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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together. As there is no record of an application from the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, no payments are due to the person named in respect of either Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbour Authority Properties (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department has recently held public competitive tendering processes for vacant sites in three Fishery Harbour Centres namely Howth, Castletownbere and Killybegs. Plans with regard to potential future uses for vacant properties at the Fishery Harbour Centres are kept under ongoing review by my Department. Properties that are made available for lease are, in general, done so by way of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2013. The person named included three plots on this application, however the relevant maps were not submitted with the application. My Department has written to the person named and contacted him directly regarding this matter. As soon as the three maps in question are provided...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Where land is deemed ineligible for the purpose of the EU Single Payment Regulation this, in the main, is a result of the inclusion of ineligible areas/features and where it is not being used for an agricultural purpose. In cases where land with scrub or rushes is rejected, it will be seen that this is due to the broader issue of insufficient agricultural activity being undertaken on it to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a 2012 Transfer of Entitlements form on 14 May 2012 to transfer entitlements by lease from the Estate of a deceased person to the person named. The person named had been leasing these entitlements until 31 December 2011 whereupon the lease expired. My Department wrote to the Representatives of the Estate of the deceased person in August 2012 advising them that it was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Aquaculture licence applications are considered by my Department under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act and the 1933 Foreshore Act. The specific steps are set out in the table below. Steps Progress to date Step 1 Aquaculture licence application received. Step 2 Application checked – if location in or adjacent to Natura 2000 area, sent for Appropriate Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: There is no record of the person named having lodged an application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The EU Regulations governing the Special Beef Premium Scheme defined the animals eligible under the Scheme i.e. bulls and bullocks. Generally, the Single Payment Scheme is applicable to farmers who actively farmed during all or any of the three reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002, who were paid Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid payments in one or more of those years and by whom Single...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Processing of the application of the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Scheme revealed an over-claim in respect of one of the land parcels declared by the person named. The person named was recently notified of this error by letter and of the fact that the over declaration has resulted in a nil payment for 2013. Maps of the relevant land parcel and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under 2013 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2013. Processing of the application will be completed shortly and payments will then issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 and 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were impacted upon 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under 2013 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2013. As this was the first year the person named submitted an application payments under the Single Payment Scheme he does not have entitlements and accordingly no payments are due. An Official of my Department has made direct contact with the person named and explained the situation to him.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Processing of the application of the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Scheme revealed over-claims in respect of two of the land parcels declared by the person named. The person named was recently notified of this error by letter. Maps of the relevant land parcels and information on how the person named could seek a review of this decision were included...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a 2013 Transfer of Entitlements application form on 3 May 2013 from the person named to transfer 16.73 entitlements by way of sale. This application was processed and acceptance letters were issued on 22 May 2013. The person named submitted an application under the 2013 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Area Schemes on 18 April 2013. EU Regulations governing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: International Agreements (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: A cost benefit analysis has not been undertaken to date by my Department with regard to the impact of Ireland signing the Antarctic Treaty. From a purely fisheries perspective, the necessity of Ireland becoming a signatory to the Treaty and more particularly, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine living Resources (CCAMLR), would only arise were we to engage in harvesting or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knackery Industry (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The operation of the TSE Subsidy Scheme has been examined in my Department and a number of changes have been introduced on a ‘best practice’ basis which include enhanced compliance provisions and putting some limits on distance material can be carried whilst maintaining choice. This examination took into account a number of considerations including TSE testing requirements,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: In respect of the Single Payment Scheme the earliest payment date under the governing EU rules is 1st December. However, earlier this year I successfully sought the approval of the Commissioner to have advance payments made as and from 16th October, my approach to the Commissioner having being prompted by the protracted unseasonable weather which prevailed throughout the country, which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application on 12 March 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...