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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The following table details the data requested by the Deputy: Scheme Year No. of Ground Eligibility Cases with area reductions over 20% under the Single Payment Scheme 2011 93 2012 64 2013 64 2014 (Provisional) 67 The data in respect of the 2014 Scheme Year is provisional as the outcomes of inspections continue to be finalised by my Department. Furthermore the number of cases...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The following table details the data requested by the Deputy. Scheme Year No. of Ground Eligibility Cases with area reductions between 3% & 20% under the Single Payment Scheme 2011 400 2012 228 2013 293 2014 (Provisional) 131 The data in respect of the 2014 Scheme Year is provisional as the outcomes of inspections continue to be finalised by my Department. Furthermore...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The holding of the person named was subject to a Cross Compliance inspection on 27 November 2013. As part of this process the person named was requested to submit to the Department specific records, as required under the Nitrates Regulations, within 2 weeks of the date of the inspection. It was identified as part of the processing of this element of the inspection, that the required...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Keepers may register their calves through an outsourced agency via a paper based application process using a 'white card' or by an “animal events” form or on-line via the internet. Keepers who do not have internet access have the option of registering their calves using approved agents who can be a Teagasc adviser, an agricultural consultant, the local vet, a family member or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 25 April 2012. One of the conditions of the above Scheme requires that any lands declared 'be used and managed by the applicant'. As the person named confirmed to my Department, by phone call, on 25 October 2012 that he was not farming any of the land parcels declared, the eligible area...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Offences (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The State has an obligation under the Common Fisheries Policy Control Regulation EU No. 1224 of 2009 and implementing Rules EU No. 404 of 2011 to assign points to a licence holder of a fishing vessel where a serious infringement has been detected. Where the SFPA detects an infringement which it determines to be serious, it will notify the licence holder that it proposes to assign the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Irish Red Cross Governance (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Whilst the Irish Red Cross Society is an independent charitable body corporate with full power to manage and administer its own affairs, I am aware that it has made substantial improvements to its governance framework in recent years which meet the standards set by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Navigation Orders (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952, all foreign military aircraft require the permission of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to overfly or land in the State. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade notifies my Department in respect of such requests.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: As part of the 2015-2017 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure (CRE) process, theDepartment of Defence submitted a detailed proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in May, 2014. Following on from this CRE submission and subsequent bilateral discussions, an overall financial envelope for the 2015-2017 period was outlined. Within this envelope, decisions on resource allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State, rests with An Garda Síochána. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) which, in practice, means to assist An Garda Síochána when requested to do so. On occasions, the Defence Forces are deployed to Shannon...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State, rests with An Garda Síochána. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) which, in practice, means to assist An Garda Síochána when requested to do so. Shannon Airport is not a military installation and on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The issue of housing and homelessness is a matter in the first instance for the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. My Department does not provide homes or accommodation for retired personnel. My Department does provide an annual subvention of €40,000 to the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women (O.N.E.). O.N.E. is dedicated to looking after...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Freedom of Information Requests (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, the Minister for Defence is head of the Freedom of Information (FOI) body in relation to the Department of Defence. Decision making functions regarding FOI requests are delegated formally to civil servants at Assistant Principal and Principal level. Requests for an internal appeal of an FOI decision are in turn...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Defence previously owned a property at Iveragh Road, Killorglin, Kerry. In 2005 Kerry County Council acquired the property for inclusion in a major town development project and in exchange a new purpose built Reserve Defence Force facility was provided on a nearby site. Following the reorganisation of the Defence Forces, the Reserve Defence Force Unit vacated the property...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: Since becoming Minister for Defence I have received two written representations from the individual referred to by the Deputy. I have also had two conversations with the solicitor for the individual concerned, in order to explore their viewpoint in the context of a future review of the case and to attempt to reach agreement on a mutually satisfactory way forward for a review.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Contracts (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 and 407 together. The MoU provides a framework for developing and furthering bilateral co-operation and relations between the Department of Defence and the UK Ministry of Defence. The signing of the MoU places already existing co-operation arrangements in the Defence area between Ireland and the UK on a more formal and transparent footing, while fully...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408, 409 and 416 together. The review of Ireland's defence policy is an issue for national consideration. However, as with the formulation of any policy, best practice and lessons learnt in other jurisdictions will always inform such policy formulation to ensure that it is robust, coherent and meets the needs of Ireland. The response to acts of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Government is committed to maintaining the stabilised strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500 personnel, comprising of 7,520 Army, 886 Air Corps and 1,094 Naval Service. Targeted recruitment has taken place so as to maintain the level of 9,500 personnel and to ensure the operational capacity of the Defence Forces. As the Permanent Defence Force is currently below the agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: The issue of defence policy is a national competence and the EU is not involved in its formulation. However, discussions are held in the context of developing an EU approach in certain areas such as military missions, defence capabilities and generic EU policies in relation to defence i.e. cyber security, maritime security etc. that affects the security of the EU as a whole. These...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, I, along with my colleague Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, have accepted the findings of the Adjudicator's Report in respect of the Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (PDFORRA) claim under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme in relation to the service limits for Privates and Corporals who...