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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim Aoníocaíochta (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar Nádúrtha faoi Shrianadh 2015 ón duine a ainmnítear an 12 Bealtaine 2015. Tá próiseáil an iarratais faoin Scéim LNS ar bun faoi láthair. Ar chríochnú an phróisis seo, déanfar athbhreithniú breise ar an iarratas ag féachaint le híocaíocht a eisiúint go...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment /Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 22 May 2015.Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme and other area based schemes an applicant, as well as meeting the Scheme criteria, is required to comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance. The holding of the person named was the subject of an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment /Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 27 March 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department avails of workforce planning to determine our current and future staffing needs. Under this process, my Department continuously assesses resource requirements, and where surplus staff is identified, they are redeployed to alternative public sector posts or work is reassigned to ensure all staff are fully employed at all times. There are currently no supernumerary positions in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named has submitted an application under the 2015 National Reserve. Processing of applications is underway which involves administrative and on farm checks and verification of land details submitted under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application. These checks are required under EU Regulations. In cases where additional information is required my Department will correspond directly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named did not submit a pplication s for either the 2014 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme s or the 2015 Basic Payment and Areas of Natural Constraint s Scheme s . Therefore, the herd owner has no entitlem ent to payment in either year under the aforementioned schemes.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2015. Processing of the application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: Neither I nor my Department have any role in relation the administration of dog pounds. These matters come under the aegis of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government. However, one of the reasons for introducing microchipping and registration of dogs is to facilitate lost dogs being reunited with their owners. To this end, it is envisaged that dog pound staff would, as a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget Submissions (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Farmers Association pre-budget submission deals with both taxation and expenditure. 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’,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: In order to effectively address the existing market disturbance in the dairy sector, the European Commission deemed it appropriate to provide grant aid to Member States in the form of a one-time financial grant as part of its recent announcement on a package . The aim of this is to support farmers in the relevant sectors who are experiencing the most acute price fall and consequences of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: In developing the shape of the new system of Direct Payments in Ireland, I have been very conscious of the needs of farmers, in particular those who farm on hill and commonage land. In general, upland and hill farmers are sheep farmers who held low value entitlements under the former Single Payment Scheme. Such farmers will benefit significantly from the model of convergence that is to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2015. I am pleased to confirm that advance payments under the Basic Payments Scheme will commence in Ireland on 16 October 2015, which is the earliest that payments can commence under the governing EU Regulations. In addition, I can confirm that the level of the advance payment is set at 70% for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme, or BDGP, was launched on 5th May last 2015. It is part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. There is funding of €300 million available within the scheme and it builds on my Department’s previous Beef Data Programme and Beef Genomics schemes. The BDGP aims to (i) address widely acknowledged weaknesses in the maternal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Offences (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy has been advised, the wide-ranging nature of the information requested requires a detailed examination of my Department's records and consultation with other Departments and relevant agencies. While much of the information gathering exercise is complete, certain information gaps remain pending aquaculture site inspections in some cases. Further consultation with relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (6 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Applications (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 28 May 2015. Processing of the application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is responsible for the six Fishery Harbour Centres located at Howth, Dunmore East, Castletownbere, Dingle, Ros an Mhíl and Killybegs. This Department is also responsible for North Harbour at Cape Clear Island and for maintaining a range of piers, lights and beacons around the coast in accordance with the 1902 ex-congested Districts...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: There is no provision under the TAMS 2 suite of measures to grant-aid land-drainage works and I have no plans at present to introduce any such measure.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 5 May 2015. Processing of the application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payments/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 5 May 2015. Processing of the application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 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...