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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: Advance payments under the BPS are due to start from October 16th. This is the earliest possible date on which advance payments can be made. For 2018, the Department has made arrangements to set the BPS advance payment at 70%, rather than the standard 50%. Advance payments will continue on a rolling basis after the 16thOctober in order to ensure that cases are paid once they are cleared....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I am advised that there is no record of a GLAS contract in place for the applicant referred to. Department officials have been in direct contact with the Deputy's office to obtain a herd number, which is the primary GLAS identifier, for the person named. When this information is received, my officials will provide a reply directly to the Deputy concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) and Basic Payment Schemes was received from the person named on 2 April 2018. Under 2018 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme, all eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named made an application for mobile sheep handling equipment under the Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme TAMS II on 20 November 2015. The applicant's planner contacted the Department while submitting the claim for payment and was advised to submit the required details of actual items purchased. A claim for payment was submitted on 20 July 2017 which included investments...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme commenced, on schedule, on 18 September 2018 with payments of €185.6 million issuing to some 77,000 applicants. To date in excess of €194.4 million has issued to over 80,600 applicants. While the total number of applicants under the 2018 scheme who have the minimum level of designated land is 100,339 it should be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: Knowledge Transfer (KT) is one of a suite of measures included under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and involves the formation of knowledge transfer groups across the beef, dairy, equine, sheep, tillage and poultry sectors. Farmer participants attend group meetings and produce a Farm Improvement Plan in consultation with their KT Facilitator. For each year of the three year...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The number of calves born to beef breed dams as extracted from the Animal Identification and Movement database (AIM) for the period 1 January to 30 June 2017 is 727,571. The figure for the corresponding period in 2018 is 701,833. I am keenly aware of the importance of the suckler sector to Ireland's rural economy and the wider agri-food industry. The sector is an integral component to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The position regarding the export of dogs, including greyhounds, from Ireland is as follows: The vast majority of dogs that are moved from Ireland go to the UK. Trade within the EU of dogs is governed by EU law. Dogs moved to another EU country must be accompanied by an EU pet passport, be microchipped, and have a valid rabies vaccination. The premises exporting dogs must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The OIE is the global standard setting body in respect of animal health and animal welfare. Its membership comprises 181 countries from around the world. In the years 2015 and 2016 Ireland's annual subscription was €102,765. In 2017 the annual subscription was €123,315. In 2018 this contribution increased to €126,150. Separately, my Department entered into a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint schemes application on 12th 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 selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on the 23rd March 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: GLAS Payments (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The 2018 advance payments for GLAS are scheduled to commence before the end of November. All GLAS participants have been notified of this and other expected scheme delivery dates. Approval has been secured from the EU Commission to make these payments at the higher rate of 85%. All scheme requirements must be fulfilled before a payment can issue. This includes the need to finalise...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 and 413 together. An application under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) was received on 27th February 2018 under the herd number provided in the name of one of the persons named. Subsequently, an application was received under the BPS in the names of both persons named. As part of the validation process for all BPS applications, the two applications have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named made an application under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS on 12 January 2017. A letter dated 15 February 2017 issued to the applicant advising that the education documents supplied did not meet the educational requirements set out in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme to qualify for the grant of 60% under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme -...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (9 Oct 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: As part of my ongoing efforts to ensure that my EU counterparts are fully aware of Ireland's concerns about the impact of Brexit on the agri-food and fisheries sectors, as well as ensuring that they understand our 'asks' from the EU/UK negotiations, I have engaged extensively with Member States since the UK referendum in June 2016. These engagements include formal bilateral meetings in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on the 12th 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: Farm Data (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received on 24 April 2018 from the person named. Processing of the application has recently been completed and the payment due will issue to the nominated bank account in the coming days. Advance payments under the Basic Payment Scheme are due to commence for cleared cases on 16 October.