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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: To date, 43,051 GLAS participants have received their 2019 advance payment. In addition, GLAS Plus payments have also been paid to 1,617 GLAS farmers. This amounts to over €152m paid since 2019 payments commenced on 4 November 2019 and equates to 93% of eligible cases paid. My Department is working closely with GLAS farmers and their advisors to ensure that payments issue to compliant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Data (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: Payments under the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) are currently being processed and any data provided to the Deputy at this stage will be incomplete. I will arrange for the information requested to be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2019 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraints schemes application on 8th May 2019. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including, in some cases, Ground Eligibility inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (12 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department regularly engages with the Environmental Pillar on all aspects of policy and the Deputy should be aware that the Pillar have been invited to be represented on the new Stakeholder Committee to develop Ireland’s Agri-Food Strategy to 2030. My Department’s Corporate Governance Framework reiterates the Department’s mission, which is to “lead,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: It is indeed reassuring to see the interest young people have in climate change, the most pressing issue of their generation and one which affects all our futures.  As you know this Government has declared climate change a national emergency and has put in place a roadmap for decarbonisation under the Climate Action Plan 2019.  The Plan contains ambitious targets in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The objective of the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) is to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality date on herd performance, supporting decision making on farm. 19,135 valid applications were received for the Pilot with 16,424 of those subsequently carrying out the required actions and receiving payments totalling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The Organic Farming Scheme is one of the most successful schemes under our current Rural Development Programme with a budget of €56m allocated for the period 2014 to 2020. The Scheme has more than achieved its targets in terms of new land converted and the maintenance of organic land. The area of land under organic production has expanded...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: For the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme, donkeys will continue to be eligible for consideration towards an applicant's stocking density requirements.  However, following consultation with stakeholders in advance of the 2019 ANC scheme, it was decided to introduce changes in the scheme stocking requirement in relation to donkeys.   From the 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: Payments under a range of schemes have been issuing from my Department since September and, in that time, over €1.7 billion has been paid to farmers.  Two of the  main schemes under which payments are currently issuing are the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Areas of Natural Constraints scheme (ANC) Under EU Regulations, all applications under these schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: Border Inspection Posts are the facilities at which veterinary inspections are undertaken on products and animals entering the European Union from Third Counties before they are allowed to be placed on the Single Market.  A range of controls are carried out to ensure that the products or animals pose no dangers to human or animal health. In February of this year, officials from my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 492 and 493 together. The Forestry Act 2014, which was commenced in May 2017, amended the Agriculture Appeals Act, 2001, to allow appeals against decisions of my Department concerning licence applications for forestry felling, planting, forest roads and aerial fertilisation to be dealt with by a Forestry Appeals Committee. I subsequently established the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017 and has received payments in respect of scheme years 2017 and 2018. The 2019 claim is currently progressing through the required validation checks and payment is expected to issue shortly.  GLAS payments are continuing to issue on a weekly basis.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received payments for scheme years 2015-2018. During the processing of the 2019 claim, an issue was identified with a Farmland Habitat (Private Natura) claim that requires further checking. Once the issue is resolved, the 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The current Afforestation Scheme provides grants that cover the full cost of establishment of the plantation and payment of annual premiums to incentivise planting.  The contract for establishing a forest on a specific area is signed between the owner(s) of the land and my Department. There is no third-party involvement in afforestation contracts. Applicants may...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Dec 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.  Under the terms of that regulation, and the scheme as notified to the European Commission, it is not possible to open a second round of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: This measure was born from the fact that the early months of 2019 were very challenging for beef farmers, in particular, following a difficult year for farm incomes in 2018 due to weather conditions. There was a prolonged and exceptional period of depressed prices since the previous autumn, with the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the outcome of Brexit, among other factors, contributing to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) database is a generic system which manages information on livestock including the identification, registration and movement of bovine animals. No third parties are provided with access to the AIM system without the requisite consent of the herd keeper or where there is a legal basis to provide pertinent information. Third...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (17 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: As part of the TB eradication programme, beef finishing herds, if they meet the necessary criteria, are allowed to avail of a special status, termed “Controlled Finishing Unit (CFU)” (formerly known as "feedlots").   Where a herd meets the criteria to be regarded as a CFU under the programme, the herd is restricted under the TB Regulations and a special...