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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State Body established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. As outlined in the previous reply to the Deputy, Bord na gCon has no control of events...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The pursuit and development of new markets for Irish agrifood exports is of course an ongoing and central component of the strategic development of the agrifood sector, as evidenced by its placement right at the centre of Food Wise 2025, the industry’s strategy for development over the coming decade. Indeed, this is all the more relevant after the UK’s decision to leave the EU,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The person(s) named were beneficiaries under the 2006 Capital Investment Scheme for Marketing and  Processing of Certain Agricultural Products. The beneficiaries were amongst 76 applicants to emerge from a highly competitive selection process covering six sectors. The selected beneficiaries were required to formally accept the offer of grant aid and to indicate the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Recruitment (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: In 2017, 318 new staff joined my Department.  Of those staff, 64 were existing Civil/Public Servants joining my Department as a result of promotion competitions run by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) and 45 were existing Civil/Public Servants who transferred to my Department on request at their current grade.  94 staff were promoted following internal competitive...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The Forestry Programme 2014-2020 in Ireland is 100% State funded and governed by the European Union Guidelines for State Aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors. The Forestry Programme 2014-2020 does not foresee a distinction between farmers or non-farmers with the same level of grants and premiums payable to all applicants.   There are no EU or National provisions to restrict the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The GLAS Traditional Hay Meadow action promotes the maintenance of a traditional method of forage conservation that is beneficial to grassland flora and fauna. GLAS farmers who have chosen this action commit to the closure of these meadows until July 1st in line with the terms and conditions of the scheme and receive a payment of €315 per hectare...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Advisers Data (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: I can confirm that provision of advice with respect to Media matters represents a key part of the brief for my political adviser, who is one of two special advisers employed in my Department. The current salary scale for Ministerial Advisers is aligned to the Civil Service Principal Officer salary scale.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Development Plan (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 438 and 439 together. The distribution of the allocations for each of the years will only be confirmed as part of the annual Estimates process which is underway. The funding will be allocated for capital programmes and schemes already in operation, as well as for emerging challenges including those arising from Brexit. The programmes funded will include the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The €10m underspend recorded in gross voted expenditure as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 Fiscal Monitor is based on projected expenditure against actual expenditure. My Department’s expenditure is monitored and managed carefully on an ongoing basis throughout the year and I fully expect all the funding allocated for 2018 will be expended closely in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The felling licence application from the person named has been processed by the Department and was issued on 9th July 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office has confirmed that the appeal for the named person (details supplied) was decided in January 2016 by the Appeals Officer assigned to the case. This decision was notified to the appellant at that time. A review of the Appeals Officer's decision was requested by the appellant and is currently in progress. It is expected that a letter will issue to the appellant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals under the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations, 2010(Statutory Instrument No 311/2010) and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. Irish fur farmers are subject to the same animal welfare legislation as any other livestock farmer.  There was an unannounced inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals under the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations, 2010(Statutory Instrument No 311/2010) and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.  Irish fur farmers are, in this regard, subject to the same animal welfare legislation as other livestock farmers.  A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals under the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations, 2010(Statutory Instrument No 311/2010) and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.  Irish fur farmers are subject to the same animal welfare legislation as any other livestock farmer.  There has been an unannounced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The legal framework for animal welfare is provided by the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. This is a modern Act and is the main legal instrument available to my Department to enforce animal welfare standards. The basic rule may be summarised by stating that persons having possession or control of an animal have responsibility for the care and welfare of that animal; it is this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: It is a requirement of the TAMS grant aid Scheme for sheep fencing that applicants must own and possess a yearly average of 40 adult sheep (weaned lamb or older) at time of application or at the latest by the date the claim is submitted for payment. This is checked at payment stage and no payment issues in respect of the investment if the criterion is not met. Applicants must maintain a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: It is a requirement of the TAMS II Schemes that the applicants are required to use the investment for their intended purposes for a minimum of 5 years from the date of issue of the final payment in respect of the investments grant-aided. This is checked as part of the ex-post checks required by EU Regulations. To date, there have been no reclaims of grant in respect of dairy equipment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals under the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations, 2010(Statutory Instrument No 311/2010) and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. Irish fur farmers are subject to the same animal welfare legislation as any other livestock farmer. There has been an unannounced inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Area of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme on 15 May 2017. As the person named does not have any entitlements under the BPS, no payment falls due under that scheme for 2017. In relation to the ANC application, further to the receipt and processing of information sought in relation to commonage lands under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Data Protection Regulation Data (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: Data Protection legislation places an obligation on all organisations that hold personal identifiable data, to provide access to that information should the individual concerned seek access to same.  My Department, through its various support measures in the agri-food sector, processes significant amounts of personal data in respect of its clients. The right...