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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: Processing of the application of the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed over-claims in respect of two of the land parcels. The eligible areas for these parcels were determined by following a ground inspection in the 2011 Single Payment Scheme Year. The person named was penalised accordingly in 2011, while in 2012 the person named claimed the area determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New Entrants to Dairying Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: The TAMS Dairy Equipment Scheme, which closes for applications at the end of this year (2013), requires individual farmers to have between 50,000 litres and 1 million litres of milk quota at the time of application in order to be eligible for grant-aid. The determination of the farm sectors in which investment aid will be made available in the next rural development programme, including...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New Entrants to Dairying Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: Over the five years of the New Entrants to Dairying Scheme eligible applications have been received from some 800 farmers and milk quota been allocated to 410 successful applicants. Within that time frame five eligible applications have been received from farmers in Co. Donegal, two of whom were successful each receiving an annual quota allocation of 200,000 litres. The person named by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under a recent review of land eligibility carried out by my Department some of the land claimed by this herdowner on his Single Payment Scheme application form was deemed to include ineligible features. A letter was received from the herdowner on 22 November 2013 contesting the extent of the ineligible features. The Department will arrange for an official to visit the farm in the near future...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: A letter setting out the debt owed on the forestry contract and the options available to the person named will issue to this applicant this week. The overpayment related to the two annual afforestation premiums paid to date (in 2011 and 2012). The letter will request payment of the debt and offer the applicant the option, should he prefer it, to have the debt deducted from the annual premium...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 366 together. An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named in my Department on 15 May 2013. Following processing, errors were identified in respect of a number of land parcels. Following correspondence with the person named these have now been resolved and payments have recently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: As it is not possible to compile the full information requested in the available timescale, I am arranging for it to be provided directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Technology Adoption Programme Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: As indicated in reply to a previous Question regarding this case, the person named was initially found to be ineligible for payment under the 2012 Programme as it was established that he had failed to complete one of the two selected Tasks. However, upon review he was deemed eligible, as it transpired that he had satisfactorily completed a third Task. While the substitution of this third Task...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy should advise the officers of the group in question to contact my office where their request for a meeting can be more properly assessed against other competing pressures on my diary.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department has been advised by the Department of Social Protection that the person named was awarded a State Pension Transition backdated to 22 December, 2012. State Pension Transition is deductable from Early Retirement Scheme payments from age 65. Where an applicant qualifies for the Early Retirement Scheme under joint management the pension shall be reduced by the amount of any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €185.1 million have issued nationally, to some 87,713 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. The details in respect of payments which have issued to farmers in County...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: There were 3,876 applications under the Single Payment Scheme in Sligo of which 3,696 have already received payment. There are 180 cases still to be paid. All unpaid cases are currently being progressed as quickly as possible with a view to payment as soon as all the requirements under the Single Payment Scheme have been met.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €185.1 million have issued nationally, to some 87,713 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. The details in respect of payments which have issued to farmers in County...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: There were 7,950 applications under the Single Payment Scheme in Donegal of which 7,497 have already received payment. There are 453 cases still to be paid. All unpaid cases are currently being progressed as quickly as possible with a view to payment as soon as all the requirements under the Single Payment Scheme have been met.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 8 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility/cross...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the application of the person named under the 2013 Disadvantaged Area Scheme is now completed, payment under this Scheme is due to issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Emergency slaughter of an otherwise healthy animal usually happens when the animal has suffered an injury that prevented its transport to the slaughterhouse for welfare reasons. In cases where the animal must be slaughtered on-farm, it must be carried out humanely in accordance with the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 14 of 2008) either by a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payment under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not yet issued to the person named as their holding has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. As soon as their holding is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment issuing at the earliest possible date thereafter. An official of my Department has been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: The application by the person named has only recently been received in the Department and it is currently being processed. The application must be referred for public consultation through the local press and may also include referral to a number of consultation bodies. A decision on the application will issue as soon as this process is completed and the application has been examined in full.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (28 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department is keeping the horse welfare situation under review and, in particular, the need for additional welfare measures. There is no evidence of a significant problem in relation to the welfare of horses due to the relatively high level of horse slaughtering for the human food chain this year and the very good weather during the Summer and well into the Autumn, which has created a very...