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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: Officials from my Department visited the circus in question and they confirmed that there no wolves performing or travelling with the show. There were several breeds of domestic canine present in the circus. My inspectors assessed the conditions of the animals in question and were found to be of good standard. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Issues (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: The dossier requesting the approval of facilities located around Rosslare Port as a Border inspection post (BIP) was sent to the European Commission by my Department on the 14th of February. The Commission has subsequently communicated to my Department that it has approved the facilities to be designated as a BIP for the importation of products of animal origin for human consumption...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: The Forestry Act 2014 specifies the requirements to obtain a tree felling licence, prior to commencing certain tree felling operations. This is regardless of whether a tree or trees are on public or private property. My Department also published the Felling and Reforestation Policy document in May 2017 to provide a consolidated source of information on the legal and regulatory framework...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: In early March, I met with a delegation from the group mentioned in correspondence received from the Deputy. The meeting was constructive and I believe there was good engagement across a range of important issues.  I am very conscious of the role played by the beef sector in sustaining the rural economy and rural communities across Ireland, as reflected in the Dáil debate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Offences (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues concerning sea fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval Service. Accordingly, I am precluded from having any role in relation to any operational control activities or actions by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority or the Naval...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Offences (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested in relation to the number of court prosecutions initiated by my Department, the result or current status of these cases and the value of fines issued for each year is set out in the table.  The Deputy will be aware that neither I, nor my Department, has any function in relation to the collection of fines, which rests with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has not undertaken procurement processes in relation to consultancy agencies - media or otherwise - to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos on behalf of my Departmental strategies or policies. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: The Press and Communications Office in my Department is the primary point of contact between the Department and members of the media, as well as members of the general public. The office is responsible for communicating with media and members of the public regarding the work of the Minister, the Minister of State and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: Since 2016, my Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme 2014-20 has been providing a wide range of supports to our seafood sector to foster its sustainable development. Supports to the aquaculture sector are provided through two EMFF schemes, namely a Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme and a Knowledge Gateway Scheme. In line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has an Irish Language Scheme in place in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003. The present Scheme commenced with effect from 24 October 2016 and work on preparing the next Scheme will commence shortly.  The scheme is available on my Department's website: https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/gaeilge/ScimT eanga1619IrishLanguageScheme100217.pdf 

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: I am pleased to have this valuable opportunity to present the current challenges and opportunities across the various sectors in agriculture, food development, marine and forestry to the committee. My key focus for 2019 is protecting vulnerable farm incomes, supporting sustainable farming and jobs in rural and coastal communities, and assisting the sector in meeting the challenges of Brexit....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: The Deputy raised a number of points but the critical one, which I think many in the agricultural community would acknowledge, is the challenge facing the beef sector, on which we had a construction debate in the Dáil Chamber last week. We are directing the resources available to the State in a targeted way to farmers to try to shore up falling incomes. As the Deputy will be aware,...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: My understanding is 450,000 weanlings are covered. We do not have final figures but it will be in or around the €20 million budgeted for. We will not have the exact figures until later this year. The ambition is to pay this scheme in the current calendar year. On Brexit staffing, on which the Deputy has been asking a lot of questions, we are trying to manage a situation as...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: As the situation has been an evolving one we have been able to refine our requirement in terms of populating rosters to meet shift work and so on. For example, the Wexford facility will operate on the basis of two rosters and Dublin Port will operate around the clock, if I am not mistaken. We have been able to drill down into the granular detail around the staffing requirement. The...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: Some are reassigned and some are new staff. I can provide the breakdown of that for the Deputy.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: As of today, 50 clerical officers and 30 veterinary inspectors are recruited and the rest currently are temporary contracts or redeployed staff.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: That is new recruits.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: Programme A shows the increased level of funding required because of additional staff complement. It is one of the areas where the budget is up. That is under the central case scenario. In a crash-out, the staff complement will be higher. We want to do this as efficiently as possible to avoid a situation where we have recruited contractually all of those staff and then find that the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: I would still say that.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: No-----