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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.  Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.   Bord na gCon (BnG) has informed me that fully qualified,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Raised Bog Management Plan (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises wetlands and peat soils as an important carbon pool in the Irish landscape. Reducing emissions by water table manipulation has the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions from these soils and is a means to positively contribute to our climate change mitigation ambitions. This is an important part of Agriculture's contribution to the emission reductions and is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Delegates to the Open Policy Debate on the agri-food strategy to 2030 came from a variety of sectors and organisations, including primary producers, food and drinks companies, representative organisations and associations of primary producers and food and drinks companies, artisan food producers, forestry stakeholders, research and academic institutions, State Agencies,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Appeals (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: An application for participation in Year 2 of the Sheep Welfare Scheme was received from the person named on the 23 January 2018.  In accordance with the scheme terms and conditions, the named individual was selected for an inspection and a penalty was applied following the outcome of the inspection. An appeal on the findings of the inspection was received from...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: I think I answered a parliamentary question to the Deputy yesterday on this matter. I am a big admirer of the knowledge transfer programme. As Deputy McConalogue rightly acknowledges, budget 2020 provides for the existing liabilities to be met in 2020. The question is whether we will have a knowledge transfer scheme subsequent to that. That is a matter that will be considered in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The detailed information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. It is currently being compiled and I will be in contact with the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry.  Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.   My Department is not in a position to know whether dogs,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Carcase Disposal (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: There are no restrictions in place for the movement of offal from meat processing plants other than the animal by-products must be transported by a registered haulier and the material must be transported to an EU-approved plant.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: No third parties are provided with access to the Department’s Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) system without the requisite consent of the herd keeper or where there is a legal basis to provide pertinent information.  The provision of access on AIM to meat processors is restricted to information on the specific bovine animals presented for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the required time.  The information is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: As indicated to the Deputy previously, the position is that my Department did not carry out an investigation into environmental concerns at the farm detailed. Checks were carried out in relation to digestate under Regulation 1069/2009 which includes legislation to protect ‘public and animal health’ rather than ‘environment’. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The applications referred to by the Deputy are currently under consideration by my Department in accordance with the applicable legislation. As the applications are under consideration as part of a statutory process, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The application referred to by the Deputy is currently under consideration by my Department in accordance with the applicable legislation. As the application is under consideration as part of a statutory process, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: With one exception, the applications referred to by the Deputy are currently under consideration by my Department in accordance with the applicable legislation. As these applications are under consideration as part of a statutory process it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time. In the case of T05/306A, my Department’s records indicate that this application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Section 69 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 sets out the legislative position in regard to unused aquaculture sites. Section 69 of the Act states: "(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), where aquaculture in respect of which a licence has been granted has not commenced within 2 years after the date on which the licence was granted, the licence ceases to have effect. (b) A licensee, who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted his 2017  Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application on 2 May 2017 in which he declared the lands he was farming.  He was subsequently notified on 4 December 2017 that land included on his 2017 BPS application was identified as ineligible for the purpose of a BPS payment which resulted in the creation of an over-claim...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy will be aware, the Beef Taskforce scheduled for Monday October 14 was suspended following altercations outside Agriculture House where members of the Taskforce were prevented from attending the meeting.  The Taskforce’s remit is to monitor the implementation of the actions arising from the agreement reached on 15 September and offers the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The principle of market development is already a core component of Food Wise 2025 but is particularly important now in the context of Brexit. Further increasing export opportunities and outlets for the Irish food and drinks sector remains as one of my main priorities.  My Department's market access effort includes work at political, diplomatic and technical...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department does not currently provide capital funding directly to the Irish Equine Centre (IEC), but I am aware that they have received some capital funding in recent years through Horse Racing Ireland (HRI), for IT and forensic equipment.  I have received submissions, both from HRI and the IEC itself, for state funding for a redevelopment of the Equine Centre's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (17 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has provided funding to organisations involved in protecting animal welfare since 1995, on an ex gratia basis, in order to enable these organisations provide a valuable service in the area of animal welfare.  The table at the link provides details of funding provided from 2014 - 2018. An advertisement was placed in the national press on July...