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

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the Coillte Farm Partnership Scheme, are the responsibility of the company. Coillte has confirmed, however, that there are no cases where farmers have not been paid what they are due and that it is fulfilling all of its contractual obligations. They have also...

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

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the Coillte Farm Partnership Scheme, are the responsibility of the company. The company has, however, provided the following information in relation to the Coillte Farm Partnership Scheme: County Partnerships Leased Area (Ha) Carlow 13 166 Cavan 29 469 Clare 33...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Recruitment (8 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445 and 446 together. The Press and Information Office in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine consists of the Press Officer and six support staff members. The breakdown of staff is: 1 Press Officer, appointed internally at Assistant Principal Officer level, 1 Higher Executive Officer, 1 Administrative Officer, 2 Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Scientific assessments of sea-fish stocks are carried out by the Marine Institute, the statutory body whose function is (inter alia) to undertake sea-fisheries research, assess and advise on the sustainable exploitation of the marine fisheries resources in the waters around Ireland and on the impacts of fisheries on the ecosystem.  My Department’s role in sea-fisheries is to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides for the welfare, including during a sale, of all animals.  The Act says anyone who owns or controls an animal for sale or supply must ensure that the animal is kept in suitable accommodation; is provided with adequate food and water; the sale or supply of the animals does not cause it avoidable or unnecessary suffering; that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Banking (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: A commercial bank commenced charging negative interest on the bank accounts of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with effect from 1st August 2017. From that date until the end of February 2018 a total cost of €979.07 has been incurred. Banking costs incurred by agencies under the control of my Department are an operational matter for the agencies themselves.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of January 1st 2017. The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2017 scheme year. The 85% payment for 2017 has been processed and payment should issue to the person named shortly. The balancing 15% payment for 2017 will be processed in due course according to the regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: An application for consideration under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme (ANC) was received from the above person named on 20 April 2017. An issue has arisen with regard to grazing rights on a number of the land parcels declared on the BPS and ANC application of the person named.  The processing of the application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Severe Weather Events Response (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Throughout the period of adverse weather conditions caused by recent adverse weather conditions, my Department was directly involved in a co-ordinated response as a member of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group (NECG), convened by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the lead Government Department on Severe Weather Incidents. While the South and East of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The Vast bulk of my Department's advertising is in respect of press notices in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers. This expenditure includes the publication of Statutory Notices that are required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements. Decisions on the placement of notices are made on a case by case basis, depending on the nature...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications Data (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The aquaculture licence applications referred to by the Deputy are currently under consideration by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable EU legislation. The legislation provides for a period of statutory and public consultation. Consideration of the applications in question has not yet reached this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 685 and 686 together. 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 2015 and 85% of 2016. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims.  All cases must clear...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: While I have no current plans to restrict bottom trawling inside the 6 mile zone, I am considering a full public consultation on possible measures that could be applied within this zone. I have been working closely with the National Inshore Fisheries Forum and the six Regional Inshore Fisheries Forums to ensure that the needs of the inshore fisheries sector, including both coastal and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Please see in the following table as requested the number of hectares per county for which an application for the ANC scheme for 2017 was received: County Declared Area of ANC (including Island area) - hectares Carlow 23,818.94 Cavan 132,819.85 Clare 192,502.09 Cork 239,860.28 Donegal 279,935.49 Dublin 5,635.38 Galway 353,729.71 Kerry 312,285.58 Kildare 17,082.48 Kilkenny...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for consideration under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme on 14 June 2017.  As the BPS application was received after the 9th of June, the latest date for the receipt of late applications in 2017, it incurred a 100% late penalty and therefore no BPS payment is payable. The person named subsequently appealed this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Following the easing of the moratorium on recruitment in the Public Sector in late 2014, my Department secured delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to overall staffing resources in May 2015.This removed the necessity for compliance with Employment Control Framework (ECF) targets, and provided the Department with the flexibility to fill critical...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: In the lead up to Storm Emma, the National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) with representatives drawn from Government Departments, Met Éireann and various other stakeholders met daily in the National Emergency Coordination Centre, which is located in Agriculture House, the Headquarters of my Department.  The Group provided regular updates to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Processing of the application for the person named has recently been finalised and payment for the 2017 Programme year will be made to his bank account in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named is a primary participant in the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Beef Programme and has successfully completed all requirements of year 1 of the KT Programme. As required under the governing EU regulation, her associated KT reimbursement  of €750 issued to her KT Facilitator on 12 March 2018. Under the Terms & Conditions of the programme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into the AEOS2 scheme with a commencement date of 1 September 2011. His contract was due to run until the end of 2016.  He received payments in respect of the 2011-2014 scheme years. In 2015, an administrative check established that his AEOS parcels were declared on the Basic Payment Scheme application of another herd number. As he no longer met...