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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: All GLAS payments in this case are fully up to date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The appeal received from the person named in respect of the burning of land outside of the permitted period in 2017 has been reviewed and accepted by my Department. As a result the Department has decided to waive the administrative penalty applied in this case. However payment will not issue in respect of the area of land determined to have been burned illegally. A payment of the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 11 May 2017. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: All GLAS payments in this case are fully up to date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: All GLAS payments in this case are fully up to date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme, an applicant, as well as meeting the scheme criteria, must comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance. The penalty applied under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme related to a breach of Cross Compliance requirements. The Department’s records indicate that in 2016, the amount of nitrogen from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The difficult and prolonged winter of 2017, and very late and wet spring, has caused great difficulties for both livestock and tillage farmers in Ireland. Tillage farmers in receipt of the greening payment are required to comply with the obligations that exist under the Crop Diversification and Ecological Focus Area measures. Under Crop Diversification farmers with greater than 30...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received all payments in respect of 2016. Validation checks must be passed on all actions on GLAS claims and all cases must clear these checks before payment can issue. My Department is working proactively to complete these checks on all claims to allow for the issue of payments. Once...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: An application was received under the Sheep Welfare Scheme from the person named on 16 January 2017.  Under the terms and condition of the scheme, applicants to the scheme are required to submit the annual Sheep Census return in accordance within the set deadlines. In the case of this application, the Sheep Census Return for 2016 was not received within the required deadlines and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: A letter was issued to the person named on 28 August 2017 stating that, following a review, the decision to terminate the AEOS contract was upheld. The person named was also informed of his option to appeal this decision to the Agricultural Appeals Office. I understand that an appeal was received by the Agricultural Appeals Office on 6 October 2017. The Oral Hearing requested and had been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has been paid in respect of the 2015 scheme year. An inspection of the GLAS actions was carried out which found an issue with one of the actions chosen. The Department has been notified that an appeal has been lodged with the Agricultural Appeals Office (AAO) in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department wrote to  a number of farmers in Kerry about the detected illegal burning of land on the applications submitted by them under the 2017 Basic Payment scheme. The farmers concerned were advised of the implications for them of declaring the lands concerned and of their right to seek a review from my Department. Some of these farmers submitted requests for reviews and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The GLAS payments due to person named are fully up to date, with the exception of the GLAS plus advance payment which is expected to be processed shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested is provided below in tabular form.  As of 12 April, 46,835 participants have received a 2017 advance payment. This represents over 98% of all eligible applicants. There will be another payment run this week also. The majority of the remaining cases are the responsibility of the applicant and the payment is delayed due to the applicant failing to meet his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: A 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application in respect of the person named was received on 1 May 2015. The application was submitted by the applicant’s authorised agent. As part of the 2015 application, the applicant's share of a commonage parcel was reduced from 10/125 to 2/125. This reduction was also included in his 2016 and 2017 applications. The person named has now...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was a participant in the AEOS2 scheme which finished on 31 December 2016. One of the actions selected was Conservation of Genetic Resources. The terms and conditions relating to this action require the participant to be a member of the relevant breed society for the full term of the contract. As the person named has not complied with this requirement, he is not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department provides for the use of EID (electronic tags) in the supply of official bovine identification tags to herd keepers by approved tag vendors.  In this regard herd keepers can on a voluntary basis choose to identify bovine animals using a conventional and electronic tag. Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 provides for the introduction of electronic identification of bovines...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received the payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year. The Department is aware of an issue with this case that has delayed the 2016 and 2017 payments. It is expected that the matter will be resolved and payment will issue very shortly. GLAS payments are continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017. An issue has presented in relation to the individual's BPS application, and my Department has been in contact with the relevant parties in an effort to resolve this issue.  Once this issue is finalised the GLAS application will be processed for payment. GLAS payments are issuing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of January 1 2016 and has received all payments in respect of the 2016 scheme year. A finalised commonage management plan (CMP) must be submitted in respect of GLAS participants with a commonage action.  This requirement has not been met by the applicant and payment cannot issue until it does.