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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (18 Nov 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 on farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: Processing of the above application under the Basic Payment Scheme has recently been finalised and payment will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the persons named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Conservation (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The value of honey bees as pollinators far exceeds their value as honey producers. In 2008 the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government estimated the value of pollinators (including honey bees) for Irish food crops was worth at least €53m. This does not include the value of pollinators in terms of non-food crops and maintaining bio-diversity in the wild....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a 2015 Private Contract Clause application from the person named. This application has been processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The BVD Implementation Group has concluded that early removal of PI animals is essential for the success of the industry led Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme. In view of this, earlier this year, my Department wrote to farmers who had retained PI animals stating that it was expected that some movement controls aimed at protecting the vast majority of clear herds would be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: Applicants to the 2015 National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme who had not yet commenced their FETAC Level 6 or equivalent agricultural education course were required to register for training with an agricultural education provider prior to submitting their application under the schemes. The education provider issued the prospective applicant with an expression of interest letter which the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes was received from the person named on 28 May 2015. Processing of the application under both schemes has recently been finalised and payment will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (18 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The GLAS application of the person named includes the Rare Breed Action. Persons selecting this action must provide proof of membership of the relevant breed society in 2012 or 2013 and the requirements for this, together with the names of the relevant societies, is clearly set out in the scheme specifications. The Irish Horse Board is the keeper of the stud book for the Irish Draught Horse...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Exemptions (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: Taxation policy is primarily the responsibility of the Minister for Finance. However I have on-going contact with Minister Noonan to ensure that taxation policy reflects the Government’s commitment to agriculture, as evidenced by our cooperation on the ‘Agri-taxation Review’ and its implementation over the last two Budgets. Assisting succession and the transfer of farms...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253, 280, 286 and 288 together. The fishing opportunities available to vessels, including within the Irish Exclusive Fishery Zone (EFZ) for 2015 are set out in TAC and Quota Regulation (Council Regulation (EU) 104/2015 dated 19 January 2015) on a stock by stock basis. In addition to the TACs and quotas set down each year by the Fisheries Council, under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: To date a total of 24,830 farmers have been approved under the GLAS scheme of which 22,898 have been given a 1 October commencement date. There are an additional circa 2,000 applications that have had validation queries raised on them, which are being examined systematically by my Department. I expect the vast bulk of these to be reviewed and re-processed very shortly. The information...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together. An application under the 2015 Basic Payments (BPS)/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Schemes was received from the person named on 12 May 2015. The application for the ANC Scheme is integrated into the BPS application form and in order to apply for the ANC Scheme, applicants are requested to tick a box on the BPS application form. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes was received from the person named on 27 May 2015. Processing of the application under both schemes has recently been finalised and payment will issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently examining approximately 400 cases that submitted invoices from one particular company to verify and support claims under the non-productive capital investment action of AEOS. It is known that in some cases the invoices submitted were for amounts different to those actually paid by the participants. Funding provided under the scheme comes partly from the EU and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 27 May 2015. Processing of the application under both schemes has recently been finalised and payment will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 29 May 2015. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payment will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named applied to participate in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) 2015-2020. The Terms and Conditions of the Scheme state that the number of cows that calved in a participants herd in 2014 shall be the reference number of animals for the BDGP but that in certain limited circumstances the number of cows that calved in 2015 may be permitted as the number of reference...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 29 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. The application of the person named was selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department. This application sought a change of legal entity from the person named to a Company name. As the person named had not changed his herd number from his own name into the Company name it was not possible to process the change of legal entity application. An official from my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (17 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 introduced a new fleet licensing policy aimed at ensuring equity, transparency and introducing an independent appeals process. The Act transferred the functions of sea-fishing boat licensing to the Licensing Authority for Sea-Fishing Boats which operates on an independent basis subject to criteria set out in section 3 of the Act and Ministerial Policy...