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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Language (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: Following cross-party support in the Houses of the Oireachtas the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, was published in December 2010. The Strategy sets out nine areas for action including public services. Among the objectives of the Strategy is to increase the number of people who use State services through the medium of Irish. The Programme for Government 2011-2016 states that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table below and relates to Non – Foreshore licensed sites. Statistical information with regard to the number of persons employed on these licensed sites is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy. However, my Department has asked Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) to collate these figures and I will be glad to forward...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Department’s records indicate that in 2014, the amount of nitrogen from livestock manure applied to land on the holding of the person named above (including that deposited by animals was 180 kg per hectare. The limit set down in the Nitrates Regulations is 170 kgs of Organic Nitrogen per hectare per calendar year, unless an approved Nitrates Derogation is in place, which allows...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Data (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The number of eligible applications received from farmers in Longford under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme was 2,28 7 and the number received from farmers in Westmeath was 2,8 52 . A breakdown of the figures requested is below: Longford Category Num ber of farmers p aid % total paid in category Under € 10 , 000 1,694 74.07% € 10 , 00 1 to €2 0 , 000 410 17.93...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The initial response to GLAS is very positive and I am pleased to say that 15,037 applications have been created on the GLAS on-line application system, with the following County breakdown: County No. of Applications Carlow 212 Cavan 567 Clare 1053 Cork 1182 Donegal 1384 Dublin 49 Galway 1706 Kerry 1104 Kildare 154 Kilkenny 206 Laois 188 Leitrim...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: All farmers with commonage land must submit their individual application, which includes a declaration to sign up to a Commonage Management Plan, to join the GLAS scheme on or before 22 May 2015. My Department has taken account of the concerns of Advisors regarding the time-frame for the completion of Commonage Management Plans and has ther efore allowed an extension to 3rd July, 2015 for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: Only fully completed applications prepared and submitted on the Department’s online application system on or before the closing date of 22 May 2015 will be considered for approval into the scheme. I have included €20 million for GLAS payments in my Department’s estimates for 2015 and expect to make payments to eligible GLAS participants before the end of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: Ireland is the first and only country in the EU with access to the US market for its beef. The current approval for the export of Irish beef to the US allows “intact beef” to be shipped. Irish b eef is exported to the US is in the form of primal and subprimal cuts and there are significant commercial opportunities for these, including in the high end food service sector. As...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: Farm Safety is a critical issue facing farming today and is something that I am seriously concerned about. It has been identified as a priority area for investment under TAMS II and it is proposed that a new Farm Safety Scheme will be introduced in 2015, subject to EU Commission approval of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme. The Knowledge Transfer measure proposed under the new RDP...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the EU Regulations governing the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme, a young farmer is defined as a farmer aged no more than 40 years of age in the year when s/he first submits an application under the Basic Payment Scheme and who commenced their farming activity no more than five years prior to submitting that application. Priority under the National Reserve is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The report referred to by the Deputy is a technical report published by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on the 2nd February 2015. It provides an EU wide economic assessment of GHG mitigation policy options for EU agriculture by which a 19% and 28% reduction in GHG across EU agriculture might be achieved by 2030. The report itself contains the following caveat: “It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently finalising the detailed rules of a Scheme to give effect to the measures set out in the recent EU Commission Regulation allowing Member States to facilitate the payment by milk producers of their super levy over three instalments. The Regulation obliges Member States to pay the full amount of super levy liability to the Commission in the current year. I expect...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Energy Projects (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department recognises the need to encourage the utilisation of agricultural waste as an alternative source of energy. I am cognisant of the role that a resource-efficient agriculture sector can play in contributing to renewable energy targets, especially where it can improve its competitiveness and promote job creation My Department in collaboration with the Department of the Environment,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for the 2013 Beef Data Programme on 3 May 2013. Final verification on this application has recently taken place and any outstanding payments will issue in the coming days directly to the nominated bank account of the person named. My Department has not received an application for participation in the 2014 Beef Data Programme from the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: In response to question 10206/15 of 30 March 2015 I explained in detail that this matter concerned the 2011 herring management policy with specific reference to the Celtic Sea. The matter is currently under examination in my Department and I hope to respond directly to the person referred to by the Deputy in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 1) with effect from 1 September 2010. A Department review of the non-productive capital investment claims submitted by applicants under the AEOS was undertaken in 2014. This review identified irregularities with documentation submitted for reimbursement in some of these claims. A full...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The closing date for the 2014 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was 15 May 2014. An application under 2014 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the persons named on 12 February 2015 along with an appeal regarding its late submission. Following consideration by staff in the Single Payment Unit, this appeal has been accepted and the persons named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Regulations referred to (viz. the Animal Health and Welfare (Bovine Tuberculosis) Regulations 2015), which came into effect on 1 April, do not materially alter the policy of my Department in relation to the TB eradication scheme. I would also like to stress that the Regulations were the subject of consultation with all of the farming organisations. The reasons for introducing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, I place great importance on the Irish suckler herd and its place in the agri-food industry, which in turn is of vital importance to Ireland’s economy. My Department and the agencies under its remit continue to provide an array of financial and infrastructural supports to un derpin production in the suckler sector, including through the new Beef Data and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Apr 2015)

Simon Coveney: At February’s Roundtable meeting, there was a consensus that good progress was being made in delivering on the outcomes agreed at previous meetings, accompanied by a strong commitment from all participants to continue this work. The nature of the Roundtable process means that the outcomes agreed must be delivered by participants on an ongoing basis and much remains to be done to ensure...