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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Following the implementation of the new Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, an Area of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was introduced. This scheme replaces the former Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Less Favoured Areas Scheme. The ANC Scheme is worth €195 million annually to some 100,000 farmers and in excess of €1.3 billion over the life time of the Programme. The annual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 15 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 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: TAMS Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: A series of new Targeted Agricultural Modernisations Schemes was launched by my Department under TAMS II earlier this year. These schemes were all opened for on-line application and in some cases the period for applications under the first tranche has not yet closed. The closing date for receipt of applications under the first tranche for the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (20 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. The application of the person named was selected for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 27 May 2015. Processing of the application 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 possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 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 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: TAMS Application Numbers (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: A total of 778 applications have been received to date for the Dairy Equipment Scheme in TAMS II. The first tranche of this scheme closed on 16th October 2015 and all applications received will be examined and approvals will commence when all of the required checks have been undertaken. The company named submitted an application on the 5th of August 2015and this application will be examined...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The new GLAS agri-environmental scheme includes a number of actions that relate to the planting of trees or hedgerows. In advance of the decision to include these actions, my Department consulted in the first instance with the Forest Service to secure best advice for planting and to ensure that appropriate conditions in relation to species and provenance are applied. The first tranche of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 1 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: TAMS Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Among the eligibility criteria to qualify for the 60% grant rate in the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme in TAMS II is that an applicant must meet the requirements of set-up for the first time within five years of the date of receipt of an application under this scheme. The eligibility of a person who has their herd-number since May 2010 would therefore depend on the date of receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 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. Payment will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: I understand that objections were received to the granting of approval to plant in this case. The matter is currently under review by my Department and the person named will be notified of the outcome of the review as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be aware that on 24 July 2015 the EU Commission advised my Department of their intention to exclude a total of approximately €67.6 million from EU funding of various agricultural Direct Payment schemes for the seven year period from 2008 to 2014. This represents 0.6% of the €12 billion in EU funding for these schemes in this seven year period.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 25 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: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraint scheme application on 14 April 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Ground Eligibility inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (20 Oct 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 greater amounts than actually paid by the participants. Funding provided under the scheme comes partly from the EU and partly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: My reply to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 1st April 2015 stated that the person named was contacted requesting the necessary additional information to complete the processing of the case in question. The required amendment form for this purpose was received from the person named on 11th August 2015. The required work will soon be completed. An Official from my Department will contact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The closing date for the receipt of applications under the 2015 Basic Payment/ANC Scheme was the 29 May 2015. An application was received from the person named on 8 September 2015. However, following the submission of a successful appeal the application of the person named will be further processed with a view to payment issuing at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (20 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/ANC Schemes was received from the person named on 9 June 2015. The closing date for the receipt of applications was 29 May. However, applications received in the Department between 30 May and 23 June 2015 were also accepted but with a late penalty of 4% for each working day in that period that the application was late. Accordingly the late...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 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. Payment will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.