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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 770 and 772 together. The application for a forest road works licence from the person named covers an area that is close to several designated sites including Doo Loughs, the Killarney National Parks and the Caragh River catchment.  The effects the proposed operations may have on these sites must be carefully assessed, particularly as the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: My Department is committed to ensuring that a highly skilled, motivated and efficient workforce is in place to meet on-going business needs and avails of Workforce planning to identify and assess these needs on an on-going basis. Staff recruitment is continuing in my Department at present.  Posts continue to be advertised either by the Public Appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Aid (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: The company named has not received any Covid-related subsidy from my Department.   In accordance with EU Regulation 1306/2013, my Department is obliged to ensure annual ex-post publication of all of the beneficiaries of CAP funding, both legal and non-legal persons, which shall remain available for two years from the date of the initial publication.  The details...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received all payments in respect of scheme years 2016 to 2019. Section 20 of the scheme terms and conditions outlines the circumstances where force majeure may be applied. Any applicant seeking to avail of force majeure provisions must do so, in writing, directly to GLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: According to the National Forest Inventory 2017, which is the up-to-date source of data available, the total forest cover is estimated to be 770,020 ha or 11% of the total land area of Ireland.  Of the total forest area, 391,357 ha or 50.8% is in public ownership, mainly Coillte.  Sitka spruce is the most common species growing in Ireland, occupying 51.1% of the forest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: In relation to the recent incidences of low pathogenic avian influenza to which the Deputy refers, there is no legal basis for mandatory compensation in respect of the particular subtype of the disease identified, as it is not of a subtype defined under the relevant EU legislation as notifiable.  However, my Department is currently exploring the potential for exchequer funding, in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: The EU Farm to Fork strategy was launched recently. It includes reference to a new EU model of financially supporting farmers for sequestering carbon on their farms. Under the EU Commission’s proposals for a new Common Agricultural Policy, there are options to provide support for environmental action on farms, through the establishment of a eco schemes that would make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: My Department's Brexit preparedness work has resulted in various measures being taken over the last three budgets to help the agri-food and fisheries sectors mitigate the impact of Brexit, including through the provision of low cost loans such as the €300 million Future Growth Loan Scheme and increased budgetary supports to Bord Bia for market diversification efforts in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: The data requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular form as follows. This includes late application penalty cases that were received after the 2019 closing date. Those applications that were received after June 10th 2019 are 100% late penalty cases and are included in the final column. County No. Paid No. with No Penalty No. with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: My Department works closely with Teagasc on monitoring family farm incomes and we have been engaged on the possible income effects arising from the current COVID pandemic. In common with all economic forecasting at this time, because of the uncertainty around the extent and length of the shutdown, it is not possible to use conventional modelling, so a range of price decrease scenarios are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 781 to 784, inclusive, together. The Government's primary objective for our seafood sector throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic has been to maintain fishing activity so as to ensure critical food supply lines to the domestic and European markets. For this reason, the Government classified fishing as an essential service and kept the fishery harbours...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Jun 2020)

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.  The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Jun 2020)

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.  The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 787 and 788 together. My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl under statute. In addition, my Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: Coursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon.  Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the ICC.  The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom must abide by the ICC’s rules...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: Coillte is operationally independent of my Department and matters such as the management of their forest estate, are the responsibility of the company. I have therefore passed the question raised by the Deputy to Coillte for response and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: Currently, four Member States (Finland, Greece, Hungary and Slovenia) have issued emergency authorisations for the use of products containing diquat, including for the destruction/desiccation of haulm in potato crops.  It is within the competence of individual Member States to issue such approvals, under Article 53 of Regulation EC No 1107/2009.  Diquat was non-approved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: A national Outbreak Control team has been established by the HSE to deal with all issues relating to Covid 19 in meat plants. My Department is represented on this committee and it is expected that recommendations, including any in relation to testing, will issue from this group in due course. Any clusters of cases in individual meat plants, in common with clusters in other workplaces,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Negotiations (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: On Tuesday 26th May last, I participated in a video meeting with Chief Negotiator on the Task Force for the Negotiations with the United Kingdom, Mr Michael Barnier, and the EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius, in relation to fisheries negotiations with the UK.  Fisheries Ministers from Member States most impacted by the UK withdrawal from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: I note the publications of both the Farm to Fork Strategy and the EU Biodiversity 2030 Strategy on 20 May 2020. Both are very ambitious but also challenging and provide a very clear pathway for delivering on the ambitions within the EU Green Deal of being carbon neutral by 2050. The successful delivery of these strategies and the overall ambition of the Green Deal will require, among...