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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: A 50% advance payment under the Single Farm Payment Scheme will commence on 16 October. EU Regulations governing the administration of the scheme require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. Processing of the 2013 application of the person named has recently been finalised and I expect that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department is bound, under EU Regulations, to maintain the accuracy the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), which underpins the processing of applications under these Schemes as well as REPS and AEOS. At the start of each year, my Department issues colour maps of all land parcels declared by farmers in the previous year together with a covering letter. In that letter, farmers are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: In a long-term activity such as forestry, which can create substantial and lasting change, good planning is essential to ensure that forest operations are undertaken with minimum impact on both the environment and the social and economic fabric of the areas in which they occur. The purpose of Forest Management Plans is to provide guidance to farmers, some of whom have little forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Section 6(e) of the Forestry Bill 2013 does not confer on the Minister the power to compulsorily purchase land. It is merely a restatement of a current provision under Section 9 of the Forestry Act 1946 which empowers the Minister to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire land (e.g. by land swap).

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the submission made by the Irish Farmers Association on the content of the Forestry Bill, 2013, which is currently at Second Stage in Dail Eireann. The issue raised by the IFA related to Section 24 of the Forestry Bill 2013 which gives the Minister the power to introduce fees for the services of the Department. I must point out that it is a matter of policy whether or not any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Granting the Minister the power to obtain information from forest owners is an important provision which will allow the Minister to produce various statistics about the national forest estate. This information will facilitate, for example, timber supply forecasts and will also enable the Minister to comply with international reporting obligations on changes in carbon stocks in forests. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I have noted the points made by the IFA in this matter. The confidentiality requirement is very important in a situation where the Minister is delegating some of his functions to a Committee. It is important, therefore, that sanctions for breach of confidentiality reflect the level of responsibility that is being granted to members of the Committee. It is also important to note that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the provisions of the Forestry Bill 2013. As the Deputy will appreciate it is important that any penalty for illegal activity such as illegal felling be sufficiently dissuasive, whilst proportionate, to deter any potential illegal actions. It should be noted that a penalty will only be imposed on a person following a conviction for an offence by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is a deceased herd owner. A letter issued from my department to the legal personal representatives of the person named advising that payments will issue to the estate of the person named when the required testamentary documents are received. The holding of the person named was the subject of a Nitrates inspection by my Department, acting on behalf of the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Licence Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is an inter-governmental Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) responsible for the conservation of tunas and tuna-like species in the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas. The Contracting Parties and Cooperating non-Contracting Parties, Entities whose...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €143.3 million have issued nationally, to some 67,538 applicants. Payments will continue to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. While processing the application of the person named a number over claims...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from person named on 10 April 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 remote...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2013. Payment has not issued as the holding has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. As soon as the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment at the earliest possible date thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The above-named joined the Organic Farming Scheme in March 2008 with a contract start date of 1 April 2008 and an end date of 31 December 2013. Participants in the Scheme must hold an organic licence for the duration of their contract. My Department were informed by the Organic Control Body, responsible for the issuing of organic licences that the above-named had lapsed as an organic...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application on 13 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of the 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...