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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Banking (10 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The details of banking charges paid, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the following table: - 2011 2012 2013 2014 ( To 31/5/14) Charges € € € € Electronic Fund Transfers 20,487 13,665 12,520 21,556 Maintenance & Transactions 6,229 4,392 5,117 4,312 Total 26,716 18,057 17,637 25,868 The electronic funds transfer fees...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The legislation, which is listed in the schedule below, refers to the statutory powers and duties which have been delegated to Minister Hayes in relation to Forestry, Horticulture, the Greyhound Industry and Food Safety under Statutory Instrument No. 371 of 2013. The legislation has been delegated in full and there is no other legislation which has been delegated to him. As Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (10 Jun 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. While this had an impact on payment under the Single Payment Scheme, as the person named was found to have more land after inspection than the maximum payable area under the Disadvantaged Area...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (10 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The requirement for cattle dealers to obtain a Certificate of Compliance prior to the movement of animals from their holding directly to another keeper was introduced from February 1st 2013. This requirement was already in place for many years for all other keepers moving bovines directly from their holding to another holding and was extended to dealers in order to ensure that movements of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in January 2010 and received payments for the first three years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Following the administrative check an area discrepancy was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The payment in respect of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued to the nominated bank account of the person named on 17 April 2014. As the application of the person named contained a small over-declaration, the payment was reduced accordingly. The person named was notified of this over-declaration in writing including details of his right of appeal. I have also arranged to have an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from 1stMay 2013. 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, must be completed before any payment can issue. These checks have been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted Single Payment Scheme (SPS) applications in both 2009 and 2010. During the processing of those applications, it was discovered that the lands declared were also declared on the application of another party. Following an investigation the person named agreed that he did not have the right to declare this land and the person named did not qualify for payment in 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: There were no general issues regarding the mapping element of my Department’s online application system for the 2014 Single Payment Scheme. That said there were a small number of individuals who reported access difficulties. In all instances these difficulties transpired to be browser-related. In this regard callers to the dedicated Agfood.ie helpdesk, who reported such problems were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be aware of the value of the EU funded Direct Payment Schemes to Ireland. Each year farmers in Ireland benefit from funding of over €1.5 billion under Schemes such as the Single Farm Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the Agri-Environment Schemes, etc. This comprises the entire net income of many thousands of Irish farmers. The European Commission has an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The application by the person named, under the afforestation scheme, is currently being considered and a decision will be made as soon as the necessary consultative process and examination have been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: Applicants under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme were required, inter alia, to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011, or have successfully applied for derogation. As the person named was unsuccessful in their derogation application, no payment is due to the applicant under the 2013 Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2011 and full entitlements have issued in respect of the 2011 and 2012 Scheme years. The checking process in respect of the 2013 Scheme year has been successfully completed and 75% payment issued on the 13 January 2014. In finalising the 25% payment, some issues emerged...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from 1 May 2013. 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, must be completed before any payment can issue. These checks have been...

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

Simon Coveney: Upon the conclusion of the CAP negotiations under the Irish Presidency in June 2013, my Department initiated an extensive process of consultation with the farming community and representative farming organisations. Following examination of these submissions, decisions regarding the application of the direct payment regime which takes effect in 2015 were finalised in early 2014. A...

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

Simon Coveney: Under the Terms & Conditions of the Direct Aid Schemes, which includes the Single Payment Scheme and the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, farmers are obliged to declare only eligible land when making their applications, ensuring they exclude ineligible features such as roads, buildings, farmyards, dense scrub, etc. These claims are then recorded on my Department’s Land Parcel...

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

Simon Coveney: I wish to inform the Deputy that since the onset of the recent crisis in the beef sector particularly in relation to the bull trade, I have met separately with representatives of both the farm organisations (IFA, ICMSA, ICSA) and meat factories (MII) in February and March this year to see what assistance I could give to resolving their difficulties. Following these initial meetings, I...

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

Simon Coveney: A review of the lands declared by the person named under the Single Payment Scheme in 2012 and 2013 revealed that a number of land parcels declared contained ineligible features. In order to clarify the position regarding the area of any ineligible features my Department arranged for a ground verification check to be undertaken. This verification check has been completed and the results are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Appeals (4 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the TAMS Dairy Equipment Scheme and lodged an application for grant-aid with my Department on 18 December 2013. An appeal against the decision to reject the application concerned was submitted to my Department on behalf of the applicant on 26 May 2014. This appeal is currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (4 Jun 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 contained ineligible features. As the person named submitted an application for a review of my Department’s decision, a visit by a Department official to verify the position was necessary to progress the matter. This verification visit was...