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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: That may have been the figure under the previous-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: I can give the Deputy the figures.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: There were late applications.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: I will give the Deputy the updated figures.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: Small farmers are being looked after under Pillar 2, but they have to apply to participate in the schemes. We deliberately designed this scheme in favour of small farmers. That is why for the first ten animals a farmer receives nearly €100 per head. The figure is €80 per head after this. We deliberately tilted the scheme in favour of small farmers for the very reasons about...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The figure is 27% for farmers who have ten animals or fewer. The figure is 34% for farmers with between 11 and 20 animals; 19% for those with between 21 and 30 animals; 10% for those with between 30 and 40 animals; 5% for those witt between 40 and 50 animals; and less than 2.5% for those with between 50 and 60 animals. The biggest cohort, therefore, comprises those with between ten and 20...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: As this is an area based payment, the same rules have to apply to everybody. On the first portion of a farm, 6.6 ha, a farmer receives the higher payment. That was deliberately changed by me to ensure we would favour small farmers.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The big guy does get it, but, on average, he receives less per animal the more animals he has.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The reason the Deputy is uncomfortable is the scheme is starting to work.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: A significant proportion of applicants either have fewer than ten or 20 animals. That amounts to two thirds of applicants. The Deputy does not like the reality because, like others, he said farmers would not apply to participate in the scheme, but they have done so and in huge numbers. Some 30,000 have applied and we are writing to all of them. In time the scheme will work, as people will see.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The only way to compare it is by comparing percentages of applicants.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: This is a voluntary scheme and farmers choose to apply. It not mandatory.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The reality is that two thirds of those who have decided to apply to participate in the scheme have fewer than 20 animals. That is a good result.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bord na gCon (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: It is my fault again, is it?
- Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: Before I reply to the question, I thank colleagues for taking a very responsible approach to a very sensitive issue last week. We were anxious to get very detailed results, which we did. This has provided a great deal of reassurance to the beef industry and farming and, most important, to people who buy Irish beef. They can be sure this is an industry that is properly regulated, safe and...
- Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy asked many questions so I will try to move through them as quickly as I can. The markets are very calm with regard to this incident. People, governments and veterinary departments which understand BSE and its history understand these isolated one-off cases can happen. The important thing is how they are dealt with, and a number of people outside of Ireland have complimented me...
- Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The farm had a previous incident of BSE in 2002 and unfortunately we have had this one-off incident on the farm again. The honest answer is we cannot pinpoint exactly what caused this, because in all likelihood it was something the animal ingested six or perhaps five years ago. We are sharing our results with other countries in Europe which have had one-off cases in recent years to try to...
- Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: The property portfolio in Howth, one of six fishery harbour centres managed and operated by the Department, encompasses a range of diverse properties reflecting its remit as a working fishery harbour and its unique features which facilitate a broad range of other diverse activities which are important from both an economic and social perspective. The Department’s aim, working within...
- Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: More is being done.
- Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (1 Jul 2015)
Simon Coveney: More than the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts has commented on this. The committee chose to visit Howth, which it is entitled to do, and was shown around by people who have an interest in these properties and are looking to get access to them. The Department had an opportunity on 20 May to respond the committee's draft report on the financial management of the fishery harbour...