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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (21 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: It is specified in the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Terms & Conditions circulated annually to farmers that under the Wildlife Acts, growing vegetation cannot be burnt between 1stMarch and 31stAugust of any given year, on any land not yet cultivated. Where land has been burned, it is not in a state suitable for an agricultural activity such as grazing or cultivation and therefore it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (21 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: GLAS 2017 balancing payments commenced payment week ending 18 May 2018 as per my Department’s commitment at the beginning of the year to commence these in May. To date, over 98% of eligible GLAS participants have received their balancing payment. A number of cases remain ineligible for payment as the GLAS participant and/or their Advisor need to take action. I would encourage any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Data (21 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table.  The figures remain unchanged from the information provided in response to the parliamentary question of 13 June 2018. Table 1 County Number of applicants who have received a  balancing payment as of 20th of June 2018 CARLOW 417 CAVAN 419 CLARE 203 CORK 990 DONEGAL 3531 DUBLIN...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (21 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: GLAS+ is payable to participants with Priority Environmental Assets and entitlement is established when the basic GLAS payment entitlement has been verified. Currently entitlement to GLAS+ has been established for just over 3,300 participants of which 2,555 contracts end on 31 December 2020 and 800 have contract completion dates of 31 December 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (21 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: A campaign to recruit Technical Agricultural Officers was advertised by the Public Appointments Service on behalf of my Department on 15th April 2016 with a closing date of 5th May 2016. Two rounds of the competition were undertaken throughout late 2016 and the first half of 2017. It was intended to hold a third round of that competition in early 2018, and it is this phase to which...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: It has not.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: In relation to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application of the person named, a dual claim arose in respect of the land in question after the processing of his 2017 BPS payment.  My Department contacted the person named in writing concerning this dual claim. A reply to this correspondence has now been received from the person named, and the parcels...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inland Fisheries (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy is aware, my Department’s records indicate that in July 2017 a salmon farm operator notified my Department, the Marine Institute and Inland Fisheries Ireland of a fish escape incident at a salmon farm located at Glinsk, Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal. My Department’s records further indicate that all relevant stakeholders, including Inland Fisheries Ireland, were informed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Regulation (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. My Department is aware of the Report on the Occurrence of Farmed Atlantic Salmon in Rivers in the Western River Basin District August/September 2017 and Press Release issued by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on Friday 16 February 2018. As the Deputy has been advised, during 2017 my Department also noted media reports of salmon...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: As previously outlined to the Deputy in my response to Parliamentary Question No. 880 in November 2017 and No. 1147 in January 2018, the case has been prioritised by my Department. This is a complex case involving a number of interested parties and a number of legal issues which are being progressed with the Chief State Solicitor's Office who have been in correspondence with the solicitors...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: Horse Racing Ireland is a commercial State Body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. Horse Racing Ireland inform me that they will furnish a direct reply to the Deputy in relation to the information requested in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Activities (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: The replanting obligation, which is a condition of a felling licence, is the responsibility of the forest owner and any proposed alternative site must form part of the felling licence application. The proposed alternative site must also receive approval for afforestation before any felling licence issues. Furthermore, in line with my Department’s Felling and Reforestation Policy,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: The Greyhound Industry Bill addresses governance issues in Bord na gCon, strengthens regulatory controls in the industry, modernises sanctions, improves integrity, includes the welfare of greyhounds as one of the statutory functions of Bord na gCon and provides it with powers to make regulations in relation to integrity, anti-doping, administration and traceability. The General Scheme of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: I am very pleased to meet with the committee and to update it on a review of spending under the rural development programme carried out by my Department. As members are aware, there is an allocation of some €4 billion under the current programme, with €2.19 billion of this coming from European Union funds and the rest from the Exchequer. The programme runs up to the end of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputies McConalogue, Cahill and Martin Kenny for their questions. I will try to deal with them all in sequence. I am a little surprised by Deputy McConalogue's opening remarks referring to the Private Members' motion and trying somehow to imply that I am reluctant to be here. I am attending this meeting because this is the vehicle, as I understand it, agreed through the Business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: The facts clearly indicate there is no underspend and that the opposite is the case. There is an overspend of at least €105 million and if we include areas of natural constraint, it could be significantly higher, perhaps as high as €227 million. If the Deputy's support for the suckler sector is predicated on an underspend in the rural development programme, God help the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: No. For the sake of accuracy, I am not saying there is no underspend in specific schemes. However, when the cumulative impact of underspends and overspends is taken into account, there is an overspend of €105 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: There is gold in them there rivers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: Senator Mulherin raised the issue about sheep electronic identification tagging and the prospect that there could be an increased payment under the sheep welfare scheme. The sheep welfare scheme is precisely that. Actions under the sheep welfare scheme are designed for hill or lowland sheep. Sheep EID simply would not fall under either category of welfare. It simply would not be possible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: No, because all of the actions are welfare-related, whereas that would not be seen as a welfare issue. The scheme included feeding of ewes, dips and footbaths and so on.