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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: The amendment would make no material change to the meaning; rather, it would merely change the tense of the verbs and, therefore, would not improve the Bill which has been drafted effectively by members of staff in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The amendment would not improve on the work they have done. The claim my team is making is that there is no material difference between...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Section 9(b) states, "disease is present there". If we say "disease has to be present", the Minister has to find an instance of the disease in the area. If he or she knows it is likely to have spread into the area, he or she will want to close it down. That is the flexibility a Minister should want. If, for example, there is an outbreak of disease in west Cork and I know it is likely to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Exactly, it would be "at risk of, or suspected of being affected with disease".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: No. If someone has reason to believe a neighbouring farm is likely to be infected, it makes sense to put a ring around it. For example, a disease may be dormant for a period. We are trying to cover areas in which disease is present, but the Minister should also have the flexibility to create a disease eradication area where he or she considers it is at risk, or suspected of being affected...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: It is the same thing. If the Deputy wants to table an amendment with that wording on Report Stage, I will accept it as he is only substituting the word "by" for "with".

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: I think so. That is my reading of it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, subsection (1), to delete lines 9 to 14.These all are in my name. I do not anticipate this will be a contentious issue. During an earlier debate it became apparent that placing the definition of "intensive unit" so far from the two sections to which it applies made the text less user friendly. It is best to move the definition of "intensive unit" from the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, line 22, to delete “of a kind commonly”.This is a proposal to remove the words "of a kind commonly" before the phrase "kept for farming recreation, domestic or sporting purposes on the island of Ireland". Concerns were expressed that the phrase "a kind commonly kept for farming" would exclude unusual or exotic species such a snake kept as a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, subsection (1), lines 10 and 11, to delete “necessary” and substitute “reasonable”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: I am happy to accommodate the replacing of the word "necessary" with "reasonable" in this section, but I am not prepared to do the same in the general animal welfare section because that would undermine the Bill's new approach towards animal welfare. Section 8 deals with the prohibition on farm animals from straying. I accept that some flexibility is needed in this regard. That is why the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Given the conversation on fur farming we had last week, it is no harm to spell out in law the onus on farmers to ensure their mink do not escape.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine must initially provide finance for payments under EU-funded schemes. Such expenditure is normally reimbursed by the European Commission two months later. The largest scheme, the Single Payment Scheme, is paid out in the final quarter of the year. In the last quarter of 2011, a total of €720m was borrowed by the Exchequer to fund EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy is aware, the Young Farmers’ Installation Scheme was closed to new applications on 14 October 2008 as part of the decisions taken in the context of the 2009 Budget. Accordingly, grant applications which were received under the Scheme after that date were not processed by my Department on the basis of strict compliance with the terms of the decision. In the two cases...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2012 ón duine ainmnithe an 11 Bealtaine 2012. Níl aon íocaíocht eisithe fós, áfach, mar nach gcomhlíonann gabháltas an té ainmnithe íos-cheanglais dlús-stoic na Scéime. A luaithe is a dheimhneofar go bhfuil an gabháltas ag comhlíonadh na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Fuarthas iarratas faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste 2012 ón duine ainmnithe an 11 Bealtaine 2012. Níl aon íocaíocht eisithe fós, áfach, mar nach gcomhlíonann gabháltas an té ainmnithe íos-cheanglais dlús-stoic na Scéime. A luaithe is a dheimhneofar go bhfuil an gabháltas ag comhlíonadh na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: As processing of the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account. .

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: The infringement case referred to by the Deputy was closed by the EU Commission on 11 October 2012 following the submission to the Commission by my Department of the facts in relation to the case. In Ireland the control protocols in respect of sea lice are operated by the Marine Institute on behalf of the State and are more advanced than those operated in other jurisdictions for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 5 May 2012. However, payment has not yet issued as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements, which have been notified to all Scheme applicants. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: Payment under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme issued to the person named on 6 November 2012. Payment under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account.