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

Michael Creed: Under the terms and conditions of the Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme, an applicant as well as meeting scheme criteria, must comply with the EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance. The 2016 Scheme Year application of the person named was selected for a Full Cross Compliance inspection, which includes checks across a range of Statutory Management...

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

Michael Creed: In submitting an application to participate in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), applicants undertake to adhere to the Terms and Conditions that govern the Programme. In certain instances non compliance with the Terms and Conditions may result in disqualification from the BDGP and the recovery of any payments already made under the Programme. In this instance...

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

Michael Creed: My Department actively investigates incidents of illegal burning as the lands affected are deemed ineligible for the purposes of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). As part of this process, the person named was notified by my Department in relation to burned land that formed part of their BPS application, and has submitted an appeal in relation to this matter. The processing of this appeal is...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I am pleased to meet with the committee for this valuable opportunity to review our progress and how we are navigating through the current challenges and opportunities presented across the various sectors in agriculture, food development, marine and forestry. The recently launched National Development Plan 2018-2027 re-affirmed the Government’s commitment to protecting and enhancing...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: On the general issue of food safety and animal health in programme one, it is probably not widely recognised that this constitutes the key activity of the Department in terms of resources and personnel. Because there is so much at stake in the context of our international reputation, we are constantly engaged in supervision and inspections to ensure that we continue to operate at the highest...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Yes. The figure was an increase of 145 on the previous year.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I understand the number of animals affected increased by approximately 300 from 16,900 to 17,200.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I responded to Deputy Cahill on this issue. My net message is that it is a matter for individual farmers to ensure they have an adequate supply of fodder. There are two ways of interpreting the data in respect of the initiative the Department introduced. However, it is too early to draw conclusions. It may be the case that further applications will be submitted by farmers who are getting...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Teagasc's involvement was to carry out an assessment of the level of need in the north west, engage with farmers and provide the Department with advice. It was not involved in a prescriptive manner in the initiative the Department subsequently formulated. As I stated, we continue to monitor the national position.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: As I stated, the Department continues to monitor the position and we do not have any initiative planned, either on transport or any other form of fodder delivery to farmers. I return to my original point that this is, in the first instance, a matter for farmers to resolve. We have introduced a transport subsidy which is available in certain circumstances. That was the appropriate response...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: As I stated, we continue to monitor the position.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I hear Deputies Danny Healy Rae, McConalogue and Cahill and others who have raised the issue. We continue to monitor the situation. We are approaching 1 April and, normally, we would expect that grass growth would be ahead of where it is now and that would deliver a solution. I accept that the forecast for the weekend is for cold weather and that is worrying. However, we continue to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I will endeavour to get as much information as I can on TAMS but, off the top of my head, we are paying out in excess of €1 million a week. I think we paid out €1.6 million either last week or the week before that. We have provided €70 million in the budget for-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: No. They are being paid as they are being cleared for payment. There is no undue delay. As in Deputy Danny Healy-Rae's case, if the Chairman knows of any individual case we will certainly investigate it. I will answer questions in no particular order. On the issue of the sheep scheme, which Deputy McConalogue and others raised, in the context of the difference between the 2017 and 2018...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The point I am making is that there is not the head room.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: There was not originally in terms of the €25 million. That opportunity has passed. In truth, our problem with the RDP, and I can deal with this in greater detail, is that our Estimate is that we will overspend on it by approximately €106 million over the lifetime of the programme. If we take areas of natural constraint, ANC, liabilities into account, it could be more....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: That was the target, but they were to apply-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: No.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The original commitment was that we would meet the liability if everybody applied, which was 2.5 million ewes at €10 per ewe. Not all of them applied, so the liability ended up at approximately €20 million. In 2017, we paid an advance on that. The balancing liability will be paid in the second quarter of 2018. On Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's point about organics, we have...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: -----Glenisk, which has a fantastic profile for its range of products. There is almost an insatiable demand for organic products on the dairy side and on the tillage side as well, but that is our commitment in terms of organics. The Deputy also raised a point about protein crops. Under the Common Agricultural Policy, we currently provide approximately €3 million for protein crops....