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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2014. Processing of this application has recently been completed with payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme due to issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Expenditure (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Local Authority harbours, piers and slipways are owned by the Local Authorities themselves and responsibility for their repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. My Department, however provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned piers, harbours and slipways under the annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The original PQ was answered on 29 January 2015, based on the information available to the LPIS Appeals Unit on that date. The inspection file relating to the person named, which confirmed the completion of the inspection, was not completed until after that date. The file is currently being processed and the person named has been contacted by an official of my Department to advise him...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Prosecutions have been taken under animal welfare legislation including the Protection of Animals Act, 1911 and 1965; the Animal Health and Welfare Act, 2013 which I commenced in 2014 (and which replaced the aforementioned Protection of Animals Acts) and under related EU animal welfare legislation. In terms of cases initiated by and on behalf of my Department, there is in the order of thirty...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Animal Health and Welfare Act, 2013 substantially increased the penalties for cases of animal cruelty. Under the Act, on summary conviction a person can receive a fine of up to €10,000 and on indictment €250,000 and/or imprisonment up to 5 years. There are fixed penalty payments for lesser offences. There are no plans to further increase the penalties.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases are impacted by the requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011 and who applied for derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently submitted additional information to my Department which following review unfortunately...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: A large number of studies and investigations have been undertaken by various state agencies into the production problems affecting the farm of the person concerned between 2004 and 2009. The farm issues were investigated by my own Department’s Veterinary Laboratory Service with the assistance of Teagasc and subsequently by the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 14 May 2014. Payment has not issued to the person named as the holding concerned has not satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. An appeal was received in respect of this issue and the person named was informed of the outcome of the appeal in writing on 12 January 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named participated in the Single Payment Scheme for each scheme year up to 2011. Having leased out his entitlements for the scheme years 2012 and 2013, he did not establish an automatic right to receive new entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme and was advised by my Department to transfer his entitlements permanently under the 2014 scheme year. The person named subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: From November 2014 all appointments to State boards (including Bord Bia), are subject to revised arrangements established by Government, whereby the filling of all State board vacancies is assigned to the Public Appointments Service (PAS). Under the new Guidelines on Appointments to State Boardsestablished by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, State board vacancies (with a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: There are currently 172 (162.39 in terms of full time equivalents) staff of my Department working in Government Buildings, Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is in receipt of a Defence Forces retirement pension from my Department, and I am advised that he getting his full statutory entitlements in that regard. His pension is liable to income tax and the universal social charge on the same basis as applies generally. These are statutory deductions from his pension based on specific instructions as issued periodically to my...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (5 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Defence Organisation includes civil servants, military personnel, and civilian employees attached to military installations. There are no employees of the Defence Organisation working out of the Government building specified by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The regulation in place in relation to placing rodenticides used for the control of rodents on the Irish market is ‘Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products as amended’. This is transposed into Irish law through Statutory Instrument S.I. No., 427 of 2013 as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The position is that while administrative functions have been transferred from my Department’s office in Tralee to Portlaoise, Department vets, inspectors and technical officers remain in place in Tralee and continue to provide a service to my Department’s clients across all of the schemes that are provided from this office. Thus, frontline services are being fully...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 28 April 2014, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is due to issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh ón duine ainmnithe an 08 Bealtaine 2014. De réir na dTéarmaí agus na gCoinníollacha a rialaíonn Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh, b’éigean d’úinéirí tréada comhaireamh bliantúil den líon iomlán caorach ar a ngabháltas a chur ar ais chuig mo...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The frequency and ferocity of storm events last winter, compounded by waterlogged soils on many forest sites, led to extensive damage on private and State owned forest lands. In order to establish the most appropriate response for forest owners and the forest industry a taskforce, chaired by Mr Tom Hayes TD, Minister of State, and comprising relevant forestry stakeholders was put in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the relevant EU Regulation governing the National Reserve, Member States have the option of applying objective criteria in the allocation of entitlements. The application of an off farm income limit has been included as objective criteria since the introduction of the National Reserve in 2005.The process of deciding objective criteria for the National Reserve is carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Farm Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2013 . A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that a number of the parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. On this basis , processing was finalised and the 2013 advance and balancing payments issuing...