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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Expenditure on agri - environment schemes over the period 2007 to 2013 is estimated at €2.015 billion, details as follows: - - REPs AEOS Total - €m. €m. €m. 2007 311.750 - 311.750 2008 312.080 - 312.080 2009 341.123 - 341.123 2010 321.864 - 321.864 2011 260.952 14.107 275.059 2012 198.266 54.947 253.213 2013 estimated 148.575 51.800 200.375 Estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 542 together. Total provision available under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme as provided for in the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 is €1,799M. This amount is co-financed by the EU up to 55%. The expenditure for each of the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive, is as outlined below Year Applied Paid Total Amount 2011 101,802...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The table sets out the measures funded under the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 [RDP]. Under the current approved financial plan in the Programme close on €4.8Bn is allocated at programme level. This amount includes an allocation of EAFRD funding of €2.49Bn and €2.3Bn of Exchequer funding. Since the launch of the RDP expenditure under the programme up to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The European Council agreement on the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) provides a total of €2.19bn or some €313m for Ireland per year under Pillar 2 of the CAP for the period 2014 - 2020. This includes a special allocation of €100 million, over the full period, negotiated in the final stages of the talks. Measures which may be funded must address the three rural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The European Commission EAFRD proposal for the period 2014 – 2020 is still under negotiation as are the proposed funding arrangements for the EAFRD under the Multi-annual Financial Framework. Transitional rules will be required to bridge the current and 2014-2020 programming period for rural development and this is standard practice in the case of Pillar 2 due to the multi annual...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: There are currently about 29,300 participants in REPS 4. A total of just under 12,300 of these will cease their participation in REPS 4 at 31 December 2013. At 31 December 2013, there will approximately be 7,600 participants in the 2010 Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 1) and 6,150 applicants in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 11). In accordance with the terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The details requested will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS 4) was introduced on 8th August 2007 and was closed to new applicants was 9th July 2009. Details on the amount paid out each year since the inception of the Scheme, including expected expenditure in 2013 and 2014 will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Under the EU Regulations governing all area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any REPS payment can issue. Successive EU audits have made it absolutely clear that compliance with the Regulations must be strictly adhered to and that all administrative...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2008 and received payments for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 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: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in March 2008 and received payments for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 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. Following the administrative checks an issue was discovered...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 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 on their holding in 2011, and who applied for and were granted derogation in this regard. However, as the applicant has not as yet demonstrated that the holding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The rules governing the use of nitrates and phosphates are set out in the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010 commonly referred to as the Nitrates Regulations. Responsibility for these Regulations rests with my colleague, Minister Phil Hogan, Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government. These regulations transpose the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The applicant’s second instalment of the establishment grant must be paid before his annual premium payments can continue. However, the claim for the second instalment highlighted a slight error in the grant payment categories (GPCs) originally submitted in the applicant’s claim for the first instalment of the establishment grant. The Forest Service has been in contact with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Grants (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: There are no grants available at present from my Department for the reconstruction of damaged outbuildings on farms.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The number of full time equivalent personnel in my Department whose annual salary fall into the various ranges requested is set out in the table below. The information on the pay ranges of the staff of the state bodies under the remit of my Department is an operational matter for each of the bodies. Pay Band Number of staff more than 500,000 0 €250,001 - 500,000 0...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: At the outset I would like to give the Deputy the background to this issue. The EU Sugar Regime underwent a radical reform in 2005 following major EU decisions to restructure the industry. A temporary restructuring scheme was introduced with the aim of reducing EU sugar production. Greencore, the holder of the entire Irish sugar quota, availed of this voluntary scheme, dismantled its...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Our records show that the applicant is registered with the Department’s Online Services since May 2012. In November 2012, the Forest Service informed its clients who were registered online (including this applicant) that their future premium payment applications would be processed online and that therefore it would not be sending paper Form 4s (i.e. the annual premium application form)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: As the person named does not hold any Single Payment Entitlements, no payment is due under the Single Payment Scheme. With regard to the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare on their holding in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Improvement Scheme. His application for payment has been approved and payment will issue to his bank account shortly.