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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Grassland Sheep Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 8 December 2013, and, to date, payments worth €14,355,675 have issued nationally, to some 29,072 applicants, with payments continuing to issue as individual cases are confirmed eligible. Details for County Mayo are contained in the table. County Name Applied Paid Gross Amount Paid Mayo 4,187 3,977...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: To be eligible under the 2013 Grassland Sheep Scheme, as per the Terms & Conditions, applicants were required in their own right to fulfil a number of conditions, including Section 23 (iv) which provides that applicants under the Scheme must have submitted a 2012 Sheep Census Return by the deadline of 11 March 2013 detailing the number of sheep maintained on the holding. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The persons named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2010 and full payments have issued in respect of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Scheme years. During a 2013 inspection, the persons named were found to have non-compliances in respect of the Traditional Hay Meadow action. A letter issued to the persons named notifying them of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2010 and full payments have issued in respect of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Scheme years. During a 2013 inspection, the person named was found to have non-compliances in respect of the Riparian Margin action. A letter issued to the person named notifying him of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 10 May 2013. Following a LPIS review, overclaims, totalling 0.46 hectares, were identified in respect of 4 land parcels. The application was processed for payment on this basis and payment issued in two instalments on 18 October and 5 December 2013. An official from my Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 May 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: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 May 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 Appeals (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: In order to comply with EU requirements, the 2013 Single Payment Scheme application of the person named was one of a number selected for a Cross Compliance inspection. During the course of this inspection breaches were identified in relation to the sheep identification and registration requirements, specifically relating to census and dispatch docket discrepancies and the failure to maintain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Quad rigged fishing gear is one of a number of fishing gears which may be used in the fishery targeting nephrops (prawns). Twin rigged trawls have been practised by Irish fishermen for decades in both whitefish and nephrops fisheries. The advantage of a twin-rigged trawl over a single trawl of equivalent dimensions is that it allows a similar area of seabed to be covered while reducing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: In order to comply with EU requirements, the 2009 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named was selected for a Cross Compliance inspection. This inspection identified breaches in relation to the cattle identification and registration requirements, specifically the requirement to maintain an accurate herd register for 5 years, resulting in a 5% penalty...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named established 4.42 entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme in 2005 with a unit value of €755.68 and a total value of €3340.11. As the person named farmed and received a direct payment in 2013 he has established an allocation right whereby he will be allocated entitlements under the new Basic Payment Scheme in 2015. The number of entitlements that will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The “Review of certain matters relating to Bord na gCon” is progressing very well but more detailed investigations were considered appropriate by the external consultants conducting the review on a number of specific issues that arose as part of the analysis undertaken. The consultants have agreed to undertake this additional analysis at no extra cost to the Exchequer. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres, which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department. While first and foremost a working fishery harbour, there are a wide range of recreational users of the harbour, including anglers. My Department conducts regular Harbour Users Fora at the Fishery Harbour Centres, where Harbour Users and stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The storm earlier in the year has indeed been damaging to Irish forests particularly in the south of the country. In order to establish the most appropriate response for forest owners and the forest industry a taskforce, chaired by Mr Tom Hayes TD, Minister of State, and comprising of the Irish Forest and Forest Products Association, the Irish Timber Growers Association, the Irish Farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 618 together. My Department provides funding under the Control of Horses Act, 1996, to assist local authorities implement the provision of the Act in relation to stray, abandoned and wandering horses. The table, which is based on the information provided to me by local authorities, shows the number of horses seized and euthanised in their operation of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Agriculture Appeals Office received an appeal from the above-mentioned on 14 January 2014. The appeal was acknowledged and a request was sent to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the Department file and a statement on the issue on the same date. The Department file was received on 26 March 2014 and was assigned to an Appeals Officer. As an oral hearing has not been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The recent consultation paper prepared by my Department in relation to Ireland’s Rural Development Programme for 2014-2020 set out a number of priorities in the case of possible on-farm investment schemes under the new Programme, including further support to encourage investment in the dairy sector in view of the forthcoming abolition of milk quotas; an enhanced scheme of grant-aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (27 May 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: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The so-called Scottish Derogation provides for an allocation of entitlements under the new Basic Payment Scheme in 2015 to persons who never held entitlements, either owned or leased, under the current Single Payment Scheme. In addition such persons must provide verifiable evidence that they produced an agricultural product in the beef, dairying, sheep or arable sectors in 2013. Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (27 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The application for the aquaculture licence referred to by the Deputy is in respect of a site located in Castlemaine Harbour, which is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive and a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive (Natura 2000 site). All applications in ‘Natura’ areas are required to be appropriately assessed for the...