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Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: No. Bord Iascaigh Mhara is a semi-State body responsible for the development of the seafood sector. This includes salmon farming, other elements of aquaculture, wild sea fisheries etc. The body has applied, in its name, to develop a large salmon farm in Galway Bay. As the Minister who makes the decision under licence, I will have a very detailed set of recommendations on the application...

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: No; it was not.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Either the Deputy does not understand the policy or he is deliberately trying to misrepresent what it is about.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: There is no moratorium on the development of salmon farms.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: There will be no money available until the restriction is moved for any farm, be it in Galway Bay or anywhere else.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: There is no grant aid available to put infrastructure in place.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is trying to muddy the waters for political reasons, as usual, and is trying to cause division.

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The problem is that the Deputy does not listen and does not want to hear the actual truth. He would much rather create division between people. I would like to reassure Members in regard to sea lice. My Department's policy on sea lice controls is strictly evidence based. The control protocols are operated by the Marine Institute on behalf of the State and are more advanced than those...

Other Questions: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 20 together. My response will be technical but I will give the Deputy a more direct response to supplementary questions he might have. The identification and registration of horses is governed by EU Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 of 2008. The EU legislation has been transposed into national...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: With the exception of Slovenia and Slovakia, 25 countries supported our alternative option for countries. That is the position, regardless of how the Deputy tries to undermine it. He should look at some of the debates that take place in the Council so he can understand the different positions countries have taken. We have a Council position that is representative of what the countries,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am defending a position that the Council agreed, which was a compromise among Ministers.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: This is a very good question about the impact a failure to agree the multi-annual financial framework, MFF, might have on the proposed CAP reform. As holder of the Presidency, we are trying to finalise the European budget with the European Parliament, which must approve it, before the end of the Irish Presidency. We are also trying to conclude CAP reform and the Common Fisheries Policy,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The member states that contribute to the EU budget have already made a decision on how much they are willing to spend for the next seven years. That is very unlikely to change. Extra money is required to complete the budget for 2013 and how to deal with that and where the money will come from are under negotiation at present. The European Parliament is also seeking some other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: That is exactly what the negotiations are about, how to redistribute within a country and the flexibility to be given to countries while at the same time ensuring there is significant redistribution. We do not want a figleaf with regard to the redistribution of money. There are people who got a raw deal under direct payments in the past, because of their position during the years when...

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Seafood National Programme 2007-2013 is a framework programme under the national development plan covering supports to the seafood sector that are not co-funded by the EU. Most support to the seafood sector is co-funded by the European Fisheries Fund and is covered by the Seafood Development Programme 2007-2013. Financial supports for the construction, installation and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sugar Industry (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: These are fair questions, but it is important we do not run before we can walk. The first thing we must do is ensure Ireland either has a quota or can produce sugar in the absence of EU quotas. At present we can do neither. After I came back from the Council of Ministers having sought agreement on the CAP, I said sugar production was the most difficult issue on which to get agreement for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The negotiations on CAP reform have moved to discussions between the EU institutions and an intensive schedule of trilogue discussions with the European Parliament and European Commission commenced on 11 April. Up to today, 11 trilogues have taken place - three each on direct payments and rural development, four on the single CMO and one on the horizontal and financial management proposal....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: The schedule for implementation is that we will try to reach political agreement by June on what the new CAP reform package will look like for the next seven years. The Commission will then spend the second half of the year turning it into regulations to make it real and implementable. Countries will put together plans for their own CAP reform package given the toolbox and the flexibility...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am answering it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: Countries will be given 12 months to put new systems in place in order that the new CAP can begin in 2015. The schedule has been in place for the past eight months. If the Deputy had been following what had been happening, he would know that and would not have to ask.