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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (28 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2018 Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2018. Under the Terms and Conditions of the 2018 ANC, eligible applicants are required to meet a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of 7 months and to maintain an annual average of 0.15 livestock units...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (28 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department acknowledge the value and importance of live exports to Ireland’s agribusiness and I am aware of the challenges within the live export trade, particularly that of capacity in lairages in France. Calves being exported must, for welfare reasons, be off-loaded, fed and rested for 12 hours on arrival in France. The current lairages in the Cherbourg region have capacity for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (28 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 190 together. I and my officials have been working very hard for quite some time to sensitise other Member States and the European Commission to the potentially very severe impacts of Brexit on the Irish agri-food and in particular the beef sector, and to the likelihood of specific supports being required in order to deal with these impacts. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (28 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The Agricultural Support & Advisory Programme (ASSAP) is an innovative Government/industry initiative running from 2018 to 2021. It is a well structured, collaborative initiative, involving a range of stakeholders, including the wider community, to facilitate improvements in water quality. The ASSAP involves a resource of 30 Agricultural Sustainability Advisors, 20 of whom are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: Low Emissions Slurry equipment is recognised as contributing to reducing ammonia emissions and increasing the efficiency of nutrient recycling in slurry systems. It is identified as a key mitigation option in reducing the climate impact of Agriculture under the Teagasc Marginal Abatement Cost Curve. The Low Emission Slurry Spreading Equipment Scheme (LESS) under TAMS II provides grant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data (28 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 194 together. Applications from 18,536 herd owners have been received for the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot. As calves born up until 30 June 2019 are eligible, a final figure for eligible calves is not yet available. I have not extended the deadline for applications. An application window of three weeks was provided for the initial expression...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The Government has been working hard to ensure that Ireland is ready for Brexit. In particular, we continue to seek to mitigate as far as possible the potential adverse impacts of a disorderly Brexit. With the impending approach of the 29 March deadline, we are accelerating our no-deal preparations. The Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: It is long-standing Government policy that Ireland’s fish quotas are a national asset and there is no charge applied to the allocation of quotas. Ireland’s fish quota management system is designed to ensure the best possible spread both between fishing vessel operators and in terms of take up of quota throughout the year having regard to fishing patterns and market conditions....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 164 to 169, inclusive, together. Over the last decade, available evidence suggests that the geographic distribution of all species of deer has increased, but neither the precise distribution nor the population density of these species is currently known. Deer appear to be a localised issue in many areas. In this context, there is a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received all payments in respect of scheme years 2016 and 2017. An issue arose in relation to the request by the applicant for a transfer of the GLAS contract which has delayed the 2018 Advance payment. The associated BPS application is now under a herd number and not under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017 and has received the 2017 Advance payment including GLAS plus. The participant was selected for an inspection and has requested a review of the inspection findings. The Department received this review request on 7 February 2019 and the case is currently being reviewed. The participant will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: I refer to the answer given in Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 19thFebruary 2019. The statistics were extracted from the Department's Animal Identification Movement (AIM) database. On the Department's Animal Identification Movement (AIM) database the origin of an animal is based on the location of the particular herd it is born into. With regard to animals imported directly from the UK for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The TB Forum was established mid 2018 and has held a number of meetings. As the work of the Forum is nearing completion I do not envisage adding to the membership of this Forum.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The Fallen Animal TSE Subsidy Scheme is an integral part of the infrastructure underpinning Ireland’s successful livestock and meat processing industries, which have an estimated combined export value of €3 billion annually. The Scheme ensures primarily that fallen bovine animals over 48 months, which must be BSE-tested in accordance with EU legislation, are disposed of in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: Livestock marts play a critical role in the trade of animals in Ireland and it is essential that purchasers have the most up to date information to inform their buying decisions. In May 2016 I launched the Mart Modernisation Grant Scheme which provided €300,000 in funding for new ringside display screens at marts to view the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) star ratings...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: A Quality Payment System (QPS) introducing differentiated payments in respect of certain grades of cattle at slaughter plants was introduced in 2009 by agreement between Meat Industry Ireland (MII) and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA). My understanding is that any additional bonus payments and the conditions attached to qualification for such bonus payments are determined by processors...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 governs the monitoring of carcase classification, carcase presentation and weighing. The overall performance of a machine is determined by officials from my Department. All carcasses are checked normally in real time on the slaughter line or on occasion in the chilling rooms to determine machine score. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: Market development including new market access is a key theme of the Food Wise strategy, and a fundamental response to the challenges posed by Brexit. Progress and prioritisation of my Department's market access work is made in full consultation with industry, including implementation of the Department's market access action plan, launched in April 2017. My officials continue to liaise...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Land Commission (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: None of the 8 million or so former Irish Land Commission records held are available in digital format. There are no plans to digitise them at present, although my Department may consider this at a future date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (27 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 governs the monitoring of carcase classification, carcase presentation and weighing. When the machine is found to e out of tolerance by officials from my Department the slaughter plant is instructed to revert to manual grading. The overall performance of a machine is determined when the inspection is carried out. All...