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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 5 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: GLAS Applications (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that Teagasc wrote to some of their clients advising that they did not have the capacity to submit their GLAS plans by 15 May 2015. This is a matter between Teagasc and their client base and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the issue or indeed to become involved in matters which are of a contractual nature between the parties involved. While Teagasc indicated to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that Teagasc wrote to some of their clients advising that they did not have the capacity to submit their GLAS plans by 15 May 2015. This is a matter between Teagasc and their client base and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the issue or indeed to become involved in matters which are of a contractual nature between the parties involved. While Teagasc indicated to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 13 March 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: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 16 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: Single Payment Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments / Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2015. Processing the ANC Scheme application has recently been finalised. Payment has now issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named. In relation to the Basic Payment Scheme and Greening Payment, I am pleased to confirm that advance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. The cross-checks for the 2015 AEOS scheme year can only take place following the finalisation of the BPS applications for 2015 and the issuing of BPS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 18 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: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (14 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. The application of the person named was selected for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 4 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: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 7 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: Agriculture Scheme Data (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 23 September 2015. To date, payments worth €156,239,607 have issued nationally to some 73,813 applicants. Payment will continue to issue on a twice weekly basis, as individual cases are confirmed eligible. At this date last year, 77,260 farmers had been paid €162,298,829. Given the two week...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme forms part of Irelands Rural Development Programme, and will involve a budget of some €300m over a six year period. It is intended to improve the quality of the national suckler herd and deliver an accelerated improvement in the environmental sustainability of the beef herd through the application of genomics technology. A total of 27,790...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: On the basis of the plans submitted for the 27,000 applications received to date under Tranche 1 of GLAS, it is clear that we have already met or exceeded our targets for the entire RDP period for the Low Input Permanent Pasture action. For this reason, it is proposed to adjust the provision for the Low Input Permanent Pasture (LIPP) action under the second tranche of GLAS, given that we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The vast majority of farmers applying for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) will have significantly more land than is required in order to receive full payment. It iss important to note that the requirement to retain 80% of land refers to 80% of the reference hectares submitted under the scheme and not 80% of his overall holding. As an example, a farmer with 10 calved cows and a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was paid his 75% 2014 REPS4 payment in the amount of €1,137.07 in June 2015. A deduction in the amount of €2,021.29 had been made to his gross payment and the person named was notified of the reason for the penalties by letter from the Department. The balancing 25% 2014 payment due in the amount of €1,052.79 was made in early July 2015 and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 21 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: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: No application for the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme has been received to date from the person named. An official from my department has been in contact with the Agricultural Advisor who represents the individual concerned, and the application is in the process of being submitted to the relevant unit. Upon receipt of the application, it will be processed at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 30 March 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 Appeals (14 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 19 May 2015. During processing of his application, dual claim errors arose in respect of two of the parcels declared. Subsequently, confirmation was received that the person named was not entitled to declare these parcels. The person named requested the...