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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Sick Leave (3 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The information requested by the Deputy is contained below. Q1 2014 contains January – March 2014. Year 2011 2012 2013 Q1 2014 Number of Uncertified Days 2,168.00 1,861.00 1,358.00 461.00 Number of Certified Days * 10,267.00 11,591.00 9,468.00 3,341.00 Number of Long Term** Sick Days 18,361.00 15,071.00 16,907.00 3,539.00 Total 30,796.00 28,523.00 27,733.00...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts Data (3 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table below: 2011: March- December Consultant Title of Report Date of Commission Date or Expected Date of Publication Payments Stiofán Nutty Report on the Development of Ireland's Organic Industry and Establishment of An Irish Organic Trade Board Mar-11 08-Sep-11 29,040 University College Dublin EU School Fruit...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (3 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: There is no proposal to consider scrub land as eligible land for the purposes of the Single Payment Scheme. 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. In this context, an “eligible hectare” is land that is used for an agricultural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (3 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2012. Full payments have issued to the person named in respect of the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Scheme years. Payments for the 2014 scheme year for the person named and all other AEOS 1 participants will be processed in the 4th quarter of 2014. The application for SPS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (3 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: Alopecurus Myosuroides (Black Grass) is an annual grass-weed which occurs throughout most of Europe but can be a particular problem in cereal production in more western European countries. Low levels of this weed often occur in Irish cereal crops but are generally not of agronomic significance and black grass would be considered to be of only minor importance in Irish arable systems, although...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Transfers (2 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department received a Transfer of Entitlements application on 18 February 2014 for the above herd number. As the requested transfer was by way of inheritance, it was necessary to request the normal testamentary documentation in support of this transfer. All necessary documentation has now been received. This application has been processed and acceptance letters were issued on 27 June, 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Reports (2 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Annual Accounts of Horse Racing Ireland for 2013 are at present being audited by the Comptroller and Audit General. Once that audit is completed, the annual report and accounts will be forwarded to my Department for consideration, after which I will present them to Government within a very short timeframe. The annual report and accounts will then be laid before both Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Reports (2 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: Tote Ireland Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Horse Racing Ireland. Tote Ireland Limited is incorporated under the Companies Acts. Financial statements are prepared for Tote Ireland Limited for each financial year in accordance with Irish company law and statutory returns are filed with the Companies Office. In addition the annual report and accounts of Tote Ireland Limited are laid by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration (2 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: Where a holding is restricted as a result of TB reactors being identified, EU legislation requires that the re-test cannot be conducted until at least 60 days after the removal of the last positive reactor. In addition, the general requirement in EU legislation is that two clear tests must be completed before the holding can be de restricted, the second test taking place not earlier than 60...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: I intend to finalise and submit the full Rural Development Programme for Ireland to the EU for approval within the next week. This will include the detailed proposals for GLAS. As regards farmers with commonage, the key thing here has always been to balance the critical mass required to deliver a meaningful commonage plan acceptable under the various National and EU funded schemes. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: According to my Department’s records the right of turbary over Plot 104 in the townland of Cloonkeelaun, County Sligo was allotted to the named person by Purchase Agreement dated 25 March 1929 and vested in him on 9 September 1938. The turbary right was registered as appurtenant to Folio SL12378 and in 2001 was also registered as appurtenant to Folio SL16764F. If the individual named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Appropriate Assessment in respect of Donegal Bay has been completed by the Marine Institute. My Department is currently examining the general licensing issues that arise for consideration as a result of the Appropriate Assessment. This process is ongoing and it is expected that the public consultation stage of the licensing process will commence shortly. The average timeframe for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named is not eligible under the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme as his holding did not achieve the minimum stocking density in 2011 of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare, as required under the Terms and Conditions governing the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Having unsuccessfully sought derogation from this requirement, the person named subsequently appealed unsuccessfully...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: I have previously stated that incidents of animal cruelty are unacceptable and my Department devotes considerable resources to protecting animal welfare and for dealing with breaches of animal welfare legislation. The new Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which I introduced last year, provides for increased levels of penalties. This comprehensive Act sends a clear message to all that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sulky Racing (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: Like all activities on the public road, sulky racing is governed by the Road Traffic Acts and imposes an obligation pursuant to these acts on the person engaged in this activity to drive their vehicles with due care for other road users and not to indulge in dangerous driving of the vehicles. Under the Control of Horses Act 1996, Local Authorities have powers to designate exclusion areas by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 1) with effect from 1 September 2010 and full payment has issued in respect of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Scheme years. During a 2013 inspection, the person named was deemed non-compliant in respect of the Alternative Water Source for Bovine action which resulted in the termination of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of having received an application under the 2014 Beef Genomics Scheme/ Beef Data Programme for the person named. The person named wrote to my Department on 26 March 2014 stating he applied for the above Schemes and supplied a certificate of postage. However, the applicant’s review was unsuccessful as the required evidence of postage is a Swiftpost receipt,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: Responsibility for the protection of wild deer in the State under the Wildlife Acts rests with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. I understand, however, that there is an annual open season during which deer can legally be shot under licence. Control of deer on private property is the responsibility of landowners who may apply to the Department of Arts Heritage and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: I can confirm that officials from my Department are in ongoing contact with the person named, most recently on 23 June 2014, following which outstanding documentation in relation to the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named is awaited. As soon as this documentation is received by my Department, the case will be further reviewed and the person named advised directly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: In the development of the Beef Genomics Scheme my Department had a number of options in relation to the extraction of genetic material from cattle, namely i) swabs, ii) hair or iii) tissue tags. The decision was taken to proceed with tissue tagging option on the basis that it is the most scientifically robust with the lowest error rate compared to the other two options as well as being the...