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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 are many moving parts going in the right direction for the industry. We need a new legislative framework to tackle a number of issues out there in terms of welfare and integrity. Much work has been done on the financial position of the industry. This is a critical piece of the infrastructure and I hope it can launch the industry on a new trajectory. I appreciate the Deputy's interest.

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 appreciate the Deputy's interest in this. It is of interest to those in peripheral and coastal communities, where there is a tradition of fishing. The stated intention arising from the report is that we would clear the backlog in licence applications within two years. There are approximately 600 licences so it is quite a challenge but it can be done. I do not know if people from that...

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 is critical. When licences are approved or renewal applications are cleared, we open the way for new entrants and increasing output, including associated employment. The critical issue is to deal with the backlog in licence applications.

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: Price tag.

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 aware of the facility that the Deputy refers to. There is work that needs to be done in completing the breakwater. He is correct that my Department has ownership responsibility in respect of the six harbour centres. They are Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, Castletownbere, Howth, Dingle and Dunmore East. All the other harbour centres are the property of local authorities, including the...

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 reason for the reduction in the claimable amount is because the European Union has cut funding for tuberculosis programmes across the Union by 10.85%. Payment of the 2017 co-funding will be made in August 2018. I can give the Deputy more detail but I will have to interpret that myself. However, I take the Deputy's point about the reduction in levies on the calf exports, in particular,...

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 was due to be out of here for a Cabinet meeting at 4.45 p.m.

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, but the Cabinet meeting is ongoing as we speak, so I have to leave.

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 Deputy will recall that we had a Supplementary Estimate at the end of last year on the basis that there was a reallocation of €12 million for salaries and wages. It started at €174 million and became €162 million. This is the Revised Estimates. On the consultancy allocation increasing by 10%, it goes from a base of €176,000 to €208,000 which is not an...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Message to Dáil (27 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: That is fine.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Knowledge Transfer (KT) is one of a suite of measures included under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and involves the formation of knowledge transfer groups across the beef, dairy, equine, sheep, tillage and poultry sectors. Farmer participants attend group meetings and produce a Farm Improvement Plan in consultation with their KT Facilitator.  For each year of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (28 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Price volatility is a significant challenge for the pig sector and developments over the last few years emphasise the cyclical nature of prices in the sector. Current prices, which stand at €138.7/100kg are 16% below prices at the same time in 2017, which was an exceptional year for pig prices, but remain above price in the same period in 2016. My Department has made a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The suite of seven measures available under the TAMS Scheme provides support for a large number of investments for farmers in different sectors including tillage, pigs, poultry, beef and dairy. Payments under the Scheme to date have exceeded €47.7m and continue to issue on a weekly basis as payment claims are submitted by approved participants. To date, approvals have issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: An EU Agriculture Council of Ministers was held on 19 March 2018. The main item on the Council agenda was the Presidency's draft council conclusions on CAP post 2020, which ran to 40 paragraphs. The aim of the draft Council conclusions is to provide guidance to the European Commission on the drafting of legislative proposals, which are expected to be published in early June 2018. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (28 Mar 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 scheme year. The outstanding Nutrient Management Plan has now been correctly submitted to the  system operated by Teagasc. The case is now being processed through the required validation checks. Once the application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The percentages of persons in my Department with a disability are as follows: - Full Time FTE percentage = 4.28% - Headcount Percentage = 4.08% Under Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 (Section 47(4)), a public body shall ensure, unless there is good reason to the contrary for not doing so, that not less than 3% of the persons employed by it are persons with disabilities. In that regard I...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. As I have said on many previous occasions, the wet weather conditions that prevailed throughout much of last autumn and into early winter were difficult for many farmers, particularly in parts of the west and north west. However, the more recent turbulent and prolonged cold spell has created additional difficulties for farmers in all parts of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I do not doubt the sincerity of any of the individuals opposite and have listened with interest to their points. I assure them that the departmental officials and I are actively monitoring this issue on a daily basis. In addition to my own activities in respect of this matter, being in the community, meeting farmers in my constituency and elsewhere, I have taken the opportunity to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 290 and 291 together. Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the commencement of a market process in relation to the possible sale of wind farm assets, are the responsibility of the company. Coillte has, however, advised that it formally commenced a market...