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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Data (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department's €240 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme is the vehicle for financial supports to the seafood sector up to 2021. The Programme delivers a wide range of supports for aquaculture, fisheries and seafood processing through a suite of 17 schemes. On 23 April 2018, I announced the first tranche of EMFF grant awards in 2018 to seafood processing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of six State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres managed and operated by my Department under statute. Following publication of the Public Accounts Committee Report on the Fishery Harbour Centres in June 2015 my Department began an ongoing engagement with Enterprise Ireland to consider the possibilities of suitable Fishery Harbour Centre properties for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. I am happy to advise the Deputy that in excess of €14 million has been invested in maintenance, development and upgrading works at Dunmore East FHC as part of my Department’s Fishery Harbour and Coastal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: The Registrar General of Fishing Boats is charged with maintaining a Register of Fishing Boats and with the proper management of the capacity of the Irish fleet. The Registrar General advises me that the number of commercial fishing vessels registered to owners with an address in County Waterford is currently eighty three compared to ninety five at 31 December 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State Body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bord na gCon. I will request officials in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (1 May 2018)

Michael Creed: Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme and other EU funded schemes an applicant, as well as meeting the scheme criteria, must also comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance. An inspection was carried out by my Department on 30th August 2016. The report of this inspection detailed breaches relating to the cross compliance requirements in...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: There could be some unintended consequences for a sector that requires high payments to sustain a model which, let alone in the long term, is probably currently financially unsustainable in terms of its dependence on rented land. There is a real challenge in that regard. I am not sure if that is something the committee has specifically got its head around in respect of a model for the...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: Kilbeggan Organic Foods. It is an extraordinary success story.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: We also had a discussion earlier about the organic sector and its potential, with the Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle, and Deputy Eamon Ryan. There is huge potential on the organic side. The two sectors in which consumer demand is greatest are probably tillage and dairy. I remember being in a supermarket in South-East Asia which was part of one of the prime retail chains. It...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: It has been fascinating to listen to the debate and I acknowledge the work done by the committee, its individual members, the secretariat and the Chairman in bringing forward a report. It is timely as we are at a critical stage in negotiating the shape of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020. The viability of the tillage sector is contingent on the appropriate policy framework being...

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: On a point of information, our fishing industry is multiples the size it was when we joined the EU.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: We have more to do.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: Does Deputy McGrath lament the loss of all that?

Other Questions: Harness Racing (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides a robust and wide ranging protection for all animals. This includes horses and ponies used in road racing. Horse owners or keepers who allow harm to come to the animals in their care will have committed an offence under this Act. The relevant road traffic legislation is also applicable to all road users. The issue of regulating sulky...

Other Questions: Harness Racing (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: As I said when I visited Clondalkin at the opening of the facility out there, the horse is a part of our DNA as evidenced by the great Punchestown festival taking place this week. The urban horse is as much a part of the story of the Irish horse and cannot be forgotten or written out. That said, there is an issue around welfare that is disproportionately evident in that area. While we have...

Other Questions: Harness Racing (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: I welcome the Deputy's remarks. We endeavour to work with the national umbrella body for harness racing as well and while I take the point the Deputy makes about Crossmaglen, there are organised and regulated sulky events held in the Republic of Ireland also. It should not be forgotten that people have opportunities to be part of structured and organised events rather than the unregulated...

Other Questions: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office is an independent office established in 2002 to provide an appeals service to farmers who are dissatisfied with decisions concerning designated schemes operated by my Department. The Agriculture Appeals Act 2001, along with the agriculture appeals regulations 2002, as amended, set down the functions of the director and the appeals officers, the decisions that...

Other Questions: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The review which was published is a very good assessment of where we are at. Additional staff have been appointed to the office. I would encourage farmers who feel aggrieved by decisions to bring those decisions to the attention of the Agriculture Appeals Office. The office is there to serve farmers. I think that is acknowledged in the report which was carried out independently of my...

Other Questions: Compensation Schemes (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: One of the most positive and important developments in recent times has been the establishment of a forum for the inshore sector. While it is still in its infancy, the National Inshore Fisheries Forum, NIFF, is co-ordinating on needs and is being well used by fishermen. We will shortly be putting out to public consultation a number of policy matters that are relevant to the livelihoods of...

Other Questions: Animal Welfare Expenditure (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department brings prosecutions under the 2013 legislation and also through arrangements with approved organisations such as those mentioned in the reply, the DSPCA and the ISPCA, which are authorised officers of my Department in certain circumstances where welfare issues arise. To date, 47 cases have been prosecuted, and 27 are currently ongoing. I consider that resorting to the courts...