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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I am happy to come in and discuss that next week if that is on the schedule.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Yes, the Department is down for parliamentary questions next week.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I think it is Thursday, because I will be attending the Fisheries Council meetings until Wednesday.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I appreciate the Chair's comments and thank him for making them.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: I do not want to hold up the committee as this is primarily a technical adjustment, which I will now explain. Obviously, if members have any questions, we are here to answer them. I am grateful for the opportunity to present this request for a Supplementary Estimate for 2014 to increase the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s permitted net expenditure to deal with a...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: This motion has been tabled in response to yet another Sinn Féin political stunt, another cynical move for easy headlines, more sound bites with the usual aim in mind: to encourage discontent, stoke up anger and resentment, and divide communities, which is what Sinn Féin has thrived on in this State for the past few years. That is the hypocrisy of those opposite who attempt to...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Will we go back to Deputy Martin's solution?

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: That is good of you.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Thosaigh an duine ainmnithe REPS 4 i mí an Mheithimh 2008 agus fuair íocaíochtaí do na cúig bliana go léir den chonradh. Tá deireadh leis an gconradh sin anois agus níl aon íocaíochtaí eile dlite.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 7 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 13 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named did not in 2010 have any entitlements under the Single payment Scheme. However, he submitted a 2010 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes application on 14 April 2010. Payment amounting to €3,400.86 under the 2010 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 16 September 2014 to the nominated bank account of the person named. The person named submitted a 2011 Single...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 7 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 7 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 7 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Third Level Qualifications Recognition (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: In order to be approved as a GLAS Advisor, an advisor must also be approved as an advisor under the Farm Advisory System (FAS) operated by my Department. The Farm Advisory System is governed by EU Regulations, which requires that advisors are suitably qualified and regularly trained. In determining the level of educational qualifications required to be a FAS/GLAS advisor, my Department must...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 30 April 2014. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payments will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Passports (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Regulation 504/2008, which came into effect on 1 July 2009, requires three elements of identification to be fulfilled in respect of each equine – i.e. a single lifetime passport, a method to ensure the unequivocal link between the animal and the passport (transponder) and recording in a central database. I strengthened equine identification legislation earlier this year with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 12 March 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (9 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named in my Department on 24 April 2014. Following processing, an error was identified in respect of one land parcel declared on the application. A query letter recently issued dated 25 November 2014 notifying the person named of the error and outlining what is required in order to finalise the application for...