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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: The person named was approved into the GLAS 1 scheme with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received payments for scheme years 2016 - 2018. Processing of the 2019 Advance is currently at an advanced stage and it is expected the payment will issue shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I will provide the committee with a quick update on the CAP post-2020 negotiation process which has continued apace under the Finnish EU Presidency. In preparation for discussion at next week’s AGRIFISH Council, the Finnish EU Presidency has presented a progress report outlining the work done to date on the CAP legislative proposals. This report includes revised drafting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I thank members for their questions, which I will try to deal with quickly. Deputy McConalogue asked for clarity. Unfortunately, it is not possible to be absolutely clear about where we are at in respect of CAP reform until such time as we know what funding is available. The amount of funding is critical. Senator Paul Daly alluded to this in terms of the MFF issue, which is the central...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: The original timeline had this done and dusted to be up and running for 2021 but that will not happen now. It is tied to budgets etc. There are three regulations and much progress has been made in two of the three. With the CAP strategic plan, the new delivery model and compliance performance, there is more work to be done. As I said at the outset, it is not entirely satisfactory. We are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I welcome this opportunity to present this sustainability impact assessment to this committee. As in previous years, a rigorous assessment has been undertaken to examine the implications for Ireland of the EU Commission’s proposals for the fixing of total allowable catches, TACs, for the coming year. The EU Commission proposal was issued on 24 October and a number of "non-papers"...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I will try to deal with those questions in chronological order. The biggest challenge for us will be the mixed fisheries. Deputy Pringle, coming from where he does, probably understands this better than most. Haddock stocks are strong but, as he said, haddock cannot be caught on its own. One invariably ends up catching whiting or cod. We acknowledge that those stocks are particularly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: It has to be said that often some of the scientific advice that is available is accrued and facilitated by the industry working with the Marine Institute. The Marine Institute has its own boats but it also relies on the industry for assistance on the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I covered the economic assessment, the mixed fishery and the Marine Institute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I am advised that the status of almost half of the stocks is considered unknown or not defined. This is because there are many small stocks and it is not practical to collect the necessary data to have a full assessment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: My information is that the number of sustainably fished stocks went from 32 in 2018 to 35 in 2019 and the number of stocks overfished went from 16 in 2018 to 13 in 2019. There is a reduction in the number of overfished stock and a commensurate increase in the number of sustainably fished stocks. I will get the Deputy a briefing note on it. We might be trading figures back and forth and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: What is BirdWatch Ireland's assertion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I appreciate and have had engagement with BirdWatch Ireland. We are operating within a Common Fisheries Policy framework which has MSY at its heart in terms of fishing sustainably. That means one is only taking out of the pool that which can be replenished naturally. That advice is given to us by both the Marine Institute and ICES. I appreciate that BirdWatch Ireland has a view on these...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: The point appears to be that if one does not fish the stocks that are available and could be caught sustainably, there will be more there at a future stage. If I can use an agricultural analogy, it seems to be on the basis of if one lives horse, one will get grass a few years hence. The industry needs to survive today, but it must survive in a sustainable way. We base our take on the MSY...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)
Michael Creed: I appreciate the voice that non-governmental organisations, NGOs, bring to the table, and it has always been about MSY and fishing sustainably. However, it appears that as we move towards that, the request is to move beyond it, if I understand the point being made by the Deputy. If I get to a situation where we are fishing all the stocks that are important to us via MSY, I will go toe to...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019) Michael Creed: I appreciate the opportunity to present this request for a Supplementary Estimate for 2019. I am seeking the committee's approval for additional funds to contribute to the national funding element for the beef exceptional aid measure; approval to use savings on the Department's Vote to allow for extra expenditure for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, and the targeted...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019) Michael Creed: Selective amnesia, maybe.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019) Michael Creed: We are here to seek the committee's the approval of the committee for additional funding for the Department. Deputy McConalogue alluded to an underspend. On the contrary, we will require more money to keep the show on the road. We have secured that agreement from the Department of Finance and now seek ratification for that by the committee, which was the case in 2018. For two successive...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019) Michael Creed: No dealer number will get a payment under this scheme, and we gave that commitment early on.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019) Michael Creed: I reiterate that no dealer herd number will get a payment under BEAM.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019) Michael Creed: The Deputy inferred that the person was somehow able to game the scheme.