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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Payments to all eligible participants under the 2013 Beef Data Programme will commence in June of this year when all of the required notifications on calves born during the late autumn will be submitted by participants in the Programme and the related verification checks are completed by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The regulations governing the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) require that administrative checks must be carried out on all applications and on-the-spot checks must be carried out on at least 5% of beneficiaries. The regulations further provide that Member States may issue up to 75% of the payment, but no more than that, once all administrative checks have been completed. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from 1 May 2013. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. These checks have been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Eligibility under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme requirements that applicants, among other obligations, satisfy the minimum stocking density requirements. That means that holdings must (a) meet an average stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for seven consecutive months and (b) maintain an annual average of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare calculated over the 12...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Farm Payment /Disadvantaged Area Schemes was received from the person named on 26 June 2013,which was outside the application period. The person named appealed the late submission of the application and following the submission of this appeal the late penalty was waived. Full payment under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme issued to the person named on 20...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The matter is still under consideration and it is understood that a report will shortly be submitted to the Appeals Committee following an on-site inspection scheduled for this week. Following receipt of that report the appeal will be considered further and every effort will be made to expedite the decision.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the TAMS Dairy Equipment Scheme and submitted an application in the final tranche which closed on 31 December 2013. My Department has already acknowledged the receipt of the application. It is expected that a decision will be made in the case shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application for Single Farm Payment was received from the person named on 5March 2013. On processing the application it was found that one parcel had been dual claimed by the person named and a third party. The person named was informed on 20 August 2013 of the dual claim. The named person responded to this notification on 23 August stating that he did not have the right to use this parcel...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2008 and received payments for the full six years of their contract. However, due to a reduction in the contract area from 22.8 hectares to 16.97 hectares as a result of the disposal of lands in 2012, my Department applied a claw-back of certain monies paid. An appeal was lodged by the person named and following a review of this case, and upon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 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. A discrepancy was discovered during this process which has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The persons named were approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2011 and full entitlements have issued in respect of the 2011 Scheme year. During a 2012 inspection, the persons named were found to be non-compliant in respect of the Species Rich Grassland and Broadleaf Tree Planting actions. A letter issued to the persons named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, applicants were required to maintain a minimum stocking density on their holding of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for a minimum retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the 12 months of the scheme year. Payment under the 2013 Scheme has not issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, was received from the person named on 17 April 2013. The application was the subject of a Remote Sensing (i.e. Satellite Inspection) ground eligibility inspection. The results of this inspection indicated over-claims on two land parcels. A ground inspection confirmed a total over-claim of greater than 20%. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Agriculture Appeals Office is an independent statutory agency established in 2002 to provide an appeals service to farmers who are dissatisfied with decisions of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine concerning designated schemes operated by the Department. An appeal to the Office does not impinge on any other existing right of appeal. The operating costs of the Office are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: There are two taxation measures available exclusively to younger farmers that require a minimum agricultural education standard: - 100% Stock Relief on Income Tax for Certain Young Trained Farmers - Stamp Duty Exemption on Transfers of Land to Young Trained Farmers. By targeting those who have undertaken the necessary training to learn the skills that will maximize the potential of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Policy (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020 (RDP) will be co-funded from the National Exchequer and the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The agreement reached on the Multiannual Financial Framework provides for a total allocation of EU funding of €2.19 billion (€313m per annum over 7 years) to Ireland for a new RDP. €2.037 billion of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Communications (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department does not nor never had a policy of recording telephone calls received in or made from its offices.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that one of the land parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. As the person named applied submitted an application for a review of my Department’s decision, a visit by a Department official to verify the position was necessary to progress the matter. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is being compiled at present and will be forwarded to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (13 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in January 2010 and received payments for the first three years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 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. It is a scheme requirement that all REPS contract lands are...