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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: In July 2019, Iceland communicated its decision to the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to increase its unilateral quota for mackerel for 2019 from 107,000 to 140,000 tonnes. As a result, the share of the Icelandic unilateral quota has effectively increased to 21.5% of the overall TAC. Since 2014, they have had an average unilateral TAC of 16.5% - well in excess of the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The Knowledge Transfer (KT) Programme, which was funded under the Rural Development Programme(RDP) 2014 -2020, concluded in August 2019, as provided in the Rural Development Programme. Budget 2020 provides for residual payments under this programme. I am fully committed to the future of the Knowledge Transfer Programme however, and will be working in 2020, towards the development of a new...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: There have been a series of formal negotiations with beef sector stakeholders, facilitated by my Department, since early August, culminating in an agreement being reached between stakeholders on Sunday 15 September. The full text of the Agreement is available on my Department's website: The Agreement involves a number of interventions which will provide immediate benefit for beef producers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Expenditure (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) is to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. BEAM is funded by a combination of EU aid and Exchequer support, provided in light of the difficult circumstances that Irish beef farmers have been facing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The Irish Government has provided significant financial support to the beef sector over the past number of years through national funding and the rural development programme. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) provides Irish beef farmers with up to €300 million in funding over the current Rural Development Programme (RDP) and provides a high degree of important performance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The All-of Government Plan to tackle climate breakdown sets out a target to reduce emissions from 20.2mt in 2017 to less than 19mt by 2030; equating to cumulative abatement of between 16.5 and 18.5 Mt CO2eq over the period 2021 to 2030 for the agriculture, sector. In addition, the sector will also deliver an additional 26.8 Mt CO2eq cumulative abatement through better land use management such...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon (BnG) 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. BnG has assured me that it continues to make significant progress in the areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The new legislative proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy 2021 - 2027 were launched in June 2018 by Commissioner Hogan. The proposals, as drafted, involve significant changes, including in relation to governance, the distribution of direct payments among farmers and the increasing environmental conditionality attaching to such payments. There will be some additional discretion for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: I want to take this opportunity to emphasise my commitment to agri-environment schemes in general which recognise the vital role farmers play in delivering public goods which will enhance Ireland’s sustainability credentials into the future. This was demonstrated by the extra €5million allocated to agri-environment schemes in the recent budget, bringing the total allocation for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) is a measure funded by the Rural Development Programme (2014-2020). GLAS promotes practices to assist the preservation of habitats and species as well as addressing the issues of climate change mitigation and water quality, in support of sustainable Irish agriculture. Since the launch of GLAS tranche 1 in 2015, the Scheme has been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: There have been a series of formal negotiations with beef sector stakeholders, facilitated by my Department, since early August, culminating in an agreement being reached between stakeholders on Sunday 15 September. The full text of the Agreement is available on my Department's website: The Agreement involves a number of interventions which will provide immediate benefit for beef producers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: I have introduced a number of supports to assist farmers and the agri-food sector in preparing to address the challenges posed by Brexit. These include most recently: - the €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme for Brexit-impacted SMEs and mid-cap businesses whose funding arrangements ensure that at least 40% of the fund is available to food businesses. Up to 4 October 2019, 754 loans...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: There have been a series of formal negotiations with beef sector stakeholders, facilitated by my Department, since early August, culminating in an agreement being reached between stakeholders on Sunday 15 September. The full text of the Agreement is available on my Department's website: The Agreement involves a number of interventions which will provide immediate benefit for beef producers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: I have had ongoing discussions with Commissioner Hogan and Commission officials in regard to the significant beef market disturbance which has already occurred, and particularly in relation to the threat posed to the beef sector in Ireland, as well as in other Member States, by a No-Deal Brexit. I raised these issues again during a bilateral yesterday en marge of the Agriculture Council in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon (BnG) 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. Instances of fatalities in greyhounds at stadia are extremely rare and are regrettable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: I have had ongoing discussions with Commissioner Hogan and Commission officials in regard to the significant beef market disturbance which has already occurred, and particularly in relation to the threat posed to the beef sector in Ireland, as well as in other Member States, by a No-Deal Brexit. I raised these issues again during a bilateral yesterday en marge of the Agriculture Council in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: There have been a series of formal negotiations with beef sector stakeholders, facilitated by my Department, since early August, culminating in an agreement being reached between stakeholders on Sunday 15 September. The full text of the Agreement is available on my Department's website: I have established a Beef Market Taskforce to provide the leadership to develop a sustainable pathway...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Latest figures indicate that there are now some 72,000 hectares under organic production in Ireland, an increase of nearly 50% on the position at the start of the current Rural Development Programme in 2014. Following the recommendation of the Organic Strategy Group, my colleague Minister Doyle announced the re-opening of the Organic Farming Scheme on a targeted basis on the 19 November...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: Applications under the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure(BEAM) were accepted from 19 August until 20 September of this year. In total 34,517 applications were received with a potential total payment of €78,192,380. Arrangements for the processing of these applications are in place in order to ensure the timely issuing of payments under the measure in December of this year. Some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: The overall indicative budget for TAMS II for the full duration of the Rural Development Programme (2014-2020) is €395m. The annual budget allocations are, of course, subject of the usual national budgetary processes. I was very pleased, therefore, to announce that the 2020 budget for TAMS II payments will amount to €81.5m. This represents an increase of over 17% on the 2019...