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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The All-of-Government Plan to tackle climate breakdown identifies a series of actions for the agriculture, forestry and land-use sector that will contribute to our transition to a low carbon economy and society across abatement measures, carbon sequestration measures and displacement of fossil fuels. These actions in this all-of-government plan are informed by the recent Teagasc Marginal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Indigenous renewable energy plays a vital role in our domestic fuel mix and will become even more important in the context of reducing our reliance on imported fuels and in meeting our challenging renewable energy targets for 2020 and 2030 and decarbonising our energy systems by 2050.  My Department is committed to working closely with the Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Soil Organic Carbon can play a significant role in the land use sector in mitigating greenhouse gases and ensuring the environmental integrity of the access to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) credits provided in the EU regulations agreed in June 2018. At a national level, the Government’s Climate Action Plan contains 14 actions relating to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The use of organic manures is important in supplying key nutrients for our cropping and grass based systems of production. Farmers are required to adhere to best practice as set out by the Nitrates Regulation (SI 605/2016) and the Nitrates Explanatory Handbook for Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Water Regulations 2018. The implementation of these are through the Nitrates...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Living Wage (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Based on the introduction of a minimal threshold hourly rate of €12.30, the estimated additional annual payroll cost for staff employed by my Department would be approximately €783,500. It should be noted that this figure does not include the costs associated with the employment of temporary Clerical Officers. The parallel information in respect of State...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has two commitments under the Programme for Partnership Government in relation to farm inspections and penalties. The first relates to the simplification measures for the inspection regime and the implementation of the proposed 'yellow card system'. As part of the annual inspection programme required under the EU regulations governing the Direct Payments Schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available.  I will arrange for the information to be compiled and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has not had any capital projects delayed under Project Ireland 2040.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Project Ireland 2040 (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is available at the following link:

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: An application was received under the 2017 Sheep Welfare scheme from the person named on 20 January 2017 and he has been paid in full for 2017.   Under the terms and conditions of the scheme, applicants who wished to continue in the scheme for 2018 were required to complete and return a Sheep Welfare Scheme continuance sheet prior to a closing date of 2nd...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is available at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: It is not possible to provide a comprehensive response to the Deputy in the required timeframe. I will arrange for a reply to be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The China Council was established by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in order to adopt a more structured and cohesive approach to the Chinese market by Irish companies. The Council facilitates the formation of collectives, whereby companies come together to form a group/collective to pool resources and lower market development costs.  The council provides a forum for the members to promote the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: Much of the information the Deputy has requested is contained within the documentation attaching to the consultation paper on the Review of Trawling within the Six Nautical Mile Zone. To inform the review and consideration of fishing access inside the 6 nautical mile zone, the Department requested that the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara conduct an analysis, from existing data...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.   Table 1 – Allocations and Expenditure under certain RDP Schemes Knowledge Transfer Scheme €000 GLAS €000 Beef Data and Genomics Programme €000 TAMS II €000 Sheep Welfare Scheme €000 Hen Harrier Programme €000 Allocation 2015 0 20,000 35,000 0 0 0...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) is a one year pilot to further increase economic and environmental efficiency in the suckler herd through better quality data on herd performance, supporting decision making on farm. There are currently 19,131 participants in BEEP, a breakdown of which, by county, is provided in the following table. County No. of Applicants CARLOW 269...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table. BEEP No of Eligible Cows Registered No. of Registered Herds No. of calves born 01/07/18 – 30/06/19.* 447,770  18,695 431,073 * Herdowners have 27 days in which to register calves, so this number is likely to change slightly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The budget for the TAMS II Scheme under the RDP 2014 - 2020 is €395m and expenditure to date is €154m. The value of the approvals in place that have not yet resulted in a payment is a further €122.5m. This figure does not include the value of approvals currently being issued under Tranche 13.   The details requested by the Deputy are in the following tables. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (11 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: The Inception Report for the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement Sustainability Impact Assessment has been completed. This assessment provides an overview of the proposed framework for conducting the sustainability assessment analysis and methodologies to be employed, including the consultations activities, for the study. The Inception Report also only provides the preliminary analysis for...