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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (11 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Single Payment /Disadvantaged Areas scheme was received from the person named on 23 April 2014. The Single Payment Scheme application was processed with payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 14 January 2015. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 13 January 2015. As the SFP application of the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (11 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Civil Defence is a volunteer based organisation and it is important to honour those who have given such dedicated service over many years. Long Service Medals were first introduced in Civil Defence in 1997 for members who had given 10 and 20 years of continuous service to the organisation. As Civil Defence is now over 60 years old it was decided last year to introduce Long Service Medals...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Fatalities (11 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The matter to which the Deputy is referring is the case of the deaths of Private Thomas Barrett and Private Derek Smallhorne who were murdered, and Private John O’Mahony who was seriously injured while serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on 18 April 1980. In July 2014 the alleged perpetrator, Mr. Mahmoud Bazzi, was arrested by the United States of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The regulation in place in relation to placing rodenticides used for the control of rodents on the Irish market is ‘Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products as amended’. This is transposed into Irish law through Statutory Instrument S.I. No., 427 of 2013 as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The position is that while administrative functions have been transferred from my Department’s office in Tralee to Portlaoise, Department vets, inspectors and technical officers remain in place in Tralee and continue to provide a service to my Department’s clients across all of the schemes that are provided from this office. Thus, frontline services are being fully...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 28 April 2014, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is due to issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh ón duine ainmnithe an 08 Bealtaine 2014. De réir na dTéarmaí agus na gCoinníollacha a rialaíonn Scéim na gCaorach Féaraigh, b’éigean d’úinéirí tréada comhaireamh bliantúil den líon iomlán caorach ar a ngabháltas a chur ar ais chuig mo...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The frequency and ferocity of storm events last winter, compounded by waterlogged soils on many forest sites, led to extensive damage on private and State owned forest lands. In order to establish the most appropriate response for forest owners and the forest industry a taskforce, chaired by Mr Tom Hayes TD, Minister of State, and comprising relevant forestry stakeholders was put in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the relevant EU Regulation governing the National Reserve, Member States have the option of applying objective criteria in the allocation of entitlements. The application of an off farm income limit has been included as objective criteria since the introduction of the National Reserve in 2005.The process of deciding objective criteria for the National Reserve is carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Farm Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2013 . A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that a number of the parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. On this basis , processing was finalised and the 2013 advance and balancing payments issuing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The imagery used to review the lands declared by the person named was captured on 28 March 2012. Under the Terms & Conditions of the Direct Aid Schemes, which includes the Single Payment scheme, farmers are obliged to declare only eligible land when making their applications and to exclude ineligible features such as roads, buildings, farmyards, dense scrub, etc. These claims are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 23 April 2014. In order to receive payment under the Single Payment Scheme applicants must hold single payment entitlements. As the person named does not hold entitlements, no payment is due.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2012 Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from the 1 stMay 2013 and payment has issued in respect of the 2013 Scheme year. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2012 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from the 1 stMay 2013 and payment has issued in respect of the 2013 Scheme year. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2009 and received payments for the first five years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. During the administrative checks in 2014 an area discrepancy was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2014. An advance payment in respect of Single Payment issued on 16 October and the balancing payment issued on 1 December 2014. Payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme issued to the applicant on 19 September 2014. All payments were made to the nominated bank account of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2014, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is due to issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that a number of land parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. Following an appeal from the person named a visit by a Department official to verify the position was necessary to progress the matter. The person named was supplied with new maps when notified of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: GLAS (the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme) is part of a suite of proposed measures under the new Rural Development Programme (RDP) which was submitted to the European Commission in July last year and approval for the Scheme is still awaited. My officials are involved in negotiations with the Commission to expedite that approval and the Scheme will be opened as soon as possible. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Grassland Sheep Scheme was received from the person named on 28 March 2014, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment under the 2014 Grassland Sheep Scheme is due to issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.