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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 9 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 EU Regulations also require that where it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 26 April 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 EU Regulations also require that where...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 8 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: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

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 the review of my Department’s decision, sought by the person named, a visit by a Department official to verify the position on the ground is necessary. The person named will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: Mar is eol duit, b’fhéidir, tá mo Roinn ag déanamh scrúdú faoi láthair ar ghabháltais talún a hainmníodh faoi Scéim na hAoníocaíochta agus faoi Scéimeanna Íocaíochta Dírí limistéar-bhunaithe eile. Mar chuid den athbhreithniú seo, aithníodh limistéar neamh-incháilithe agus...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 19 April 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: Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2014 ón duine ainmnithe an 7 Bealtaine 2014. Nuair a bhí an t-iarratas próiseáilte tugadh nithe faoi deara a bhain le fíorú a dhéanamh go raibh an t-íosdlús stocála á chomhlíonadh. Faoi Scéim na Limistéar Faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named applied for the Single Payment/ Disadvantaged Areas Schemes on 11 thApril 2014. Processing of the applications has recently been finalised. Minor overclaims were discovered on two land parcels declared by the person named. As these overclaims were less than 3% no penalty was applicable and payments have recently issued for both schemes based on the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Payment /Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 29 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. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: Neither I , nor my Department officials have met with the person in the details supplied in the past twelve months.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 2 in May 2002 and received payments for two years. Following an on-farm inspection a compliance issue was identified and the REPS contract was suspended in February 2005. However, this matter has since been resolved and no debt remains in respect of the REPS contract. My Department is undertaking a review relating to the transfer of the 39 cattle referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2014. Following the processing of this application issues relating to the verification of compliance with the minimum stocking density were identified. Under the Terms and Conditions of the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, all those applicants availing of Sheep in order to meet the minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2014. Following the processing of this application issues relating to the verification of compliance with the minimum stocking density were identified. Under the Terms and Conditions of the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, all those applicants availing of Sheep in order to meet the minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named applied for both the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Schemes on 11 thApril 2014. An Official from my Department has been in regular contact with the person namedin an attempt to resolve an outstanding issue on commonage land claimed by the person named for the first time in 2014. On receipt of the documentation requested by my Department, the application will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: As previously indicated to the Deputy; payment under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme 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. Following an appeal in this matter from the person named, my Department carried out a full review of the application. This review was unsuccessful and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The amount of beef imported per month is set out below up to end-August which is the most recent point for which the CSO has available data. The figures below are in tonnes. Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 Grand Total 2014 1,683 1,343 2,006 1,919 2,288 1,935 1,647 2,153 14,975 Ireland produced approximately 520,000 tonnes of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department , in the context of delivering the Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme, and other area based schemes, is required to carry out an annual round of inspections, both in the field and by means of Remote Sensing, to ensure the eligibility of land declared to drawdown payments. The basis of these inspections is governed by EU legislation and there are minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: Payment of the 50% advance due under the Single Farm Payment Scheme issued to the bank account of the person named on 23 October 2014 and payment in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 24 October 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: While there is no modulation reduction applicable to the 2014 scheme year payments a linear reduction of 10.49% has been applied to entitlements to bring their total value into line with 2014 ceiling. This reduction applies to all farmers with a Single Farm Payment of over €5,000, including the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 25 March 2014. Processing of the Disadvantaged Areas application of the person named has recently been finalised, with payment issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 8 October 2014.