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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is supplied in the attached table. 2016 Applications submitted for funding and projects from Louth/Meath County Council Decided upon Louth Control of Horses Funding Y Clogherhead Harbour Y Carlingford Pier Y Clogherhead Pier Y Meath Control of Horses Funding Y 2017 Applications submitted for funding and projects from Louth /Meath...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The Dairy Sustainability Ireland (DSI) initiative will complement the work undertaken in the sustainability support and advisory programme. As part of the DSI initiative, a pilot programme comprising of six of the biggest dairy processors – Aurivo, Carbery, Dairygold, Glanbia, Kerry and Lakeland has been launched. The programme involves 180 of their milk suppliers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Research (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises the importance of soil carbon and its contribution to the global challenge set by the Paris agreement to limit warming to 2 degrees above pre industrial levels and to pursue limiting warming to less than 1.5 degrees. Scientific research has a central role to play in developing our understanding of the carbon sequestration potential of our natural land resources. To...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The United Kingdom including Northern Ireland represents Ireland’s biggest dairy export market, accounting for approx €990 million of exports in the dairy sector in 2017. The following data is based on CSO data, with estimates for 2018 available to April. Destination 2017 (€ 000) 2017 (Tonnes) Jan-Apr 2018 (€ 000) Jan-Apr 2018 (Tonnes) Great Britain ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: As an open economy,  Ireland is generally supportive of such free trade agreements between the EU and other trading blocs, and strives to ensure that they reflect our economic and trade interests. The recently agreed FTAs with Mexico and Japan have been very positive in this regard, in that they provide significant potential for future trade,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: There are two categories of emissions from arterial drainage of organic soils under agricultural production under which emissions are reported in the national inventory. Firstly under the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector, in which carbon dioxide and methane emissions are reported and account for on average 587 kt CO2equivalent per year. Secondly nitrous oxide emissions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The Sheep Welfare Scheme is part of Ireland's Rural Development Programme.  It should  be noted that the rate paid  per ewe is based on the cost incurred and income foregone by the farmer in carrying out the actions chosen under the scheme so that if the rate per ewe is to be increased then the actions will also have to increase. Any increase in the payment rate would...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: I welcome the newly formed Joint Committee on Climate Action.  I note that the Committee will consider the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly Report on tackling climate change and how these recommendations might inform future climate policy development. As part of their work the Committee has committed to engaging with Government Departments regarding adaptation and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The material requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The allocated budget for the TAMS Schemes over the course of the RDP is €395m. The budget for 2018 is €70m. To date the value of approvals which have not yet resulted in a payment claim is estimated at €140.4m. Payment claims continue to be received on an on going basis in respect of these applications. If the funding is not drawn down the budget will be available for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in the specific format requested. It is  being collated and will be forward to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Negotiations (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 and 584 together. As I have advised  before, fisheries is, and will remain, a high priority for Ireland in the Brexit negotiations.  I am determined to ensure that fisheries remain high on the Brexit agenda in the EU and that the interests of Ireland's fishing communities are fully safeguarded. The London Fisheries Convention deals...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The London Fisheries Convention deals primarily with the right of a number of countries to fish in each other's 6 to 12 mile fishing zones based on historic fishing activity. Most of these rights were later incorporated into the Common Fisheries Policy. On the basis of the provisions of Articles 2 and 9 of the Convention, pre-existing reciprocal arrangements were re-affirmed at the time by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: I have set out in the following table the data sought by the Deputy.  The percentages of Irish landings taken from the UK 6-12nm zones were estimated using positional data from Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and landings data from the EU logbooks. Since 2013, all vessels with a total length of 12m and over have been equipped with VMS; therefore the analysis was performed on the years...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 582 and 583 together. The following table gives the area of the EEZ of each EU member state in square kilometres as well as the percentage of each EEZ as part of the total EU EEZ and the percentage as part of the EU EEZ excluding the UK. Please note that the areas given here relate only to the mainland EEZ areas including the North East Atlantic,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Data (12 Jul 2018)

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”. In March this year, I launched the new “Brexit Loan Scheme” in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Data (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables: Table 1 - Voted Allocations for Schemes 2014-2018, Expenditure 2014-2017 - Knowledge Transfer Scheme GLAS Beef Data and Genomics Programme TAMS II Sheep Welfare Scheme Hen Harrier Programme Allocation 2014 0 0 23,000,000 0 0 0 Expenditure 2014 0 0 21,750,521 0 0 0 Allocation 2015 0 20,000,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mental Health Services (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The Health Service Executive provides a wide range of community and hospital based mental health services in Ireland and can be contacted at 1850 24 1850. While my Department does not have any direct provisions for mental health in the various farm schemes it operates, it does however provide on-going initiatives which would indirectly alleviate mental health related pressures...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: Article 75(1) of EU Council Regulation 1306/2013 states that Member States may, prior to 1 December but not before 16 October, pay advances of up to 50% for direct payments and of up to 75% for support granted under rural development. Article 75(3) of this regulation provides that the Commission may derogate from these provisions in the event of an emergency. Cognisant of the extreme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Data (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out below: RDP scheme 2018 Allocation/ Projected expenditure Knowledge Transfer Group 23,000,000 GLAS Training 7,836,858 BDGP Training 481,760 CPD for advisors 300,000 TASAH Advisory 981,000 Setting up POs 75,000 TAMS II 69,950,455 AEOS (Transitional) 528,735 GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings 1,000,000 GLAS 195,151,942 Burren...