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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (11 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: Certified copies of Q3 Sale Agreements drawn up by the former Irish Land Commission can be obtained from the Records Branch of my Department located at Unit 11, Clonminam Industrial Estate, Portlaoise and are issued to the purchasers or their solicitors on payment of the prescribed fee as set out in Statutory Instrument No 260 of 2012. However, it appears from the details supplied that no Q3...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (11 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named applied to lease in additional Single Payment Scheme entitlements for the 2013 scheme year. Following correspondence with the person named requesting additional information, this application was processed. Payment on these specific entitlements is due to issue shortly.

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The last time I was in this House to bring through a Bill, it was a particularly long piece of legislation and I spoke on it for at least ten hours. I expect that this speech will be a lot shorter - closer to ten minutes perhaps. If Members have any questions on it, I will try to respond to it, but it is straightforward legislation that I suspect needs no amendment. I am pleased to...

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: This is simply an enabling Bill to allow us plan for a future for Johnstown Castle and the surrounding gardens as part of a broader estate which will stay in State ownership. Some people wanted a provision included in this legislation to allow us to sell more of the overall estate but that is not happening, and will not happen. There was a provision in an amending Bill some years ago to...

Seanad: Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: I am sure I will have plenty of sources, should that happen but I will be happy to hear what the Senator has to say.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 which is a technical amendment to existing legislation governing the use and disposal of land at the Johnstown Castle estate. The scope of the Bill is narrow and straightforward. It is purely an enabling provision to permit Teagasc to develop part of...

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: Deputy Wallace should take his time and get his breath back.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: I would say the Deputy was fitter in those days.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: We are doing that under the food use programme. We spend a good deal of money each year on fruit and vegetables in schools. They grow them in schools.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: I will provide some clarity and respond to a number of questions and comments. I echo the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe's comments, in that there has been a considerable community effort to try to solve a genuine problem adjacent to the estate. It could not be solved easily without access to some of the estate's land. The community is not getting something on the cheap, as it is paying...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: National reserve.

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: While I have a script which provides a great deal of technical information in terms of what young farmers are entitled to under the new CAP - direct payments, rural development programmes and positive discrimination in the form of a 20% top-up on single farm payments and access to 60% grant aid for capital investment programmes on their farms, as opposed to the 40% which applies to everybody...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The problem arose when installation aid was abolished without notice. Many people who had submitted applications missed out because there was literally a shut-down of that scheme. Many people were caught out by that. We have not been able to find the money to reopen that scheme and so I decided to prioritise young farmers through the new CAP, which we have done very successfully. A young...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: We really appreciate that.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Limistéir faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: Fuair mo Roinn iarratas faoi Scéim na hAoníocaíochta/Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2013 ón duine ainmnithe an 19 Aibreán 2013. Nuair a bhí an t-iarratas próiseáilte tugadh faoi deara go raibh forluí i gceist maidir le dhá ghabháltas talún a bhí tugtha ar an iarratas. Tar éis comhfhreagras idir...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: A total of 183 applicants under Single Payment Scheme are currently the subject of court or garnishee orders, whose payments are payable to a third party in accordance with the relevant orders.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: A decision will be made shortly in the case of the person named, mindful of the medical evidence in question, following which the person named will then be immediately advised, in writing, of the outcome of their appeal.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department, in the context of delivering the Single Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and other area-based schemes, is required to carry out a comprehensive set of administrative and on the ground validation and verification checks to ensure that all scheme requirements and the provisions of the governing EU Regulations are fully complied before any payment issues. In the case...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the TAMS Dairy Equipment Scheme and lodged an application for grant aid with my Department on 18 December 2013. The application was initially rejected by my Department but, following an appeal, it has now been decided to accept it for processing. In this context, a combination of purchased and leased quota will not be an obstacle, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres, which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department. I am happy to inform the Deputy that a total of €4.45 million has been approved for works at Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre under the 2014 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The projects are as follows:...