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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Data (20 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 provides for an indicative budget of €395m across the seven TAMS measures. A total of 9,502 applications have been approved for payment to date with expenditure totalling over €149m which includes transitional expenditure of €11m. Payments continue to issue at an average of €1.5m per week. As the following table outlines,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The All-of Government Plan to tackle climate breakdown sets out a target of cumulative abatement of between 16.5 and 18.5 Mt CO2eq over the period 2021 to 2030 for the agriculture sector. In addition, the sector will also deliver an additional 26.8 Mt CO2eq through better land use management such as afforestation and improved management of peaty grasslands. The plan identifies 34 actions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Data (20 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: One of the most referenced forecasts for food demand to 2050 is work carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), ‘World Agriculture Towards 2030/2050, The 2012 Revision’. This report predicted that if consumption patterns do not change, agricultural production will need to increase by 60% relative to 2005/2007 to meet food demand in 2050. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The interest in the Low Emissions Slurry Spreading (LESS) measure of TAMS II has been very strong with over 2,000 farmers approved to purchase machinery. In relation to payments, over 850 applicants have already been paid over €10m under the LESS Scheme. In addition, a further 495 Young Farmers have invested in this equipment bringing the total spend under TAMS II on LESS to date to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The Department has been in active engagement with stakeholders. If one has passed through airports or ports recently, one will have seen a greater awareness campaign at points of entry and exit reminding travellers not to bring back food items and, if they do, to dispose of them properly. We are fortunate that we are free of African swine fever, which is opening up market opportunities for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (25 Jun 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. 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: TAMS Appeals (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named applied for, received approval and subsequently submitted a payment claim under the Young Farmer's Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II.The claim for payment incurred a penalty due to ineligible receipts. A request for a review of this decision has been lodged by the person named. This review is being undertaken and the outcome will be notified to the person named, in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The TAMS II scheme provides grant aid for a number of investments to upgrade the energy efficiency of poultry houses under the Pigs and Poultry Investment Scheme, one of the seven measures available under TAMS II. However, the construction of new poultry housing is not grant aided under this measure.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (25 Jun 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. 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: GLAS Appeals (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The above-named partnership was approved into GLAS 1 on 1 October 2015 and received payments for scheme years 2015, 2016 and 2017. The GLAS application was subsequently rejected as the above-named partnership failed to submit a BPS application for 2018 as required under the scheme. A request was subsequently received to transfer the GLAS contract to a Herd Number from 2018 as the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named has submitted an application under the Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme of TAMS II. This application has passed all the administrative checks and will be subject to the usual ranking and selection process in the coming days, following which the applicant will be informed if the application has been approved.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy is aware, Ireland cannot unilaterally increase any TAC. The situation in relation to mackerel is that the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) advised in September 2018 that the 2019 TAC should be 318,403 tonnes - a reduction of 68% compared to 2018. ICES did, however, warn about sensitivity of the assessment to some of the data inputs. Following five...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: Minister Doyle attended the most recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council which took place in Luxembourg on 18 June 2019. Ministers exchanged views on three key items:- - A partial general approach was reached by the Council on the Commission proposal for the next European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). The fund is worth €6.14 billion and its aim is to invest in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: I have had ongoing discussions with Commissioner Hogan regarding the potential impact of a disorderly Brexit. I have stressed the need for the Commission to be ready to deploy a range of measures to mitigate the potential impacts on the agri-food and fisheries sector. Avoiding a no-deal Brexit continues to be the Government’s overriding policy priority. I am also keenly aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Central Bank of Ireland Data (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: On a quarterly basis, the Central Bank reports on SME credit statistics, which focuses on credit broken down by NACE code (the European industrial activity classification), including those related to primary agriculture. Detailed statistics are available including amounts of outstanding loans, growth rates, new lending and interest rates on outstanding amounts. The total amount outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (25 Jun 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information Data (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The data requested by the Deputy for 2018 is set out in the following table.  Number of FOI requests 2018 Granted 260 Part granted 120 Refused 61 Transferred 4 Withdrawn 50 Handled outside FOI 40

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department is the competent authority for the granting of licences for afforestation, tree felling, forest road works and aerial fertilisation. There are a number of considerations that are taken into account when assessing an application for forestry licences, and I would like to take this opportunity to outline these to you. General Guidelines and Assessments All forestry licence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The Climate Action Plan is a comprehensive Government response to the risks associated with climate change and outlines actions and strategies to reduce and manage those risks through a combination of mitigation and adaptation responses. Afforestation has a significant role to play in mitigation particularly, through carbon sequestration. Under current rules agreed as part of the EU Effort...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (25 Jun 2019)

Michael Creed: The GLAS scheme is now fully subscribed and there are no plans to reopen the scheme to new applications. Agri-environment policy is included in the CAP reform negotiations currently under way and any future schemes will be dependent on the outcome of these negotiations. In this regard, my Department has received a submission from the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations (FIBKA) which...