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

Simon Coveney: The felling of trees and the issuing of licences for tree felling are governed by the Forestry Act, 1946. Under this Act, my Department has no power to direct that trees be felled. Section 37, subsection 4 (h) of the Act specifies that there is no need for a felling licence application to be lodged where “the tree is uprooted or cut down by direction of the Minister for Posts and...

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

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011, and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently appealed unsuccessfully to the independently chaired DAS Appeals...

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 Applications (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 19 April 2013. While processing the application an over-claim was identified in respect of one parcel declared by the person named. The person named has been notified of the over-claim and of his right of appeal. To date no appeal has been received. As the person named has a...

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

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 6 March 2013. Payment has not yet issued to the person named as the holding has not satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment at the earliest...

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2013. Full payment totalling €3,400.86 issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 10 October 2013.

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

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2013. Full payment totalling €1,844.93 issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 11 October 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Quality Assurance Scheme (15 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Bord Bia Beef and Lamb Quality Assurance Scheme (BLQAS) supports the Irish food industry by re-assuring consumers on food safety, traceability and origin. It is an integrated, voluntary scheme incorporating processors and producers and currently includes over 35,000 certified beef farms representing an estimated 87% of national production. Producers may apply for membership of the scheme...

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

Simon Coveney: The applications received from Mayo County Council for funding under the 2013 Marine Leisure & Marine Tourism Capital Infrastructure Development Programme were as follows: 2013 Application for funding from Mayo County Council Location Project Works 100% Project Cost Killala Harbour Reconstruction of Harbour Walls and Safety Works €240,000 Westport New marine tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 15 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: Single Payment Scheme Payments (10 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 (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: There were six such appeals received in 2012 of which one was successful. For the year 2013 to date fifty four such appeals have been received. Of these twenty five cases have been determined of which five were successful.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that the Twelve Bins/Maam Turk Complex Scheme, which the National Parks and Wildlife Service put in place for the purpose of regenerating these commonages, expires on 1 November, 2013. The future management of these commonage lands will now be considered in the wider context of the ongoing examination of issues relating to all Commonages. This process will involve the farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 February 2013, following processing of which an over-claim was identified in respect of a parcel declared by the person named. The person named was subsequently notified of the over-claim and, as the resultant penalty on Disadvantaged areas is greater than 20%, no payment is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/ Disadvantaged Area application form on 14 May 2013. Applications were also submitted to my Department on 14 May, 2013 requesting the transfer of 5.72 and 8.57 Single Payment entitlements to the person named. Following contact between officials in my Department and the relevant parties, issues arising from errors on the transfer application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: District Veterinary Offices (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not made any decision to close down all public District Veterinary Offices. The position is that, following on from the successful restructuring of my Department’s local office network, which reduced the number of local offices from 58 to 16, my Department has decided to centralise the administrative support currently provided in the local offices into two offices,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for Single Payment on 2 May 2013 and declared four land parcels, which represented a claimed area of 83.25 hectares. Following a review by my Department of the eligibility of the land parcels declared, two of these parcels declared by the applicant included ineligible features, i.e. buildings, roads, rock and scrub amounting to an ineligible area of...