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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: Since 1997 various areas of work in my Department decentralised to Wexford, Portlaoise, Clonakilty and Backweston Campus, Co Kildare. The following table sets out the Divisions decentralised: Decentralised Offices No. of Divisions Backweston Campus 8 Units Clonakilty 2 Units Portlaoise 10 Units Wexford 2 Units Details of travel costs and expenses paid to staff from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the Commissioner’s recent statement on this issue. Both my Department and I are very strongly committed to promoting Farm Safety in collaboration with the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), the organisation with primary responsibility for securing health and safety at work. Farm safety is one of the most critical issues facing farming today. Statistics show that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that one of the land parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. In order to clarify the position regarding the areas deemed ineligible my Department undertook a ground verification check, which was carried out on 30th January 2014. This check confirmed the 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Single Farm Payment scheme was received from the person named on 28 April 2014. Processing of this application was finalised with the advance and balancing payments issuing to the nominated bank account of the person named on 16 October and 22 December respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2013 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 28 March 2013 and a 2014 application under these schemes on 31 March 2014. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Single Farm Payment /Disadvantaged Areas’ Schemes, an applicant as well as meeting the Scheme criteria is required to comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 20 April 2014. Payment has not yet issued to the person named as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. While a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare calculated over the calendar year is required,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Beef Roundtable is not a vehicle for collectively determining market prices, and indeed this would be contrary to competition law. Questions of price are ultimately matters to be determined between individual purchasers and the sellers of cattle. Nevertheless, I am pleased to note that beef prices have improved considerably in recent weeks. Prices for R3 steers in Ireland have risen on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: Firstly I would like to point out that my priority is to put in place requirements for commonages that will deliver real and measurable environmental benefits and will fit within the framework of the Rural Development Regulations, which require that farmers are only paid for actions which exceed the baseline for the Basic Payment Scheme. At recent meetings with the E.U. Commission it was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts Data (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: There were no payments made by my Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisers for work directly related to the 2012, 2013 or 2014 Action Plan for Jobs (APJ). The APJ for 2015 is currently being finalised and at this stage it is not anticipated that it will involve payments to any external bodies by this Department. Where the engagement of external consultants,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Single farm Payment scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2014. Processing of this application is being finalised with payments due to issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 7 April 2014 and processing of same 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: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 2) with effect from 1stSeptember 2011 and payments have issued in respect of the 2011 and 2012 Scheme years. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the Single Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and other area-based schemes must meet the requirements of the governing EU Regulations. The main Regulations that were applicable up to the end of December 2014 were Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2011. Under the requirements of these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The completion dates for dairy equipment projects approved under the TAMS 1 scheme have been set in order to ensure that all associated expenditure will be made before the end of 2015, in line with EU Regulations. This date can not be extended without impacting seriously on the funds available for TAMS 2 schemes under the new RDP, which I will be launching in 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that several of the land parcels declared contained ineligible features. Following a review of my Department’s decision, sought by the person named, a visit by a Department official to verify the position on the ground was deemed necessary. This inspection has been completed and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2012 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from the 1stMay 2013 and full entitlements have 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that several of the 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 recently advised of the outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Establishment (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: GLAS (the Green Low-carbon Agri-environment Scheme) is part of a suite of proposed measures under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) which was submitted to the European Commission in July. The Commission services notified us of their detailed observations on the draft Programme at the end of October last year, to which my Department provided immediate and detailed replies....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 2) with effect from 1stSeptember 2011 and payments have issued in respect of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Scheme years. The person named was selected for an on-farm inspection which took place on 16thSeptember 2014. During this inspection, issues of non compliance with the Terms and Conditions of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-environment Options Scheme (AEOS 2) with effect from 1 September 2011 and payments have issued in respect of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Scheme years. 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...