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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The allocations set out for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) in the National Development Plan for the 2018-2022 period are as follows: - €m 2018 248* 2019 255 2020 258 2021 265 2022 275* this does not include capital allocation to be carried over from 2017. The funding will be allocated in the annual estimates process for capital programmes and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: EU Regulation 1307/2013 provides for the establishment of a National Reserve. One of the two mandatory priority categories National Reserve is ‘Young Farmer’. For the purposes of the ‘young farmer’ priority category of the National Reserve a young farmer is defined as follows: - must be aged 40 or less in the year in which s/he first submits an application under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received the 2015 payment and the 2016 advance payment. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that is preventing further payments. The identification of a solution to this issue has been prioritised and it is expected that the payment will be made in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The budget for the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation scheme (TAMS) is fully committed under our Rural Development programme. Support for land drainage is not included as an eligible item in the current programme. It must also be recognised that any such measure would require full compliance with environmental requirements including the need for a full Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Under current operating protocols, where herds are identified with a serious outbreak of bovine tuberculosis, and where my Department’s epidemiological investigations into the cause of the breakdown implicates badgers as a possible source, a capturing program is set up in the local area. The aims of the program are to manage the local population of badgers downward to mitigate badger...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has a comprehensive compensation regime in place for herdowners who are affected by bovine TB, including compensation both for direct and indirect losses. The primary compensation scheme for farmers whose herds are affected by TB is the On-Farm Market Valuation Scheme under which compensation is payable for cattle removed as reactors. The amount is based on the market value of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 to 559, inclusive, together. The Control of Horses Act 1996 provides powers to Local Authorities to deal with stray and abandoned horses and my Department provides funding to support them in their work in this area. Local authorities are asked to make every effort to ensure they are achieving the best value through the public procurement process. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Officials of my Department considered this issue as soon as they became aware of the report.  The matter relates to a cohort of passports issued in 2010 following the introduction of new legislation relating to equine identification and arose from a bone fides attempt on the part of Horse Sport Ireland to inform horse owners of the new requirements. The effect of this approach was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: A small scale problem with discrepancies between the data base used by Horse Sport Ireland and the Department's AIM system has arisen. Horse Sport Ireland and the Department are actively working to resolve apparent discrepancies between data held on a very small number of animals in the Department’s database and the Horse Sport Ireland’s studbook records. These relate to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The persons named submitted an application to my Department under the Young Farmers Scheme, with the second named person as the young farmer.  My Department is currently finalising the necessary administrative and on-farm checks in relation to this application and it is expected it will be completed shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application to my Department under the 2017 National Reserve and also under the Young Farmers Scheme.  My Department has written to the person named on a number of occasions, most recently on 20thFebruary 2018, requesting additional information required to further process these applications.  To date the person named has not replied to this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hardship Grant Scheme Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The Hardship Grant eligibility period runs from 1stNovember to the 30thApril. This Scheme is designed to alleviate the additional feed costs incurred by herdowners whose holdings are restricted during this period. Payment is linked to the date of receipt of a completed application form with reference to the scheme criteria. One of the scheme criteria clearly states that the herdowner...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Applications under the 2016 and 2017 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme were received from the person named on 14 May 2016 and 21 April 2017 respectively. Under EU Regulation 21 of 2004 all flock owners are obliged to count the Sheep/Goats present on their holding at a specific date, record this number in the flock register and return this number to this Department via the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of the 2015 and 2016 scheme years. The 2017 advance payment has now passed all validations and is expected to issue in the coming week.  GLAS payments are continuing to issue on a weekly basis.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 and 2016 scheme years. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that is preventing the 2017 advance payment being made. It is expected that the payment will be made in the coming weeks. GLAS payments are continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: As part of the processing of the 135,000 applications for the Basic Payment Scheme received by my Department each year, a series of rigorous administrative checks is carried out on all applications to identify possible errors. One such error can be an over-claim on an application. Where such an error is identified, an over-claim notification letter is issued to the applicant by my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received the payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that has delayed payments. This case is being processed at the moment and payment will issue when all relevant checks are complete. GLAS payments are continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2017. All GLAS claims must clear validation checks before payment can be made. My Department is working proactively to complete the checks required to allow for the issue of payments. Once this case clears the validations the 2017 advance payment will be processed. GLAS payments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2016 and has received all payments in respect of 2016. All GLAS claims must clear validation checks before payment can be made. My Department is working proactively to complete the checks required to allow for the issue of payments. Once this case clears the validations the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: This person has received all payments due to date.