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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department has two Regional Offices, in Clonakilty and in Cork city and a separate office from which the Marine functions are delivered in Clonakilty. In order to leverage cost savings whilst maintaining the highest level of services to our stakeholders, I have decided to merge my Department’s Clonakilty activities in the Clogheen complex. Administrative staff located at Darrara...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2012, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment will, therefore, issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Currently, this applicant is one of a number, whose cases are impacted by a requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who have applied for a derogation in this regard. This application had not been determined in sufficient time to enable payment with the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: As indicated in my previous reply to the Deputy the application referred to is in respect of a site located within Ardgroom Harbour, Kenmare Bay which is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive (Natura 2000 site). All applications in ‘Natura’ areas are required to be appropriately assessed for the purpose of environmental compliance with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Under the Nitrates Regulations, farmers are required to maintain certain records for each calendar year and to keep these records for five years. As part of a Cross Compliance inspection carried out on 29 November 2010, the person submitted such records to the Department. During a subsequent evaluation of these records, it was found that there was a deficiency in storage capacity of some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The amounts paid to farmers under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme in the categories requested were as follows: Category Paid Total Amount Paid Received more than €99,999.99 243 €32,840,103.00 Received between €50,000 and €99,999.99 1,804 €118,368,175.00 Received between €5,000 and €49,999.99 69,543 €959,768,088.00 Received...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (9 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 to 542, inclusive, together. The Government initially decided, in the context of the State asset disposal programme, that consideration would be given to the sale of certain assets of Coillte, excluding land. The Government has further decided, in relation to Coillte, that a concession for the harvesting rights to Coillte’s forests will be put...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Motion (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: For the record, our original position on greening was that we supported the concept of greening but considered that it could be done in a more efficient way rather than having a separate payment, which is what is being proposed, but we now accept that the Commission?s proposal will be the basis for a final compromise.

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Motion (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Seanad for having this debate. We need an equally comprehensive debate on this issue in the Dáil in the not too distant future. Perhaps, too, we should have another debate on the CAP as the negotiations develop during the Irish Presidency or before it. I wish to focus on the CAP rather than respond to the budgetary issues on AEOS and so on. We can deal with them on another...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Motion (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Is it from the celebrations?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The position relating to the re-calculation of Single Payment entitlements following this Department’s Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) Review of Commonage Parcels is as follows: the re-calculation of entitlements was undertaken under the provisions of Article 81 (3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009. It only applied to eligible commonage claimants, who satisfied the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Numbers (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The total equine slaughter numbers for plants approved by my Department over the past two years are as follows: Year Number 2010 7,296 2011 12,386 Slaughter figures for Local Authority supervised establishments and numbers slaughtered privately are not included in my Department’s figures. Central Statistic Office figures indicate that 1,222 live equines were exported in 2010 and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Currently, this applicant is one of a number, whose cases are impacted by a requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who have applied for a derogation in this regard. This application had not been determined in sufficient time to enable payment with the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: Funding for forestry in 2013, like every other item in my Department’s budget, will be determined in the context of ongoing discussions on the framing of the 2013 Budget. In 2012 the Government provided almost €112 million in funding for the forestry programme, reflecting its continued commitment to a sector which is important both in creating and maintaining employment in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Area Schemes. In order to meet EU requirements, the application concerned was one of a number which was selected for inspection. As this process had not been completed in sufficient time, it was not possible to include the person concerned with the initial tranche of DAS payments on 26 September. As soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: My Department has two Regional Offices, in Clonakilty and in Cork city and a separate office from which the Marine functions are delivered in Clonakilty. As part of the reform process within my Department which has been ongoing for some time and has led to significant savings, I have decided to merge my Department’s Clonakilty activities in the Clogheen complex. This will leverage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: While an application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 2 May 2012, payment has not issued as the conditions of the Scheme have not been satisfied, at this stage. The Terms and Conditions governing the Scheme require, inter alia , that all equine premises must be registered with the Department in accordance with S.I No 8 of 2012 (Disease of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 3 May 2012, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment will, therefore, issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Currently, this applicant is one of a number, whose cases are impacted by a requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who have applied for a derogation in this regard. This application had not been determined in sufficient time to enable payment with the first...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 1 May 2012, processing of which has recently been completed. Payment will, therefore, issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named.