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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: In 2017 Irish agrifood exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.6 billion.  Within that, meat exports including beef, sheepmeat, pigmeat and poultry came to a total of over €3.78 billion. The value of Irish sheepmeat exports in 2017 was over €310.8 million in 2017; an increase of 12% on 2016 figures (€277.1 million)....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pork Exports (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: In 2017 Irish agrifood exports recorded their 8th consecutive year of growth to reach an estimated €13.6 billion. Within that, meat exports including beef, sheepmeat, pigmeat and poultry came to a total of over €3.78 billion. The value of total pig meat exports, taking account of all pigment including prepared and preserved, was more that €790 million in 2017; an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. Irish agrifood exports and imports are broken down into 24 categories identified and agreed by my Department and the Central Statistics Office.  Products and Raw goods are categorised using combined nomenclature codes, a European harmonised system used to classify goods for customs and trade purposes.  These categories include...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The detailed information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in full. Provision of the information sought will require an extensive examination of my Department’s records.  The information will be forwarded to the Deputy within 2 weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department’s records indicate that six new applications have been sought for the cultivation of aquatic plants during the period in question. These licence applications have not yet been determined. The following table shows the breakdown per county and by year: County 2015 2016 2017 Cork 3 Clare 1 Donegal 1 Offaly 1

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department’s records indicate that thirteen aquaculture sites are licensed to cultivate aquatic plants in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act. The following table shows the breakdown per county: County No. of Aquaculture Sites Cork 5 Mayo 3 Kerry 2 Galway 1 Sligo 1 Offaly 1 Total 13

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested is provided below in tabular form. Payment has issued to all cases cleared for payment and weekly updates are published on my Department's website. It should be noted that there are still approximately 2,000 scheme participants who remain ineligible for a payment due to a failure on their part to comply with the scheme and are classified below as "advance not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: AEOS participants that were paid the advance payment for the 2017 scheme year in 2017 were also paid the balancing payment before the end of 2017. A number of cases were held for review of payments made over the lifetime of the scheme. These cases are being processed and finalised on an on-going basis. The following table outlines the current position. County...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 to 198, inclusive, together. The following figures have been provided to my Department by the Central Statistics Office. In view of the volume of statistical data collected as part of agrifood trade statistics, some errors in respect of individual products may occur. Where these anomalies are identified, the Department will liaise with the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 to 208, inclusive, together. The Deputy has requested various details in respect of dairy trade between Ireland and Britain/Northern Ireland, across a range of product categories, for the year 2017. The CSO are the agency responsible for collating and disseminating this information, and recently released provisional trade data for the period January...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Fisheries Fund (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme is the vehicle for financial supports to the seafood sector up to 2021.  The Programme delivers a wide range of supports for aquaculture, fisheries and seafood processing through a suite of 15 schemes, including the Knowledge Gateway Scheme which provides funding for projects that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I attended the Agri-Fish Council in Brussels on the 19th February.  The main items discussed at Council were the Commission's Communication on the Future of Food and Farming,  the role of the agriculture sector in the EU Bioeconomy Strategy,  and the EU Protein Strategy. My Ministerial colleagues and I exchanged views on the Future of Food and Farming,  based on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Budgets (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: On 14th of February 2018, the Commission published its Communication on a Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) for the  European Union post-2020. The Department of Finance is the lead department on the negotiation of the MFF.  The communication indicates that the Commission will publish MFF proposals by early May 2018 at the latest. Recognising the loss of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I have not yet made my decision on the allocation of funding for Social Farming in 2018.  If and when requests for tenders are issued, they will be publicised through my Departments Press Office.  Any future request for tenders will be along a similar basis as 2017 and the award criteria will be set out in the procurement documents. In previous years, the services...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: REPS opened in 1994 and over a period of 12 years, during which the scheme was continuously open for the submission of applications, participation levels peaked at 59,200 in 2006. The first approvals under GLAS run from 1 October 2015 and over the course of three application windows the RDP target of 50,000 approvals by the end of 2018 was achieved by January 2017, a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The CSO published four Quarterly National Household Surveys (QNHS) for 2016, the most recent full year available. These showed that employment in the agrifood sector overall, including all its component parts, averaged 173,400 throughout the year. The agrifood sector represented circa 8.6% of national employment as measured by the QNHS. Full data for 2017, from the recently introduced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I am informed by Bord Iascaigh Mhara that there are sixteen people directly employed in seaweed farming in Ireland at this time, of which seven are in Cork, eight in Kerry and one in Mayo.  BIM estimates that the seaweed sector supports in the region of ten indirect jobs in ancillary services.  A county breakdown cannot be provided for this estimate.  Seaweed farming...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 to 218, inclusive, together. I am a strong advocate of supporting a vibrant and productive national suckler herd. The Beef Data and Genetics Programme (BDGP) is the main support specifically targeted for the suckler sector, which provides Irish beef farmers with some 300 million euro in funding over the current Rural Development Programme (RDP) period....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Risk Management (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, last year announced the introduction of a once-off targeted Voluntary Homeowner Relocation Scheme. As part of the announcement the Minister outlined that a feasibility study would be undertaken in relation to a potential once-off targeted scheme for Voluntary Farm Building Relocation The study to determine the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy has asked for a considerable amount of information which is being compiled at present and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.