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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Michael Creed: One of my priorities is to improve access to finance for the agri-food sector. Food Wise 2025 identifies competiveness 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”.   Recently I launched the new “Brexit Loan Scheme” in cooperation...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: That is not true.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Will the Deputy yield?

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: If the Deputy reads the statutory instrument he will see that the appointment is made by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority. It is made up of nominees, independent legal persons nominated by the Attorney General.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Will the Deputy finish the quotation?

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy should finish the quotation.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Did the Deputy finish the quotation?

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I extended an open door to the Deputy.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: With regard to the momentous decision that this House will be asked to vote on next Tuesday - I appreciate the period between this debate and then - the House must look at the process by which it takes significant decisions like this. As the Government representative I am challenged by a wall of different views and it is entirely inadequate to get across the complexity of the message...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: It will apply if they are breaking the law.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Levels of bovine TB have remained disappointingly high in Wicklow when compared with the progress achieved nationally where herd incidence stood at 3.47% at the end of 2017. However the number of reactors and the herd incidence for Wicklow has fallen considerably since 2015, as seen in the following table. My Department remains of the view that infection from wildlife, in particular...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy will be aware that in response to the recent pressures on fodder supplies caused by a long wet winter and spring I introduced a national Fodder Transport Support measure in January of this year, followed in April by a Fodder Import Support measure. Because ground conditions were slow to improve in some areas, in a concluding response to remaining fodder difficulties I decided to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: A 2017 Basic Payment Application in respect of the person named was received on 05 May 2017 and the relevant payments issued in October and December to the nominated bank account. An issue arose post payment where a number of land parcels declared by the person named were also declared by another applicant. In order to resolve this issue the Department issued a dual claim letter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: All payments due under the Basic Payment Scheme and the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme for 2015, 2016 and 2017 have issued to the person named. The issue here is that a dual claim arose in respect of the 2015 Scheme Year. The person named did not respond to the original query letter or the subsequent reminder and my Department proceeded with the processing of his application on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The MFF proposals for 2021-2027 were published by Budget Commissioner Gunther Oettinger on 2 May 2018. The proposal indicates a 5% cut in the CAP budget for the next MFF period of 2021 - 2027. The total CAP budget (EAGF and EAFRD) will be approximately €365 billion over the 7 year period (2021-2027). Pillar 1 (EAGF) will account for approximately €286 billon with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: In relation to Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements and in instances where a deceased person's estate is subject to legal proceedings, following the resolution of the legal issues, my Department will work with the parties involved to ensure the estate of the deceased is administered as appropriate. Regarding the re-activation of a herd number, in cases where a herd owner is deceased, a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an online application for consideration under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme on 14 June 2017, thus incurring a 100% late penalty as it was outside the application period for the scheme.  The person named submitted an appeal and following a review the person named was deemed unsuccessful.  The person named was notified of this decision on 8 March 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (23 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine is obliged to ensure that lands declared for payment under the various areas based schemes meet the conditions of eligibility.  These conditions are clearly set out in the BPS/ANC Terms and Conditions sent to all applicants on an annual basis and are also covered in the Guide to Land Eligibility sent to all applicants in 2015.  ...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I am not familiar with the detail of the commonage referred to by the Deputy. If he wishes to bring the details to my attention I can have the matter investigated.

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Bernard Durkan for his question. The Government's strategy on dealing with infringement proceedings initiated by the Commission against us is twofold. By way of background, we already had a withholding of substantial funds, amounting to €2.7 million in 2017 and €4 million in 2018. As a consequence of non-compliance with a regulation of 2009 - we are the only...