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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Equine slaughter plants whose meat is destined for human consumption must meet the requirements set out in detailed EU regulations relating to food safety and animal health and welfare. Primary responsibility for compliance with these regulatory requirements rests, in the first instance, with the food business operators. There are currently two such equine slaughtering plants in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards Regulation (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Regulation (EC) No. 178 of 2002, which sets out the general principles and requirements of EU food law, stipulates among other things, that food business operators at all stages of production, processing and distribution within the businesses under their control must ensure that foods satisfy the requirements of food law and that these requirements are met. With regard to traceability,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cyber Security Protocols (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has invested considerable resources to protect the information that it needs to support the wide range of activities that it carries out and has experienced and trained staff dedicated to the prevention/detection of and the response to any cybersecurity threats. My Department’s computer systems are independently certified to meet the ISO 27001:2013...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received payments in respect of 2016, 2017 and the 2018 Advance. This participant is claiming for the Hen Harrier action under GLAS. GLAS officials are currently working to complete updates to the GLAS contract. Once the required updates...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Ireland’s nitrates derogation provides farmers an opportunity to farm at higher stocking rates, above 170 kg livestock manure nitrogen/ ha, subject to additional conditions designed to protect the environment. The derogation is an important facility for more than 7,000 farmers. Derogation farmers make up 6% of bovine farmers, 11% of the land area but have 20% of the bovine livestock...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The All-of-Government Plan to tackle climate breakdown identifies a series of actions for the agriculture, forestry and land-use sector that will contribute to our transition to a low carbon economy and society across abatement measures, carbon sequestration measures and displacement of fossil fuels. These actions in this all-of-government plan are informed by the recent Teagasc Marginal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Indigenous renewable energy plays a vital role in our domestic fuel mix and will become even more important in the context of reducing our reliance on imported fuels and in meeting our challenging renewable energy targets for 2020 and 2030 and decarbonising our energy systems by 2050.  My Department is committed to working closely with the Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Soil Organic Carbon can play a significant role in the land use sector in mitigating greenhouse gases and ensuring the environmental integrity of the access to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) credits provided in the EU regulations agreed in June 2018. At a national level, the Government’s Climate Action Plan contains 14 actions relating to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The use of organic manures is important in supplying key nutrients for our cropping and grass based systems of production. Farmers are required to adhere to best practice as set out by the Nitrates Regulation (SI 605/2016) and the Nitrates Explanatory Handbook for Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Water Regulations 2018. The implementation of these are through the Nitrates...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Living Wage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Based on the introduction of a minimal threshold hourly rate of €12.30, the estimated additional annual payroll cost for staff employed by my Department would be approximately €783,500. It should be noted that this figure does not include the costs associated with the employment of temporary Clerical Officers. The parallel information in respect of State...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has two commitments under the Programme for Partnership Government in relation to farm inspections and penalties. The first relates to the simplification measures for the inspection regime and the implementation of the proposed 'yellow card system'. As part of the annual inspection programme required under the EU regulations governing the Direct Payments Schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available.  I will arrange for the information to be compiled and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has not had any capital projects delayed under Project Ireland 2040.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Project Ireland 2040 (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is available at the following link:

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: An application was received under the 2017 Sheep Welfare scheme from the person named on 20 January 2017 and he has been paid in full for 2017.   Under the terms and conditions of the scheme, applicants who wished to continue in the scheme for 2018 were required to complete and return a Sheep Welfare Scheme continuance sheet prior to a closing date of 2nd...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is available at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: It is not possible to provide a comprehensive response to the Deputy in the required timeframe. I will arrange for a reply to be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The China Council was established by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in order to adopt a more structured and cohesive approach to the Chinese market by Irish companies. The Council facilitates the formation of collectives, whereby companies come together to form a group/collective to pool resources and lower market development costs.  The council provides a forum for the members to promote the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Much of the information the Deputy has requested is contained within the documentation attaching to the consultation paper on the Review of Trawling within the Six Nautical Mile Zone. To inform the review and consideration of fishing access inside the 6 nautical mile zone, the Department requested that the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara conduct an analysis, from existing data...