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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In addition, my Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers, lights and beacons...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department is advised by the Marine Institute that while it is clear from several studies that micro-plastics are present in the environment and can be filtered by bivalve shellfish, there is little evidence on the impact to human health of such micro-plastic pollution. Applications for aquaculture licences are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the 1997...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Regulation (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department remains the Competent Authority under EU regulations but has delegated the certification function to independent control bodies, in accordance with the relevant EU regulations and in common with the practice in many other countries across the EU.  The control bodies in question act under formal service agreements with my Department and are themselves subject to audit...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Regulation (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department is advised by the Marine Institute that while it is clear from several studies that micro-plastics are present in the environment and can be filtered by bivalve shellfish, there is little evidence of the impact on human health of such micro-plastic pollution. Applications for aquaculture licences are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Regulation (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 513 and 514 together. My Department is currently conducting a formal examination of possible breaches of licence conditions at a number of aquaculture sites operated by the company referred to by the Deputy.  The sites in question and the dates of the applicable engineering inspections are as follows: - Roancarrig, Co Cork. Engineering Inspections...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Appeals (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The purpose of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board (ALAB) is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on aquaculture licence applications.  All determinations and the reasons for those determinations made by the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board are published on its website.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Appeals (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The purpose of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board is to provide an independent authority for the determination of appeals against decisions of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on aquaculture licence applications.  Issues in relation to communications, written or oral, to Board members or staff regarding a specific appeal are  operational matters for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: An application was received under the Sheep Welfare Scheme from the person named on 24 January 2017.  Under the terms and conditions of the scheme, applicants to the scheme are required to submit the annual Sheep Census return within the required deadlines.  In the case of this application a query arose as to the date the Sheep Census return for 2017 was received.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received all payments in respect of scheme year 2016. An issue arose for 2017 in relation to GLAS claims on a LPIS parcel without a reference/MEA area. The person named has been previously advised to contact the Department's Basic Payment Section directly in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department did not provide any direct grant aid assistance to feed mills during the period 2011-2017.  However, in conjunction with my colleague the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Ms. Heather Humphreys TD, a €300 million Brexit Loan Fund was announced in April 2018 which enables companies to access  lower cost funding on more competitive and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank the members of the joint committee for the invitation to meet them to discuss aquaculture licensing in the context of the report of the independent aquaculture licensing review group. The committee is familiar with the background to the issue, but it is useful to restate the position to avoid confusion. Therefore, my opening statement is intended to provide committee members with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank the three members. It is no accident that they are all from Donegal and I appreciate their long-standing interest in this issue. Senator Mac Lochlainn made reference to one company, as did the two previous speakers. I visited that facility a number of years ago, long before I was in this position. I appreciate the potential in the sector. It is a relatively new industry in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: No, but the local authority is responsible for both granting planning permission for a development and for enforcement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: It is appropriate that my Department has a role. It is one we take seriously. We negotiated substantial funding under the MFF to assist approved and licensed operators to achieve their potential. That is not in any way in conflict with our role to determine a licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: We might not agree on this. There are different views on it. I do not see it as a conflict at all. We take all the respective roles extremely seriously. There are many licence applicants who would wish that was not the case, although I appreciate that successful applicants are quite happy with the process. However, there are appeals and checks and balances built into any system. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The unit operates out of the Department's headquarters in Clonakilty. It is not a large unit. There is recommendation and input in terms of the development process from BIM-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: No. BIM is an independent agency in respect of the development of this-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The same system operates in the Department in the context of agriculture as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: It is squeezed not by virtue of the point the Senator raises but by virtue of the bind that was put on the industry and the Department by the judgment of the European Court of Justice. In the context of that bind we are accelerating the process of licence determination, which is a critical part.