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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2013. This application was processed and an advance payment issued in respect of the Single Payment Scheme on 14 November with the balancing payment issuing on 2 December. Deductions in respect of both Modulation and Financial Discipline were applied to these payments in accordance with the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application in respect of the 2013 Single Farm Payment scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2013. Processing of this application has been recently finalised and the supplementary payment due in respect of the afforested lands will issue in the coming days. The advance and balancing payments due in respect of the other eligible land declared under the Single Payment Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme was received from the person named on 23 April 2013. During processing of this application errors were identified on three of the parcels declared, and the person named was notified by letter of the errors with maps of the relevant parcels enclosed. To date no response has been received. An official from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: Consolidation of entitlements was available to farmers each year from 2005 where the number of hectares of eligible land declared by the farmer was less than the average number of hectares declared in the reference years 2000 – 2002. Applications for consolidation were available each year. The reduction in the number of hectares must have arisen because of one or more of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The European Council agreement on the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) provides a total of €2.19bn, or some €313m per year, for Ireland under Pillar 2 of the CAP for the period 2014 - 2020. The development of a new Rural Development Programme (RDP) under Pillar 2 will be a key support in enhancing the competitiveness of the agrifood sector, achieving more sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The annual ceilings available to Ireland under the Direct Payment Regulation for the period 2015 to 2019 are set down in the Annex II of that Regulation as follows: Year Ceilings available 2015 €1,215,003,000 2016 €1,213,470,000 2017 €1,211,899,000 2018 €1,211,482,000 2019 €1,211,066,000 The ceiling available to Ireland for the 2014 scheme year is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Stocking Densities (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: As the definitive position in relation to stocking density under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas scheme is not as yet finalised, I have provided data based on the 2012 calendar year. The following is the breakdown of holdings under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the average stocking density calculated under each of the different land categories: Land Category Number of holdings Average...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: In response to the Deputy’s question, I have outlined below details of the salary paid to the Special Adviser employed in my Department. This salary which was approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, is marginally higher than the pay guidelines for such a position but is based on the substantially higher salary which he was earning in the private sector prior to his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single payment scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2013. Processing of this application has recently been finalised with payment issuing to the nominated bank account of the person named on 17 December.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 30 April 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of these 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 eligibility/cross...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department provides funding to local authorities to enable these bodies implement their powers under the Control of Horses Act, 1996 relating to the control and welfare of stray or abandoned horses. To date this year, some €2.94 million has been paid by my Department to local authorities to assist their work in Control of Horse’s Act operations. While local authorities do...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in February 2009 and received payments for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Administrative checks in respect of the 2013 payments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in February 2008 and received payments for the first five years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. In November 2011 an adjusted Plan was received from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: Following a review of land parcels declared by the person named for the 2010 scheme year, over-claims were established on 4 parcels. Notification of the over-claims issued on 18 August 2011 and the resulting 2010 overpayment of €3,388.74 was deducted from the advance payment for the 2011 Single Payment Scheme. In addition the balancing 2011 Single Farm Payment amount was reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the application of the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme has recently been finalised, payment under this scheme is due to issue to the person named in the coming days, directly to the nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2013. This application was processed and the advance payment issued on 16 October, with the balancing payment issuing on 2 December. The reduction in question is due to the application of Financial Discipline. This is a reduction of 2.453658% and is applied in accordance with the relevant EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table: - - 2012 Land Eligibility Inspections - 2012 Cross Compliance Inspections - 2012 Nitrates GAP Inspections County No. of Holdings Selected Randomly No. of Holdings with Financial Penalty No. of Holdings Selected Randomly No. of Holdings with Financial Penalty No. of Holdings Selected Randomly No. of Holdings with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: I remain confident that, by year-end, payments under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme will be in excess of €1.2 billion, while a further €200 million will have been paid under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Given the adverse financial climate in which we all find ourselves, I am very pleased to see this level of payments being made and I think it reflects very positively on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294 and 295 together. The circumstances referred to by the Deputy are dealt with by Section 69, subsections (1) and (2) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997. My Department does not retain the detailed and extensive information requested by the Deputy on a routine basis. My Department’s records currently indicate the following licences have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: Section 13 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 sets down timeframes within which the Minister shall endeavour to determine an application for an aquaculture licence. However, in the absence of a commencement order, there is no statutory timeframe in force for the determination of applications for aquaculture licences under the Act. Every effort is made by my Department to expedite the...