person named under the Forest Roads Scheme is with the Forestry Inspectorate for consideration and recommendation in relation to the project. This should be complete within the next few weeks and a decision on the application will be given as soon as possible thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011, and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently appealed unsuccessfully to the independently chaired DAS Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The application by the person named under the Forest Roads Scheme is with the Forestry Inspectorate for consideration and recommendation in relation to the project. This should be complete within the next few weeks and a decision on the application will be given as soon as possible thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 14 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility/cross...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. The details in respect of payments which have issued to farmers in Counties...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person...