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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department commissioned UCD, in April 2018, to carry out research to identify the barriers to the uptake of the School Milk Scheme. The background to this decision is that the EU School Milk Scheme merged with the EU School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme on 1 August 2017 to form a Single School Scheme under a joint EU legal and financial framework. Under this new Regulatory framework,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: In accordance with the six-year Statement of Strategy for the implementation of the School Scheme in Ireland (1 August 2017 – 31 July 2023) my Department projects that 700 schools and 120,000 children will participate in the School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme in the current school year (2018/19). 692 schools participated in the school year 2017/2018. Subject to available funding, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Under the current Rural Development Regulation (and subsequent amendments under the Omnibus Regulation), Member States are required to change the approach to the designation of land under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme. Before this year, my Department had been identifying eligible areas using a range of socio economic indicators such as family farm income, population density,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Further to the completion of the review of eligible lands under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme, which was required by EU regulation, my Department wrote to all impacted farmers advising of the status of their lands under the 2019 ANC scheme. These letters included a form to instigate an appeal. The appeals form is also available on www.agriculture.gov.ie. For any farmer who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: In January of this year, the French authorities responded to a ruling of a French administrative tribunal in Lyon by removing the product “Roundup Pro 360” from its register of authorised plant protection products. The tribunal ruled that ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety) should have given more weight to potential safety risks when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial State Body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. I last met officials from Horse Racing Ireland (HRI), on Thursday 28th February 2019 with officials from my Department. HRI's Chairperson, Mr Nicky Hartery, joined the discussions via teleconference from London. The items discussed during...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The standards required for participation in the Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) are set out on the Bord Bia website: Requirements for cattle to meet the SBLAS standard include that the animal must have spent the last 70 days (unbroken) in the Quality Assured Chain - this does not preclude movements from one SBLAS farm to another SBLAS farm, including through a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (12 Mar 2019)

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. Procurement of the services referred to by the Deputy is an operational matter for the various harbour users in Killybegs and the services in question are procured directly by them from the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, which is operated and maintained by my Department, was designated as a Fishery Harbour Centre (FHC) under Statutory Instrument No, 210 of 1969. Its current boundary is defined in Statutory Instrument No. 235 of 1987 which includes a map showing the FHC area, a copy of which is at the link for the Deputy’s information.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: An application for Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme in relation to the contract referenced was received in my Department in December 1998. The application was approved for participation in the scheme and over the duration of the contract, the Afforestation Grant, the Maintenance Grant and all premiums have been paid, with the final (twentieth) premium paid in January 2018. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is the regulatory body for all horseracing in Ireland. The Board is a company limited by guarantee set up by the Turf Club (established 1790) and the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee (established 1866) for the purpose of carrying out the regulatory and licensing functions for Irish horseracing. The role of the IHRB is provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Mar 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. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bord na gCon and therefore the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The Irish Kennel Club is a private organisation and, therefore, any decisions taken by it are strictly a matter for its members. However, I understand that the Irish Kennel Club have indicated to my Department that they will not be attending the dog show in question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Status of the Actions The bioeconomy provides economic opportunities for farmers, foresters and the agri-food industry to use renewable biological resources from land and sea – such as crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms – to produce food, materials and energy in a sustainable and circular manner. My department contributed to the development of the National Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available in the format required, but will be sent to the Deputy separately as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department is fully committed to maximising the potential of the Sport Horse industry and continues to provide support to it both financially and with policy initiatives. I have demonstrated my commitment to the industry by increasing the budget allocated to Horse Sport Ireland from €2.0m in 2017 to €2.5m in 2018 and I have approved a further increase of €500,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 to 496, inclusive, together. Four companies were authorised to register owner details of dog microchips by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. They do not provide data to the Department and there is therefore no central database maintained within my Department. However, all of these companies provide details of the chips they hold to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord Bia operates a series of quality assurance schemes for the food industry, full details on which can be sourced at . Logos have been developed to promote the QASs to the consumer and can only be used on product by members of Bord Bia QASs. Where a logo is to be used on product, all links in the production of the finished product must be QAS Certified members. There are currently a number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: The rules with regard to eligibility of agricultural land to draw down payment are set out in detail in both the Terms and Conditions document for the Basic Payment/Greening Scheme that is provided to each farmer annually and in the 2015 Guide to Land Eligibility. It is the responsibility of each claimant to assure themselves that their lands meet the relevant conditions to be deemed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Export Credit Insurance (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: There is no export credit insurance scheme in place and there are currently no plans to develop such a scheme. I understand that, under the 2017 Action Plan for Jobs, a High Level Group chaired by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (DBEI) was established to progress the development of an export finance strategy for Ireland. The group's work led to the development of the...