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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 20 April 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: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 20 April 2015. Processing of the 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: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered fifty three animals in the 2012 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Payment was made in respect of twenty three animals on the 18 April 2012, fifteen animals on the 29 April 2013 and fourteen animals on the 29 September 2015. The remaining animal is not eligible for payment as the requirements of the scheme were not met for this animal.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes was received from the person named on 26 May 2015. Processing of the application is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment under both schemes 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: Single Payment Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application from the persons named. This application has been processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme will issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named lodged his SPS application form on 28 June 2013. Under the Terms and Conditions of the 2013 Single Payment Scheme, the closing date for receipt of applications was 15 May with an additional period of 25 additional working days provided, during which applications were accepted subject to a penalty. After that period elapsed, on 10 June 2013, a 100% penalty applied....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) / Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 10 April 2015. Processing of the ANC application was recently finalised and payment issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 22 September 2015. Processing of the BPS application is also now completed and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes was received from the person named on 7 May 2015. Processing of these applications is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the applications will be further reviewed with a view to payments 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: Agriculture Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 28 April 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 for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The number of staff (and Full-Time Equivalent - FTE ) who returned to work in the Department on the completion of a career break is outlined in the following table below. Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 (up to 30-09-2015) Staff 14 (FTE 11.9) 27 (FTE 23.6) 9 (FTE 6.8) 3 (FTE 2.1)

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Budget Provisions for Vote 35 (Army Pensions) and Vote 36 (Defence) for 2015 and 2016 are as follows: - 2015 Budget Provision €m. 2016 Budget Provision €m. Vote 35 (Army Pensions) 221 224 Vote 36 (Defence) 677 680 Overall 898 904 While expenditure to date in 2015 is somewhat lower than was profiled for the Defence Vote at the beginning of the year,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Lansdowne Road Agreement (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The 2016 Estimates for Defence (Vote 36) and Army Pensions (Vote 35) reflect the provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, as follows: - The Defence Estimate ( Vote 36) gross allocation is increased by €1 m under the provision for increases in gross pay; - The Defence Estimate (Vote 36) Appropriations-in-Aid are reduced by €8 m under the provision for increases applied to the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Defence in March 2011 were the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. The only State body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Act specifies that...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am fully committed to the future development of the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) and the White Paper on Defence sets out a range of measures to further enhance the capabilities and utility of the RDF over its lifetime. The immediate challenge for both the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve is to recruit and train sufficient personnel to meet the respective establishments. A major...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Investigations (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: In December 2014, I appointed former High Court Judge, Mr. Roderick Murphy to conduct an independent review of the investigation of the death of Private Hugh Doherty and the disappearance of Private Kevin Joyce (Caomhán Seoighe) on 27 April 1981 while serving as members of the Irish Battalion with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Privates Doherty and Joyce were...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Naval Service is currently deployed to the Mediterranean sea undertaking humanitarian search and rescue operations on the basis of a bilateral agreement with Italy and pursuant to the provision of Section 3(1)(f) of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. Ireland is not currently participating in the European Union CSDP mission EUNAVFOR MED - Operation Sophia. As I stated in my reply to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Freedom of Information Requests (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am advised by the Military Authorities that a Freedom of Information application has been received in relation to this matter. A reply will issue on or before 10 November 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 500 together. The Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána have primary responsibility for the internal security of the State. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) which, in practice, means to assist An Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (3 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: Civil Service policy on leave without pay is decided centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. CivilServiceRegulationActs1956-2006, Circular 4/2013, governs Civil Servants being re-instated after taking a career break. Since March 2011 two staff members have been reinstated in my Department following Career Breaks, one in Department of Defence offices in Newbridge and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (22 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under the provisions of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, the regulation of coursing is chiefly a matter for the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon, which is the statutory body with responsibility for the improvement and development of the greyhound industry, greyhound racing and coursing. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational...