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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is a deceased herd owner. A letter issued from my department to the legal personal representatives of the person named advising that payments will issue to the estate of the person named when the required testamentary documents are received. The holding of the person named was the subject of a Nitrates inspection by my Department, acting on behalf of the Department of the...

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

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is an inter-governmental Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas. The Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities whose...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (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. Payments will continue to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. While processing the application of the person named a number over claims...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from person named on 10 April 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 remote...

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2013. Payment has not issued as the holding has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. As soon as the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment at the earliest possible date thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The above-named joined the Organic Farming Scheme in March 2008 with a contract start date of 1 April 2008 and an end date of 31 December 2013. Participants in the Scheme must hold an organic licence for the duration of their contract. My Department were informed by the Organic Control Body, responsible for the issuing of organic licences that the above-named had lapsed as an organic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application on 13 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of the 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: Genetically Modified Organisms (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Genetic modification is a science-based technology which, in the case of plants, alters the gene structure in a way that does not occur naturally through fertilisation or natural recombination. This modification confers certain traits to the plant that can be advantageous to agriculture and food production. Responsibility for the approval for the undertaking of field trials of genetically...

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from person named on 22 April 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 remote...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Penalties under the Single Farm Payment, leading to reduced payments, can result from failure to adhere to both the EU and National scheme requirements, including rules relating to cross compliance. These detailed rules are set out in the scheme Terms and Conditions which are available on my Department’s website. Offences which may to taken into consideration to reduce or eliminate...

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

Simon Coveney: Officials in my Department are collating the data requested by the Deputy and will forward it directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Allocations of milk quota from the National Reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal. The Tribunal examines and makes recommendations on applications for additional quota from individual producers. The Tribunal considers issues such as on and off farm income level; use of previous years quota, previous allocations and the volume of quota...

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

Simon Coveney: An application under 2013 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2013. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payment of DAS will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named. Also the 50% advance payment under the Single Farm Payment Scheme will commence on 16 October and I expect that...

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 began, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million, have issued to 67,538 applicants. I can confirm that payment runs are continuing on a twice-weekly basis, with individual cases being paid after they are confirmed as having satisfied the Scheme requirements.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 29th November 2012. Acceptance into the scheme, as laid down in the Terms & Conditions, was established using the selection criteria set out below: Selection Criteria: 1. farmers in the Boora region of Co. Offaly who chose Wild Bird Cover Option B (Grey Partridge) as...

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2013. Full payment totalling €3,016.90 issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 10 October 2013.