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

Simon Coveney: Applications under the 2011 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas schemes were received from the person named and payments issued. The person named passed away on 25 January 2012. An application was made by the legal personal representatives of the person named on 15 May 2012 under the 2012 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Payments issued to the estate of the person named on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Licences (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: Applications for approval to operate meat processing plants must meet the requirements of the European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 432 of 2009) and related EU Regulations. The applicant in this instance has upon request provided clarification in relation to the proposed range and scale of activities. As a consequence one of the preconditions for approval has...

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

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 12 March 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...

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

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be fully aware of the importance of payments made under the Single Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and other Direct Payment Schemes to the annual income of Irish farmers. 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...

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

Simon Coveney: The following tables shows the breakdown of the age profile of farmers requested, based on the Department’s 2012 SPS database. Age Category Number of Farmers % of Total Farmers Under 35 6,828 5% Over 66 (State pension age) 33,072 26% Over 85 2,961 2% Total Farmers 124,843 The table shows that 26% of all farmers in Ireland are over the State pension age, with 2% over 85; and...

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: Commonage Framework Plans (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 Ist 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: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: No officer in my Department has been in receipt of salary payment in excess of the Government pay caps first introduced in June 2011 and revised in July of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named in my Department on 11 April 2013. Single Farm Payment Scheme 50% advance payments will commence on 16 October. Processing of the 2013 application of the person named has recently been finalised and I expect that payment will issue to the person named as soon as possible after that date. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1st November 2010 and full payments have issued in respect of the 2010 and 2011 Scheme years. 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The overpayment in this case initially arose as a result of a discrepancy on a previous year’s Single Farm Payment. Following an appeal by the person named the original decision was reversed. When attempting to refund the amount to the person named an additional payment mistakenly issued. This overpayment, including interest, of €1,461.88 was recouped from the 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, payment will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: As this applicant has no entitlements established under the Single Payment Scheme, there is no payment due to issue to the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: While the application of the person named under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has been fully processed, the payment cannot issue, as a conditional Garnishee Order (a Court order obtained by a third party) has been received by my Department. Compliance with such a Court Order is not a matter of policy for me to exercise at my discretion, as it is a legal requirement.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (9 Oct 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 inspection....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Policy (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I understand that the Deputy’s Question is in the context of the preparation of a new Rural Development Programme. Preparatory work for the next RDP 2014 – 2020 is well underway. Measures to be included in the new programme will be considered in the context of the governing European Union Regulations, the outcome of the consultation process, the challenges we continue to face...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The issue of ending the ‘one size fits all’ approach to fisheries management was a key aspect of the recently concluded negotiations on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. In the new CFP Reform we have, for the first time, introduced a regionalised approach to fisheries management. We have moved away from the old system of an EU decision making approach centralised in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (9 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: 22 staff will have retired from my Department in 2013 without reaching the maximum retirement age. It is estimated that approximately 70 staff will retire in similar circumstances in 2014. The Government has approved the principle of a targeted Voluntary Redundancy Scheme for my Department, should this be required in the progression of the Department’s major re-organisation and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Waste Management (8 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: I have made arrangements for the relevant official from my Department to contact the person concerned in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Beef Data Programme was introduced in 2013 and is funded using the unused funds of the Single Payment Scheme. The EU Regulations governing the Programme provided for a closing date of 15th May 2013, with a 1% reduction in payment applied to the application for each working day that the application is late up to 8 June 2013. Applications received on/after 9 June were deemed inadmissible in...