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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Data (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: Each animal consigned by a keeper to a Food Business Operator (FBO) is accompanied by its passport. The FBO has access on the AIMS to information on the specific animals presented for slaughter by herd keepers, such as the date of birth, breed, gender and disease history and this information is available on the animal's passport. It is the responsibility of the keeper...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) will target the weaning efficiency of suckler cows and calves - measuring the liveweight of the calf at weaning as a percentage of the cow's live weight.  One of the aims of the pilot scheme is to make it as simple as possible for farmers. All applications for support and payment claims will be subject to administrative checks,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: In the Budget 2019, I secured an allocation of €20 million for the Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP).  This measure is targeted at suckler farmers and is aimed at further improving the economic and environmental efficiency of beef production. The Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) will target the weaning efficiency of suckler cows and calves by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The number of participants in the Young Farmers Scheme per county for 2017 and 2018 is set out in the following table: County 2017 Young Farmers Scheme participants 2018 Young Farmers Scheme participants Carlow 134 110 Cavan 369 356 Clare 374 361 Cork 1,030 1,016 Donegal 378 332 Dublin 38 41 Galway 773 785 Kerry 493 467 Kildare 134 129 Kilkenny 311 290 Laois 274 271 Leitrim 242...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The new regulations for the CAP 2021-27 were launched on Friday 1 June 2018 by Commissioner Hogan. The proposals, as drafted, involve significant changes, including in relation to governance, the distribution of direct payments among farmers and the increasing environmental conditionality attaching to such payments. These proposals are complex and we are now in the middle of intensive and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: All land farmed that is designated as habitat under the Birds or Habitats Directives and all commonage land is not only eligible for GLAS but was afforded priority access to the scheme. The GLAS terms and conditions and detailed specifications outline the criteria that must be met in order for land to be eligible for the action. The scheme is now fully subscribed and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Staff (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department is participating very actively in the Whole-of-Government approach to preparedness and contingency planning for Brexit. My officials are working closely with colleagues in other Departments and agencies across the public service to develop a joint approach in relation to the implementation at ports and airports of import controls on products coming from the UK. In July 2018, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Aid (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: One of my priorities is to improve access to finance for the agri-food sector. Food Wise 2025 identifies competitiveness as a key theme and includes a recommendation that stakeholders work to “improve access to finance for agriculture, forestry and seafood producers and agri-food companies”. The Future Growth Loan Scheme has been developed by my Department and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: At end -December 2018 there were 49,100 active GLAS participants. To date, 43,932 GLAS participants have received their 2018 advance payment and are fully up to date with their payments. In addition, GLAS Plus payments have also been paid to 2,928 GLAS farmers. This amounts to over €158m paid since 2018 payments commenced on November 14th. In relation to outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Transfers (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department, has been actively engaged in efforts to resolve the complex conveyancing issues concerned in this case which centred on establishing ownership of a piece of land bordering Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre. With further legal oversight my officials have re-engaged with Cork County Council to definitively establish who can deal with the transfer of the property in question....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The above named person was accepted into GLAS 2 with a start date of 1 January 2016 and is fully up to date with payments. As the GLAS contract of the person named contains the commonage action, Commonage Management Plans (CMP) were developed, in consultation with shareholders, for each of the five commonages claimed by the appointed Commonage advisor. These plans set out defined stocking...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: While overall targets are set for planting programme as a whole, only Native Woodland, Agroforestry, and Forestry for fibre have specific planting targets and there are no specific targets for the other Grant and Premium Categories (GPC) 1 to 8 inclusive. The relevant data is provided below in tabular form as requested. Planting Programme Scheme 2015 target 2015 Actual % of target planted...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: I refer the Deputy to his question raised last October, (41679/18 – Dáil Question No 153), in which he requested the same data. The area of land afforested in each county is indicated in the table below, which is taken from the third NFI. The area of forest is estimated to be 770,020 ha or 11% of the total land area of Ireland (NFI 2017). County % Area Carlow 9.4 Cavan 9.3...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The Forestry Act 2014, which was commenced on 24thMay 2017, along with the Forestry Regulations 2017 (SI No 191/2017) are the regulatory provisions in place with regard to forestry operations. In tandem with this, there are a number of guidelines and standards, which detail the technical requirements of forestry plantations. These are readily available on my Department's website. Setback...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: A specific condition of State Aid approval for the Forestry Programme 2014 -2020 is to aim for annual planting of 30% broadleaves. Following the Mid-term Review of the Forestry Programme I introduced increased grant and premium rates for native woodlands, agro-forestry and forestry for fibre Grant and Premium Categories in early 2018 aiming at increasing the annual broadleaf planting rates....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The pursuit and development of new markets for Irish agri-food exports is an ongoing and central component of the strategic development of the agri-food sector, as evidenced by its placement at the centre of Food Wise 2025, the industry's strategy for development over the coming decade. Food Wise 2025 outlines the huge potential for growth in agri-food exports to new and emerging markets,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Appeals (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The application in question was in relation to investments under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II. This application was the subject of an on-farm inspection. It is a requirement that the payments claimed be verified as part of such an inspection. In this case an issue arose in relation to non-compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme resulting in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out below. Table 1. DAFM Expenditure by Measure Level 2014-2017 and provisional for 2018 - Expenditure 2014 Expenditure 2015 Expenditure 2016 Expenditure 2017 Expenditure 2018 provisional Measure 1 - Knowledge transfer and information actions 48,881 9,667 8,668,524 19,531,480 29,136,302 Measure 2 - Advisory services, farm management and farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables. Table 1. DAFM Expenditure by Scheme 2014-2017 and provisional for 2018 - Expenditure 2014 Expenditure 2015 Expenditure 2016 Expenditure 2017 Expenditure 2018 provisional Beef Data and Genomics Programme 0 28,989,048 59,272,461 45,811,279 46,156,692 Rural Environment Protection Scheme 133,622,090 25,121,052 1,952,872 56,905...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Industrial Disputes (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department has recently concluded an agreement relating to current issues of dispute between ourselves and the named organisation for the provision of new arrangements for the delivery of meat inspection services. The proposed agreement will be balloted upon by members of this organisation over the course of the next three weeks, to conclude no later than 1 February 2019. The said...