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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in April 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. This process has now been completed for payments for 2013 and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department operates a large telephone switchboard system at its headquarters in Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Over the past five years, my Department has utilised the services of four personnel, who are supplied by an external telecommunications provider, to operate this primary telephone switchboard. The duties involve answering and transferring calls on the system and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in January 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. This process has now been completed for 2013 payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: Following the announcement of a national policy on dog microchipping, my Department held a public consultation on all relevant matters. Cost was an issue which was raised by a number of parties and my Department will make every effort to ensure that the policy is delivered in a cost effective manner. While some cheaper microchipping technology may be available on the market, their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in March 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. This process has now been completed for 2013 payments and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The purpose of the Forestry Bill 2013 is to reform and update the legislative framework relating to forestry in order to support the development of a modern forestry sector. The provisions of the Forestry Bill 2013, when enacted, will encompass, and apply to, the entire forestry industry, within which Coillte operates. As you will be aware, the purpose of the Forestry Act 1988 was to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: An in-depth review of state forestry policy was undertaken on foot of a commitment in the previous Government’s Renewed Programme for Government . A Forest Policy Review Group, comprising of representatives of the forest and environment sectors, was formed in April 2010, to undertake this work. A separate review of Coillte was also undertaken. While significant work was undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: Coillte Teoranta was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the products it provides, are the responsibility of the company. Coillte has advised that it produced poles for ESB and telecommunication uses from the 1980's to the mid-1990's with counties Kilkenny, Waterford, Tipperary, Carlow and Wicklow being the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: A review of the land declared by the person named under the Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme revealed that the eligible area of one land parcel was over-declared. The person named was advised accordingly and has availed of the right of review; this review is currently being undertaken. My Department will be in direct contact with the person named regarding the outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The applicant was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1st September 2010 and full payment has issued in respect of the 2010 Scheme year. Payment in respect of the 2011 Scheme year is subject to an administrative checking process which includes verification of capital investment claims through checks on receipts. During these checks a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in March 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. This process has now been completed for 2013 payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has primary responsibility for the provision of accommodation to my Department. I can confirm that the buildings referred to in Tullamore and Mullingar are both State owned and form part of the OPW’s property portfolio and accordingly, my Department does not incur any rents.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in May 2008 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. Following the Land Parcel Identification (LPIS) Review an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: Local Office reorganisation in Longford, Athlone and Mullingar has led to the redeployment of 27 staff to date. The first redeployments occurred in 2007 and redeployment continued up to and including 2012. Savings made by my Department through redeployment from these three offices, in terms of salary, overtime, employer PRSI and overhead costs, are estimated to be €4.75m up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 16 October and, to date, payments worth €1,182,653,799 have issued nationally, to 121,783 applicants. This represents 99% of all eligible applicants. Payments continue to issue on outstanding cases as queries are resolved. Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: My overarching goal for the Irish Fishing Industry and for white fish dedicated fishermen is to ensure that we build a sustainable, profitable and self reliant fishing industry which protects and enhances the social and economic fabric of rural coastal communities dependent on the seafood sector. I believe that this can be achieved in the context of the reformed EU Common Fisheries Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The development of a new Rural Development Programme (RDP) under Pillar 2 of the new Common Agricultural Policy will be a key support in enhancing the competitiveness of the agrifood sector, achieving more sustainable management of natural resources and ensuring a more balanced development of rural areas. Support for the new RDP, 2014-2020 will be co-funded by the European Union via the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2010 and full payments have issued in respect of the 2010, 2011 2012 and 2013 Scheme years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: For the purposes of the national BVD eradication programme promoted by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) - a herdowner can submit a blood sample to DAFM Laboratories to confirm a persistently infected (PI) status in calves that have received an initial positive result on tissue tag testing. The confirmatory test is performed on a blood sample submitted by a private veterinary practitioner to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the application received from the person named under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme/Single Payment Scheme has recently been finalised, payments under both schemes are due to issue in to the person named in the coming days, directly to the nominated bank account.