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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: As new ships come in old ships go out. We have a policy around an eight ship Naval Service and that is the policy for the foreseeable future. When the next Naval Service ship,LE James Joyce, arrives in a couple of months time, the LE Aoifewill be decommissioned and sold. Some 12 months after that, the next ship will arrive so that we will have the LE Samuel Beckett, LE James Joyceand the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The LE Aoifewill be decommissioned next and theLE Aisling will follow.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The main specifications of the new offshore patrol vessels as they are know, is that they can accommodate a crew of 54 personnel, 44 ships company and ten trainees. It is capable of operations for 21 days or three weeks. It will provide strong operational capability for up to 40 years service. The current fleet has a recommendation of about 30 years. TheLE Aoifewas commissioned in 1979...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Let me say it might put a bit of manners on members and they might start to appreciate what the Naval Service does for this country. The new vessels have a longer deck area which would accommodate remotely operated submersibles and decompression chambers for divers. This is to facilitate more effective search and rescue missions, black box retrieval and a close review of the ocean...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I do not have an exact cost but two ships have had historical issues in terms of asbestos usage on the ships. That needs to be addressed and is being addressed. A third ship is undergoing survey work. My understanding is that by the end of the first quarter of next year, that issue will be fully resolved. This will be met within existing maintenance budgets. This is unfortunately time...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: There are a number of matters. First, I am glad to hear I am not the only one who is a big fan of the Army Equitation School. I have visited it, walked through it and spent some time there talking to the riders. I consider it to be a valuable addition to the Irish Defence Forces that will not be undermined and hopefully will be enhanced significantly during my time in office. Clearly,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 8 April 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The EU Regulations also require that where it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Farm Payment scheme was received from the person named on 17 April 2013 without any lands being declared. Following the submission of an appeal on 18 September 2014, this case was further reviewed, the appeal was deemed successful and 8.76 hectares have been added to the application. In this regard 8.76 entitlements have now been restored in full to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Under the Terms and Conditions of the Single Payment Scheme and other area based schemes an applicant, as well as meeting the Scheme criteria, is required to comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance. A report detailing findings of an inspection carried out by Kerry County Council on 12 February 2014 was referred to my Department’s Cross Compliance Unit for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 30 April 2014.Processing of this application was recently finalised and payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was issued on 26 November 2014, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Forest Service Inspector reported that the applicant’s plantation is showing signs of prolonged nutrient deficiency and, therefore, it is not up to the standard required under the grant-aid scheme. The applicant wrote to the Forest Service in November 2014 and confirmed foliar samples will be taken for analysis from the forest in the coming weeks. Until the samples are taken, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: A review of the lands declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme revealed that a number of the land parcels declared contained ineligible features. In order to clarify the position regarding the level of ineligible features, my Department arranged for a ground verification check to be undertaken. The findings of this verification check were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Expenditure (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 28 April 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The EU Regulations also require that where it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that some commonage farmers have concerns regarding the proposed implementation of commonage management plans in the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS). In response to the reservations expressed by farmers representatives on this particular point, I revised the minimum participation rate downwards from 80% to 50%. I think it is particularly important to point out that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The areas declared by the person named were reviewed as part of the comprehensive review of all land parcel data maintained on my Department’s Land Parcel Identification System and over-claims totalling 2.14 hectares were identified, which represented in excess of 20% of the area determined in 2013. The person named had received a payment of €1,799.81 on 2 October 2013 under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment /Disadvantaged Areas Schemes was received from the person named on 14 May 2013. The application was processed and finalised with an advance Single Payment issuing on 16thOctober 2013 and balancing Single Payment issuing on 2ndDecember 2013. A full Disadvantaged Areas Scheme payment issued on 24thSeptember 2013. All payments issued directly to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Payment due under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme and 2011 Disadvantaged Area Scheme issued under the joint herd number of the person named and the deceased. My Department is currently examining the entitlement of the person named and the estate of the deceased for subsequent years. The person named did not lodge an application under the 2012 Schemes nor did he declare any land under the 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 15 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The EU Regulations also require that where it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2012 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from 1stMay 2013 and has received 75% payment in respect of the 2013 Scheme year. The person named was selected for a ground inspection which took place on 29thApril 2014. During this inspection, areas of non-compliance with the Terms and Condition of the Scheme were noted in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 7 April 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The EU Regulations also require that where it...