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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under the provision of Article 28 (1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 no payment will be made under the Single Payment Scheme where the amount claimed is less than €100. As the entitlements of the person named are valued lower than €100, no payment has issued to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme since 2009.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2013. This application was the subject of a Remote Sensing (i.e. Satellite Inspection). The results of this inspection indicated that over-claims existed on land parcels declared in the application. With a view to verifying the results of the Remote Sensing inspection a ground...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 to 452, inclusive, together. An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme/Grassland Sheep Scheme was received from the person named on 3 May 2013, processing of which has recently been finalised, with payments under both the Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issuing directly to the nominated bank...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The governing European Union regulations require all Member States to make an agri-environment measure available within their territories and Ireland is fully compliant with these requirements. There is no legal requirement that such measures must contain payments for any specific category of farmers or farming systems. Both the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in January 2009 and received payment for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Arrangements are well advanced to issue payments in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payment in respect of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 10 October 2013, payments under the Scheme having commenced, on target, on 25 September 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payment under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not yet issued to the person named 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. Payment in respect of Single Payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payment under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not yet issued to the person named 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. Payment in respect of Single Payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payment in respect of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 18 October 2013, payments under the Scheme having commenced, on target, on 25 September 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payment in respect of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 17 October 2013, payments under the Scheme having commenced, on target, on 25 September 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: As an alternative to the ‘flat-rate’ payment per hectare proposed by the Commission during the recent negotiations, I proposed the ‘Internal Convergence’ model which, while initially retaining the link with current payments under the Single Payment Scheme, gradually moves all farmers towards a national average value over the five years of the new scheme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The processing of this case has recently been finalised and payment in respect of the transferred entitlements will issue at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I know the Deputy will be aware of the background to this issue. In 2011 I met with two separate groups which had conducted feasibility studies into the possibility of establishing a new sugar/bioethanol facility in the country. I understand from figures published by the interested groups who are investigating the possibility of building a new facility, that the overall capital cost costs...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is an applicant under the 2013 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Area Schemes. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases, land eligibility inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a remote sensing inspection....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Exchequer contribution to the Vote for the Department will amount to some €1,203 million in 2014, which is comprised of some €1,019.2 million in current expenditure and €183.7 million capital expenditure. Details of adjustments to the Department’s current budget (excluding central pay policy developments) to comply with the 2014 expenditure ceiling are as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (22 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Fisheries Local Area Development Scheme is a community led local development initiative administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara as part of the Seafood Development Programme 2007-2013. The Scheme aims to support the diversification of the economies of traditional fishing communities to help maintain people and jobs in these areas. The Scheme is co-funded by the Exchequer and the European...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (23 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The decision to reduce the maximum payable area under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was made in Budget 2013, with the changes being published in the Scheme Terms and Conditions, at which time my decision to increase funding for the 2013 Scheme to €195 million was also taken. This increase in funding reflects my commitment to the protection of farming in disadvantages areas, most...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conversation Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The implementation of the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive, under which Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are designated, is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is commencing the development...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (23 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) for an aquaculture licence for the cultivation of finfish near Inis Oirr in Galway Bay was received by my Department last year. The application and its accompanying Environmental Impact Statement are being considered under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act. All applications for aquaculture licences are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (23 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...