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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: European Union on Common Security and Defence Policy, and with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which is not in any way contradictory with Ireland's traditional position of neutrality. As the White Paper notes, the threats to international peace and national security are complex, multi-dimensional, interrelated and transnational in nature. A feature of Ireland’s policy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 7 May 2015. Processing of the application under the ANC Scheme is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the ANC application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 29 May 2015. Processing of the application under the ANC Scheme is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the ANC application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 13 May 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. Advance payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Schemes was received from the person named on 25 May 2015. Processing of the ANC application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 10 April 2015. Processing of the application under the ANC Scheme is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the ANC application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 20 May 2015. Processing of the ANC Scheme application has recently been finalised, with payment under the ANC scheme due to issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beekeeping Industry (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: A number of options to limit or ban imports of bees have been considered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, however none of these options have proven to be viable. The EU has strict bee health certification requirements which apply to the international trade in bees. In accordance with Article 3 of Council Directive 92/65/EEC European Union Member States must not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Ballydonegan Pier is owned by Cork County Council, and responsibility for the repair and maintenance of the harbour rests with the Local Authority. My Department however, provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned harbours under the annual Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme subject to available Exchequer funding and overall...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Protection Areas Designation (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is currently developing a Threat Response Plan (TRP) for Hen Harriers. That Department has also established an Inter-Departmental Steering Group, incorporating representatives from key Departments, to assist in the development of the Plan. The TRP is focusing on a number of key pressures which have been identified as impacting on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment /Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 14 May 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. Advance payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is currently developing a Threat Response Plan (TRP) for Hen Harriers. That Department has also established an Inter-Departmental Steering Group, incorporating representatives from key Departments, to assist in the development of the Plan. The TRP is focusing on a number of key pressures which have been identified as impacting on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: When determining the Initial Unit Value of a farmer’s entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015, Regulation 1307/2013 gives Member States the option to take into account any payment the farmer received in 2014 under schemes such as the Grassland Sheep Scheme. This option is only available where the Member State is not applying voluntary coupled support to the sector concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Officials of my Department carry out unannounced inspections at beef slaughtering plants to ensure that Carcase Dressing (Trim) is carried out in accordance with EU Regulations.  To date in 2015, over 38,500 carcasses were inspected during 350 inspections. The number of carcasses inspected is up almost 5% on this time last year when the number of carcasses inspected was almost 15% higher...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The action item referred to by the Deputy is the subject of ongoing examination within my Department with a view to implementation at the earliest possible opportunity. The Deputy will appreciate that in view of the wide ranging nature of the proposed review including legislation, resource and logistical aspects and also the involvement of all key stakeholders, the exercise is complex. Every...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: A number of distinct agri-environmental schemes are planned under a new locally-led measure, which is under negotiation at present with the EU. The new measure is designed to complement the approach taken under GLAS and to explore different ways of tackling specific environmental challenges at local level. Each new scheme requires to be brought in by way of a formal amendment to the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under European Commission regulations all applications must be administratively checked before any application can be approved into the scheme. Almost 27,000 GLAS applications were submitted and final checks are currently being carried out and farmers will then be notified in writing of the outcome of their application. Until this process is complete it is not possible to determine precisely...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The closing date for receipt of applications under the first tranche for the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme was the 25th September 2015. All applications received are being examined and approvals will commence when all of the required checks have been undertaken.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Expenditure (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The following table indicates the expenditure to date and the estimated remaining spend on Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 1) projects approved under the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme : Scheme Expenditure to Date €m Estimated Expenditure to end 2015 €m Total Expenditure €m Dairy Equipment 29.793 9.750 39.543 Loose Housing Sows 11.971...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme Knowledge Transfer Groups across a range of sectors, including beef, dairy and sheep, will be established. The design of the measure has been informed by experience from previous discussion groups, extensive stakeholder consultation, and the relevant EU regulations. Participants are required to attend Knowledge Transfer Group meetings and...