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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011 and has received 75% payment totalling €849.93 in respect of 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. The person named was also selected for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Applications (16 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The named person was one of more than 200 farmers who applied under the Category of ‘brand new applicants’ to this Department’s 2011 New Entrants to Dairying Scheme. Each year’s Scheme involves, within this Category, the allocation of 10 million litres of milk quota to 50 applicants who previously were not involved in milk production or did not hold a milk quota...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Ireland has a strict system of rules in respect of the transport of live animals both on national and international journeys. These rules are implemented in the context of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005, which has made a significant contribution to animal welfare during transport. Provisions in the EU regulation relating to the training of drivers, the authorisation of transporters and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 22nd November 2012 and an acknowledgement letter has issued to the person named. The processing of all applications is nearing completion and I expect to be in a position to inform all applicants of the outcome very shortly. In the event that any queries arise on the application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1st September 2011 and full payment totalling €533.77 issued in respect of 2011. 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: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named registered five animals for the 2011 Suckler Welfare Scheme and eighteen animals for the 2012 Scheme. Following validation of recently received weaning information, payment issued for one of the 2011 born animals on 7 May 2013 and ten of the 2012 born animals on 2 May 2013. A further three of the 2012 born animals have only been weaned in the last 4 weeks and will be...

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

Simon Coveney: Mindful of ongoing difficulties, I have decided that a formal request should again be made to the EU Commission seeking agreement to pay an advance from 16 October of the 2013 Single Farm Payment which, being the first day of the new EU financial year is the earliest potential payment date and almost two months ahead of the standard timeline. It will be recalled that my successful approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011 and full payment totalling €1,294.73 issued in respect of 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The People’s Millennium Forests Project was a flagship Millennium project sponsored by the National Millennium Committee and AIB and managed by Coillte in association with Woodlands of Ireland. This was the largest ever project directed at the expansion and enhancement of our native woodlands. There were 16 sites involved in this project, 14 of which are in the Republic of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in December 2007 and received payments for the first three years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. These checks have been completed in this case and the 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011 and has received full payment totalling €1,319.00 in respect of 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Authority Investigations (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The following direct costs have been incurred, to date, by my Department arising from the recent investigation: DNA testing                                          €83,714;   Phenylbutazone...

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

Simon Coveney: In order to improve its service to farmers, the Department has decided that it will acknowledge - either by text message or by post - all SPS application forms received in 2013. This is intended to assist those farmers, who had forgotten to submit their application as happens in many instances every year. In some instances, farmers are unaware that they had forgotten to submit their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Mortalities (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The number of cattle mortalities in the first three months of this year was up 26% on the same period last year. It should be noted that the operation of the National BVD Eradication Programme would have been responsible for some of this increase. An increased incidence of liver fluke infection in sheep and cattle was anticipated in 2012 because of the increase in rainfall during the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Stocking Densities (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am particularly conscious of the difficulties facing farmers, prompted by the prolonged period of adverse weather, which has cumulated in severe fodder shortages in many areas. In response, I have introduced a specific Scheme, the Imported Fodder Transport Scheme, designed to assist towards the transport costs of imported fodder and maintenance of stocking levels. The situation has prompted...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under the initial Financial Plan for the Rural Development Programme an indicative amount of €528m was allocated to Natura 2000. The Natura measure provides for compensation to farmers for disadvantages in their farming activities arising out of three Directives, the Habitats Directive, the Wild Birds Directive and the Water Framework Directive. Natura 2000 forms an integral part of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Broadband Scheme Issues (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Rural Broadband Scheme (RBS) was launched in 2011 in recognition of the fact that despite the widespread availability of broadband throughout Ireland, there still remained individual premises that were unable to receive a service. This Scheme was aimed at making a basic broadband service available to un-served premises in rural areas, not already covered by the National Broadband Scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (15 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I announced last Friday the extension of the imported fodder transport scheme for a further 2 weeks and the doubling of the fund to €2m. Following consultation with Met Eireann, Co Ops, the farming organisations, Teagasc and the advice of officials working on the ground, the decision was taken to allow a further two weeks for fodder to be imported into the country with a doubling of...