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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Management Plans (15 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The requirement to prepare a Commonage Management Plan (CMP) is and has always been an essential component of the GLAS scheme. A complete CMP is required for each commonage over 10 hectares. The facility to submit CMP's has been available since October of last year and completed CMPs continue to be submitted on an ongoing basis. The completion and submission of these is a matter between...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (15 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The GLAS terms and conditions provide for force majeure provisions where a beneficiary is unable to continue complying with their commitments under the Scheme for reasons beyond their control. Long term professional incapacity of the participant is one of the categories specifically listed. In applying to participate in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) applicants commit to...

Topical Issue Debate: Animal Identification Schemes (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy did not ask for any more. I gave a comprehensive briefing and he did not ask for any more.

Topical Issue Debate: Animal Identification Schemes (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I appreciate that the Deputy did.

Topical Issue Debate: Animal Identification Schemes (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I do not propose to go back to the drawing board or to change the proposal in any considerable detail. I will address the Deputy's issue of a factory contribution. We can take costs out, such as administration from the farmer, which is a cost and labour requirement. If one brings in a batch of lambs, one reads it one's self, one by one, transcribes it and then puts it into a dispatch...

Topical Issue Debate: Animal Identification Schemes (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Charlie McConalogue for raising the matter. I am surprised he did not refer to the fact that I engaged in extensive consultation with him and Deputy Martin Kenny when they called to the Department. They got a full briefing on electronic identification, EID.

Topical Issue Debate: Animal Identification Schemes (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: One cannot argue that there was no consultation at political level. There was consultation at farm organisation level in 2015. There was consultation with farm organisations in the context of the sheep welfare scheme, which was worth in the region of €20 million to the sheep industry. Therefore, I do not accept there has not been consultation, both formal and informal, at political...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The Irish Pet Advertising Advisory Group (IPAAG) Minimum Standards, for online classified advertising websites, was launched in 2015. IPAAG is an advisory group of Irish animal welfare organisations, representatives from the veterinary profession and online websites. I fully endorse these Minimum Standards and would strongly encourage websites that advertise animals for sale to comply...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Health Promotion (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department funds a number of healthy eating and food promotion initiatives. The national Food Dudes healthy eating programme is an evidence-based incentivised, behaviour changing programme. Food Dudes is overseen by my Department and implemented by Bord Bia. My Department funds this programme annually through its Vote and the EU funding is made available through my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2017 Flood Damage Relief Measure was received in this office on 28/09/2017 from the representative of the estate of the above named herd. An official from my department has been in direct contact with the representative and requested further documentation pertaining to the administration of the estate.  Upon receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: To date over 1,100 payments valued at over €14.7m have issued under the Dairy Equipment measure under TAMS II. It is one of the most popular investment schemes under TAMS and payments continue to issue on a weekly basis. Payments under the overall scheme continue to issue at a rate of over €1m per week. All investment works completed under this measure must, of course, be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The structure of EU and National Funding differ in that the EU funding is allocated on a school year basis and Exchequer funding is on a calendar year basis. The funding provided for the EU school milk scheme in terms of EU financing and Exchequer funding is: - 2017/18 (Revised Budget) EU Funding €671,994 2018 Exchequer Funding €252,000 The number of schools in receipt...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined hereunder: School Year 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 Milk Cat 1(a) €494,017 €532,695 €607,121 €642,787 €664,287 Milk Cat 1(a) (litres) 1,662,407 1,884,181 2,138,860 2,280,174 2,346,571 Milk Cat 1(b) €6,492 €5,954 €7,004 €7,533 €7,078 Milk Cat 1(b)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received the full payment due in respect of the years 2015 and 2017. He has also received the bulk of the 2016 payment due with the exception of one part related to a hen harrier action. This outstanding payment for 2016 is expected to be processed shortly as will the applicant's 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1st October 2015. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can issue. Department officials are working proactively to complete the checks to minimise delays in payments. Once this case clears...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. This applicant has yet to submit his Commonage Management Plan as required under the scheme. This plan must be submitted before any payment can issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and received all payments in respect of scheme year 2016. GLAS participants with the LESS action are required to submitted an annual return for the action. The required form was issued to the person named. Completed forms were to be returned to the Department by 27th October 2017. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: In response to 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. These two interventions working together effectively addressed issues around fodder availability in the country. Grass growth, as confirmed by Teagasc assessments, has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The current National Sheep Identification system (NSIS) has been in place since 2010. It is widely accepted that the system is overly complicated, relying too heavily on the manual transcription of lengthy identification numbers of sheep at various stages of production. My Department commenced a review of the current NSIS in 2015 when my officials met with the stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Waste Management (10 May 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. The agriculture and forest sector has a critical role to play in contributing to our national climate change ambitions, and bioenergy represents a key component of that contribution. The EU report entitled the ‘Optimal use of biogas from waste streams’ indicated 31 AD biogas plants for Ireland in 2014. There were 3...