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

Michael Creed: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) is to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. Applications for BEAM were accepted from the 19th of August to the 20th of September 2019. There are 134 partnerships with two or more herd numbers that...

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

Michael Creed: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) is to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. Applications for BEAM were accepted from the 19th of August to the 20th of September 2019. There are 492 partnerships with one herd number that should...

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

Michael Creed: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) is to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. BEAM is funded by a combination of EU aid and Exchequer support, provided in light of the difficult circumstances that Irish beef farmers have been facing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2019 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes application on the 8th May 2019. 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 application of the person named was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wool Forum (5 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I thank the Senator for his question. I apologise to the House for being late. I was engaged on the Order of Business in the Dáil. Wool production is an important component of the Irish agri-industry. There are approximately 45,500 sheep flock-keepers registered on my Department's database. The 2018 census returns indicate that a total of 3.73 million sheep were kept in the country...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wool Forum (5 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I thank the Senator for raising the matter. It is an extraordinary resource and it is regrettable, given the way markets have evolved, that a product of this quality, which is a natural fabric, has been displaced in many of its traditional markets over many years. We were probably all reared in households where there was always a ball of wool over the mantlepiece. That day is long gone....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has fully processed the transfer of entitlements with land for the person named and his 2019 BPS payment has issued.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (6 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 162 together. The parties to the agreement were Meat Industry Ireland and the farm bodies represented at the talks. Meat Industry Ireland (MII) have confirmed that the company named is not a member of MII, and that this company does not buy or process cattle. The independent chair of the Beef Taskforce is currently working with all stakeholders to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (6 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The persons named have submitted an application for grant aid under tranche 15 of the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme which closed for applications on 4 October 2019. All applications received in any given tranche of TAMS II are subject to an initial administrative check. All of the applications that pass this initial check, are then subject to the ranking and selection process as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Directive (EU) 2019/633 on Unfair Trading Practices in Business-to-Business Relationships in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain (UTP Directive), came into force on 30 April 2019. EU Law requires that the Directive must be transposed into national law by 1 May 2021 and will apply in national law no later than from 1 November 2021. The UTP Directive requires the establishment of an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (7 Nov 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 (BnG) is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In August 2019, BnG announced the establishment of a separate Care Fund dedicated to funding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: At the most recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council which took place in Luxembourg on 14-15 October 2019, the Finnish Presidency presented a ‘state-of-play’ on discussions of the CAP post-2020 reform package, where my Ministerial colleagues and I exchanged views on the key issues that are deemed to require further consideration.   One such issue is the proposed new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: On 31 October, the Commission presented two proposals to provide for transitional regulations to bridge the period between the current CAP programming period (2014-2020) and the CAP post-2020 (2021-2027). Such transitional measures are normal between programming periods where a gap arises due to a delay finalising the new EU Budget and CAP regulations. The proposals provide for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Social Farming Initiatives (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Social farming is the practice of offering, on a voluntary basis, farming and horticultural participation in a farming environment as a choice to people who avail of a range of therapeutic day support services. A number of Social Farming initiatives are currently being implemented across the country and contracts for these have recently been extended for a further year with associated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: EU regulations governing the administration of the Basic Payment Scheme, the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme and other area-based schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing (Satellite) inspections where applicable, are fully completed to ensure eligibility with the various schemes requirements before any payments issue. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: EU regulations governing the administration of the Basic Payment Scheme, the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme and other area-based schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing (Satellite) inspections where applicable, are fully completed to ensure eligibility with the various schemes requirements before any payments issue. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2020 (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. In Budget 2020, I have provided almost €85 million in targeted schemes to support sustainable beef farming. This includes almost €45 million for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), and a further €40 million for targeted supports. This €40 million allocation will be from exchequer funds, and it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The Economics and Planning Division within DAFM carries out Spending Reviews on existing policies in conjunction with the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). The Spending Review mechanism is a three-year policy evaluation process to improve how Government spending is allocated and maintained. The objective of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named does not hold any basic payment entitlements and so is not due payment under this scheme. If the Deputy has any further relevant documentation he wants to submit, the case will be re-examined.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (7 Nov 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. Bord na gCon has informed me that it is satisfied in its approach in calculating injuries and...