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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department is required to carefully assess all forestry licence applications to ensure that, among other things, environmental and landscape considerations are taken into account and that appropriate prescribed bodies are fully consulted. Timeframes for processing applications have been committed to in the Farmers Charter and every effort is made to meet these deadlines. Decisions on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Given the additional cases of archaeology referrals on forestry applications, my Department ran a competition for new appointees. There have been two new archaeologists appointed from that panel. The first was appointed in August 2018 and the second in November 2018 and they are making significant progress in dealing with cases on hand; there are no plans to make further appointments from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC) is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. Refurbishment works are currently underway to complete the re-roofing and other renovation works at Mariners Hall on the west pier of Howth FHC. These works involve the removal and safe disposal of an existing asbestos concrete...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Public Procurement in my Department is undertaken as needs arise and in line with relevant legislation, policy and public procurement guidelines. There is a dedicated Procurement Unit comprising of nine staff within my Department which is led by the Head of Finance Division. This Unit develops, disseminates, monitors and enforces procurement policy and provides advice to staff on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: In applying to join the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) the person named committed to participating in the programme for the full 6 years of the programme. One of the requirements of the Programme is that a valid Basic Payment Scheme application is submitted to the Department on a year basis and on which all land parcels are declared. If the eligible forage hectares declared in any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six-year payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability. Payments under the 2018 Programme year for both BDGP I and BDGP II commenced in December 2018 and as of today a total of 22,229active participants have received...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 governs the monitoring of carcase classification, carcase presentation and weighing. In 2018, my Department conducted almost 550 unannounced, on-the-spot inspections in 32 factories on classification and carcase presentation. There were 616 inspections in 2016 and 628 in 2017. This is an average of 20 inspections per factory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department commissioned a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of options that were proposed by a Working Group in 2016 for the future development of the Regional Veterinary Laboratories (RVLs). The team conducting the CBA included internationally-recognised, independent experts in economic analysis and animal disease surveillance. My Department has been presented with the CBA report and senior...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: An application under TAMS ll Dairy Equipment Scheme (DES) was submitted on 12 September 2016 by the applicants in question. Approval for the proposed investments was granted on 22 December 2016. The approval letter states that the applicable grant rate under the DES is 40% of eligible investments, up to the investment ceiling, in this case, of €160,000. An application under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: A general felling licence was issued to the applicant on 1 July, 2013. The licence was to clear fell 2.80ha and to be replanted, within one year of expiration of the licence. Replanting was therefore to take place by 1 July, 2016. Rules regarding replanting and setbacks in general are set out in the Department’s suite of environmental guidelines as well as in the Code of Best Forest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. As per the National Forest Inventory 2017 the breakdown between conifer and broadleaf forests in Counties Galway and Roscommon is as follows:- Conifer Broadleaf Roscommon ('000 acres) 45.10 15.86 Galway ('000 acres) 105.96 31.98

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Under the Terms and Conditions of the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) applicants must comply with a stocking density retention period of 7 consecutive months within the calendar year. The person named became an active herd owner on 18 April 2018 and submitted a BPS/ANC application on 10 May 2018. As animals were only moved on to the holding of the person named on 8 June 2018, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (31 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established 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. While the issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for this organisation, Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (31 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The current prohibition on landing spurdog (picked dogfish) in all EU waters is due to the current condition of the stock. The stock was subject to high harvest rates for more than four decades, and fisheries were not managed during this time. While spurdog is showing some signs of recovery from the historical lows of the mid 2000s, the period is very short in comparison to the longer-term...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Discards (31 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: As Deputy Healy-Rae will already be aware, this year is the first full year of the implementation of the landing obligation, or 'discards ban' under the Common Fisheries Policy. The objective of the landing obligation is to eliminate the wasteful and unsustainable practice of discarding fish at sea. This will result in benefits both to the marine environment and to fishermen alike, securing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 502 together. I and my officials have been working very hard for quite some time to sensitise other Member States and the European Commission to the potentially very severe impacts of Brexit on the Irish agrifood and fisheries sectors, and to the likelihood of specific supports being required in order to deal with these impacts. The institutions of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regeneration Projects Status (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department assumed responsibility for remediation works at Haulbowline Island on behalf of the Irish Government in 2012, primarily in order to comply with the terms of a CJEU judgment (Case C-494/01) under the Waste Framework Directive concerning the East Tip site. Funding for the remediation project is currently provided to my Department, in accordance with the specific conditions set...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: Heat transfer units are currently grant aided under the Dairy Equipment Scheme and Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme of TAMSII. 253 approvals have issued for this investment item with a further 35 recent applications for approval currently being assessed. My Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland already work together to avoid the risk of double funding and to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received all payments due for 2016. The participant received a zero net payment for 2017 due to penalties applied resulting from the findings of an on-farm inspection. The applicant was notified of the inspection findings on 28 August 2018. The 2018 advance payment will issue shortly. GLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017 and has received payments in respect of 2017. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can issue. This case has not yet cleared the required validation checks. Once this case...