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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: We promote Ireland as a good destination in all its glory in terms of seafood, the beef and dairy sectors and the drinks industry. We promote Ireland as the food island and do a lot of work in terms of market access, etc., which is as it should be. In terms of legislation, there is an initiative at EU level that is not insignificant and has been broadly welcomed by the industry in terms of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: How producer organisations might assist that cohort of farmers is a matter that could be usefully explored. One thing that bedevils the beef industry is the amount of movement. The number of people trying to carve a slice out of the end product is probably too high. A group that would assist the sellers of weanlings to finishers could work as a producer organisation. A farmer does not...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: My recollection of the figures is that there have been approximately 215,000 live exports to date in 2018. That is up by in the region of 30% on the figure for 2017. Of those, approximately 150,000 were exported calves. That is subject to correction but that is my recall of the detail so we are growing it significantly. Can we keep ahead of the growth in the national herd on the dairy...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: I have listened to Deputy Cahill. It is interesting that he had no specific questions. In two years we have allocated an extra €48 million in respect of ANC payments. We have introduced a beef environmental efficiency scheme. We have allocated €25 million to a hen harrier scheme, which the Deputy failed to mention when talking about hen harrier designation.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy has had his chance. I have always said the hen harrier issue is two-pronged in nature. There is an issue to address in the context of a threat-response plan - the afforestation issue - but part of it was to put in place a hen harrier scheme. The payments in this regard have already issued and the numbers of qualifying farmers will increase.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: Let me finish. Deputy Cahill made reference to 30-month BSE restrictions. We have to export and find a home for nine out of every ten cattle that we produce and we try to negotiate the best possible deal that we can. It involves constant engagement with veterinary authorities in other states. We have, most recently, improved the veterinary certification requirement with Libya and that...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: On the latter point, I appreciate Deputy Martin Kenny may not have been able to attend the meeting some weeks ago when we had a conversation about this. We have made substantial progress on clearing the backlog on the shellfish licences. We are initiating communication on the finfish applications. Only last week, I attended a BIM event for seafood awards and met a number of the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: The fund is the fund. Ultimately, the same level of funding will be approved. It is a bit like the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes, TAMS, grant scheme. The scheme is still open. It is available for applications. There will be applications that probably have been approved but have not the paperwork in. It is merely that the provision we had in 2018 is not drawn down. It will...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: I can get the Deputy a detailed breakdown on this. The Deputy will recall in my opening remarks I stated the Supplementary Estimate is a technical amendment, in fact, for an amount of €1,000. Although we are bringing forward a liability in 2019 of €15 million for the World Food Programme and approval for €23 million for the agri-environmental schemes and €7...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: It is related to participation in schemes and grants.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: That is not the case. I will get a breakdown for the Deputy. We have fixed numbers of participants in the BDGP, in GLAS etc. Those schemes are co-funded but sometimes the funding arrives late. Sometimes, one get a 2017 and 2018 payment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: Yes, that is the fund of €240 million, of which €147 million is EU funded. The 2017 payment was higher because that was the first payment under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, programme. I will get a detailed briefing note on it for the Deputy.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: I am pleased to appear before the Seanad to present the annual transition statement for the agriculture, forest and land-use sector. As one of the key sectors involved in the country's national mitigation plan, it only right to restate the vision for the sector which is an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector, including forestry, that does not compromise...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: The information the Deputy had requested is detailed in the following table. Under Section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001 (No.20 of 2001), the horse and greyhound racing industries receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund (the Fund). In the period 2001 to 2017 a total of €1.12 billion has been paid from the Fund in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has not provided any funding or grant aid to the named organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: I wish to advise the Deputy that the information requested is outlined in the table at the following link:

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: Following the death of a herd owner, payments due to the herd number for all scheme years are put on hold pending the receipt of specified testamentary documents. The required testamentary documents have all been received in respect of this case. An Indemnity on Payment of Monies application received by my Department in respect of this case has been approved and payments will be released to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 and 510 together. Coillte was established in 1989 in accordance with the Forestry Act 1988. Since 1989 Coillte has received €109.7 million in grant funding to enable afforestation of c. 78,000 hectares. Coillte also received €45.1 million to enable the building/upgrading of c. 8,100 kilometres of forest roads to facilitate timber...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: This participant's GLAS payments are fully up to date.