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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: North-South Ministerial Council (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The last North South Ministerial Council Agriculture sectoral meeting was held on 31 October 2012 in Armagh. Minister Phil Hogan and I met with Michelle O’ Neill MLA, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Jonathan Bell MLA, Junior Minister, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. We discussed the most recent developments and the next steps in regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The applicant has two forestry contracts, CN42664 and CN42446. Remedial works are outstanding on contract number CN42664. A letter requesting the required works was issued August 2011 but no confirmation that the works were completed has been received from the applicant to date. The 2nd instalment of the applicant's forest establishment grant cannot be paid until these works have been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: Further to the Government decision that a concession for the harvesting rights to Coillte's forests be considered for sale, NewERA, Coillte, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and this Department examined the financial and other implications of developing the potential of Coillte's forest assets. This examination included the identification of the forestry assets involved, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: Mullaghmore Harbour is owned by Sligo County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. My Department provides funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned harbours, piers and slipways as part of the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. On the 18th December 2012, all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of an application having been received or participation in the Agri Environment Options Scheme having been approved for the person named on the basis of the details, including herd number, provided.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: Castletownbere is designated for the landing of pelagic fish and species subject to a multi-annual plan in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. In addition Monkfish may also be landed at this port as set out in S.I. No. 55/2013 -- Monkfish (Control of Landings) (No. 2) Regulations 2013. In 2012, at the request of the industry, I added Castletownbere to the list of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The holding of the person in question was restricted under the T.B. Eradication Scheme during the period 28 September 2006 to the 2 September 2010. However, as a result of concerns raised following a full herd retest carried out on the herd on 2 July 2009, staff in the Department instigated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a TB herd test conducted in July 2009. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Investment Bank Loans (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I have met with the major Irish banks in recent weeks to ensure that they are providing funding for farmers in these difficult times. The banks have responded to my call for understanding and flexibility and indeed have issued advertisements in national media telling farmers that they are willing to provide short –term facilities to deal with the feed issues. I will continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 7th December 2012. Under the selection criteria regarding farm size, only farms of 22.06 hectares or less were approved into the scheme. During the pre approval validation checks on the application of the person named, it was found that the farm size was in excess of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards Regulation (11 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The European Commission formally presented its proposals on 6 May last concerning a comprehensive package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the entire agri-food chain. The package of measures is expected to provide a modernised and simplified, more risked-based approach to the protection of health and application of controls in the plant and animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered 7 animals in 2011 and 9 animals in 2012 under the Suckler Welfare Scheme. Applicants undertake to carry out all of the measures required under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme on all eligible suckler cows and the calves. Applicants also undertake to record and notify my Department, or its agents, of the details of each measure through the Animal Events...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Matters relating to stray or abandoned horses in urban and rural areas come within the scope of the Control of Horses Act, 1996 under which Local Authorities have been given extensive powers. These powers include the making of bye-laws for the control and welfare of horses in the local authorities’ functional area, together with provisions on licensing of horses within control areas...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Slaughtering Plants (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The numbers of cattle slaughtered in plants supervised by my Department in the months concerned are set out in the following table: - 2012 2013 January 117,872 128,869 February 112,178 121,058 March 106,689 110,231 April 104,539 120,347 May 111,820 125,000 (est) Total 553,098 605,505 (est) The numbers slaughtered are primarily a function of commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Licensing of veterinary medicines and vaccines is subject to a comprehensive EU legislative code under which individual products may not be marketed or used in individual Member States in the absence of the requisite authorisation. Such authorisations can only be granted following submission by the sponsoring company of an application dossier to the required standard and no such application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered 6 animals under the 2012 Suckler Welfare Scheme. A letter issued to the applicant on 27 May 2013 with a view to resolving errors associated with all 6 animals .

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The informal meeting of Agriculture Ministers discussed a number of outstanding political issues across all four CAP reform dossiers. In keeping with the normal practice at informal meetings, no binding decisions were made, but the meeting made a very valuable contribution to the ongoing negotiations by giving all three institutions the opportunity to discuss each other’s positions and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, holdings of eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of six consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. While the holding of the person named was confirmed as having stock on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. BVD is a viral disease of cattle that is estimated to cost Irish farmers around €102m each year. The issue of compensation during the compulsory phase of the BVD programme must be placed in the context of the economic benefits accruing to farmers arising from the eradication of this disease as well as the scarce budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of six consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. While the holding of the person named did not satisfy the stocking requirement, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (30 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I mentioned in the topical issue debate of 22 May that I had understood that one of our main Dairy Co-Ops was considering bringing a ship from the Netherlands. This is a commercial matter entirely for that Company.