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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The processing of the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application from the person named has been completed and payment has issued to his nominated bank account.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 2 May 2018. The processing of this application has been completed and payment will issue to the nominated bank account shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: An application for the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was received from the person named on 17 April 2018. Processing of this application is now complete with payment due to issue to the nominated bank account of the person named in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on the 25th April 2018. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on the 13th May 2018. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) was received from the person named on 11 April 2018. Under 2018 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme, all eligible applicants are required to meet a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per hectare for a retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future Growth Loan Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: In his Budget speech my colleague the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, formally announced progress in relation to the development of the “Future Growth Loan Scheme” for SMEs, including the primary agriculture and seafood sectors. As I announced on Budget day, this is the Scheme for which I had provided €25 million in funding in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has provided €20 million in budget 2019 for a new pilot scheme for suckler farmers, specifically aimed at further improving the carbon efficiency of beef production. 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 liveweight....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The individual allocations for 2019 will be set out in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which will be published later this year.

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: What about Nóirín O'Sullivan?

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy only takes notice of the outcomes of some of them.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: That is more than can be said for Sinn Féin.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I appreciate the Deputy's interest in the aquaculture sector. We conducted a review of the aquaculture licensing regime and I understand that a date was agreed with the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the process. I can confirm that we are on track to eliminate the arrears of processing of aquaculture licences. There was a two-year timescale in which to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: It is a demand-led scheme, open for applications on an annual basis. Anyone who applies gets a payment of €10 per ewe on the basis of actions they commit to, whether for hill farmers or lowland sheep productions. There is a menu of options specifically designed and tailored for either commodity area. On generational renewal, the Deputy will appreciate that as well as increasing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I am very conscious of the important role the sheep sector plays in regard to the continued growth and development of our agrifood sector. With this in mind, I have ensured that my Department has put in place a range of supports for the sheep sector in recent years across a number of schemes. With regard to Pillar 1 supports under the Common Agricultural Policy, sheep farmers continue to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: Deputy McLoughlin will be aware that last year we introduced an additional payment of €25 million under the ANC scheme, probably better known as the disadvantaged area scheme. In delivering that payment, we decided to target it at a rate of €13 million for the most severely handicapped which is the hill and mountain land to which the Deputy referred, €9 million for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: Although it is often not acknowledged, I represent a constituency that has significant amounts of such land, from the west Muskerry area, in particular, the hills of Cúil Aodha, Ballyvourney and Ballingeary. I am aware of that hill sheep farmer component, the value of the products that they produce, and as I said, the public goods. That is why the ANC payments are recognised by me as a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: As I indicated earlier, in accordance with competition law, neither I nor my Department has any role in determining market prices for any commodity, nor can I intervene in this process. I am conscious that this has been a difficult year for the sector in terms of weather and the range of challenges associated with it. We have to acknowledge that input costs at farm level will be unexpectedly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I share the same ambition as Deputy Scanlon. I appreciate that the Deputy comes from a constituency where the suckler beef sector is a strong component of delivering high quality weanling cattle, perhaps to the plains of Kildare and Meath, for further onward fattening. It is a critical part of that rural economy. Both of us share that ambition that they would have a return for that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Horses (11 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: As I said, we had recent consultation with local authorities but it is not for us to tell local authorities to recruit wardens. Under the Control of Horses Act, it is something they may do themselves. I appreciate, as a former member of a local authority, there are many competing demands on their resources. Some have wardens but many have not, and it is not something about which we can...