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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (19 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 12th April 2012. In order to comply with EU requirements, the application was one of a number which was selected for inspection. The inspection and related processes have been completed and payments under the Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Area Scheme will issue shortly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (19 Dec 2012)

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: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals (19 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in October 2008 and has received payments for the first four 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. This process has been completed and payments have commenced....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (19 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The appeal of the person named was recently forwarded to the DAS Appeals Committee for consideration; immediately that Committee has adjudicated on this appeal, the person concerned will be notified of their decision, in writing.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (19 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2012. The eligible areas for Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas purposes of the parcels referred to, which were declared on the application, were reduced following a review carried out by my Department using the latest aerial photography available. The person named was written to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (19 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Schemes was received from the person named on 15th May 2012. A number of issues arose during the processing of this application which have yet to be resolved. My Department has already been in correspondence with the applicant in this regard and will now follow up this up with further contact.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (19 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2012 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: International Agreements (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: In January 2012, the EU Commission introduced a draft negotiating mandate for a new protocol for the EU Morocco Fisheries Agreement. The mandate sought to conclude a protocol which would oblige Morocco to comply with international law and to report regularly on its use of the funds for the population concerned, including the people of the Western Sahara. A Council decision of 14 February...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pension Provisions (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person to whom the Deputy refers retired under the Cost Neutral Early Retirement scheme on the 29 February 2012 and received a lump sum in early March 2012. His pension is payable fortnightly by the Paymaster General's Office with effect from 1 March 2012 and it is not possible to pay his pension in any other manner.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Exchequer support is provided annually to Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) and Bord na gCon (BNG) as commercial State Bodies established under legislation in 2001 and in 1958 to develop the bloodstock and greyhound industries, respectively. The Irish bloodstock industry and greyhound industries are estimated to support approximately 28,000 jobs and provide €1.4bn in economic output. Both...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Testing Numbers (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: As it has not been possible to compile the information in the available timescale, my Department will forward it directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 and 502 together. I presume the Deputy’s questions relate to the Department’s analysis of post-2013 CAP reform proposals. The various CAP reform proposals which have emerged have been modelled based on the 2010 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) database of actual payments to farmers in that year, rather than entitlements. This analysis excludes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Retirements (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: None of the Veterinary Inspectors who availed of early retirement from my Department this year have been re-engaged by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Census of Agriculture (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The Central Statistics Office’s Census of Agriculture 2010, released earlier this month, gives the most up-to-date picture in this regard as it classifies farmholders by whether farming is their Sole Occupation, a Major Occupation or Subsidiary Occupation. The table below shows this data in comparison to the previous (2000) Census of Agriculture and the intervening CSO National Farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 505 and 506 together. Council Directive 2008/120/EC lays down minimum standards for the protection of pigs and enters into force on the 1 January 2013. My Department’s Veterinary Inspectors have been monitoring the situation on farms over recent months and the most recent survey carried out indicates 66% compliance level in terms of sow units. A...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Although constrained by tight budgetary disciplines which originally demanded a reduction of €114 million for next year, I was determined in finalising the Vote for my Department in 2013, to minimise the impact of the scale of the reductions so that the most important schemes and programmes were protected to the greatest possible extent. I am pleased to say I have managed to secure...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: The Food Harvest 2020 report set a growth value target of 33% to be achieved by 2020 for the primary sector and within that overall target the dairy and seafood sectors are areas where the most substantial growth is envisaged over the next four years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. The material is being compiled and it will be forwarded it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Sectoral performance over any given time horizon is subject to a multitude of factors. These include supply and demand dynamics, exchange rate fluctuations, producer margins, variations in input costs, the macroeconomic climate generally, trading conditions in individual commodities and market opportunities arising from international agreements. In the case of the dairy sector, production is,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, operational issues concerning sea fisheries control are a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). I have asked the SFPA to respond directly to the question.