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

Michael Creed: Dheimhnigh an Oifig Achomhairc Talmhaíochta neamhspleách gur iarradh ar athbhreithniú ar chinneadh an Oifigigh Achomhairc. Is gnách go ndéileáiltear le hathbhreithnithe san ord a fhaightear iad. Fuarthas roinnt iarrataí ar athbhreithniú ar chinntí an Oifigigh Achomhairc sula ndearnadh an iarraidh a rinneadh agus tá iad seo á...

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 October 1st 2015 and has received all payments in respect of 2015 and 2016 scheme years. Administrative checks take place on all GLAS claims. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can issue. My Department is working proactively to complete the checks in this case. Once this case clears...

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 above named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of October 1st 2015 and has received all payments in respect of 2015 and 2016. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can issue. My Department is working proactively to complete the checks to minimise delays in payments. It is expected that this case will clear the validations shortly. GLAS payments are...

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

Michael Creed: The safety of both the public and farmers is of paramount importance in all areas of agricultural activity.  I would draw your attention to the implementation of the Machinery Directive and the on-going work in the area of workplace safety, both of which are the responsibility of the Health and Safety Authority under the aegis of the Department of Business, Enterprise...

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

Michael Creed: The budget for the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation scheme (TAMS) of €395m under the Rural Development programme is fully committed at this stage. Support for land drainage is not included as an eligible item in the current programme. It is not possible to include additional investment items within the available budget.

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

Michael Creed: The current forestry programme was introduced in January 2015 and has recently been subject to a midterm review (MTR). The aim of this MTR was to compare targets against outturn, identify why targets were not achieved and propose measures to help address barriers to achieving these targets. The MTR process itself encompassed a public call for submissions and a series of consultation...

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

Michael Creed: To date 22 applications have been received for the Fodder Transport Support Measure. No applications have been received yet from counties Cavan or Monaghan.

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

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1140 and 1141 together. A 2017 GLAS advance payment has issued to 1,793 farmers in Cavan with 68 cases continuing to be processed.  For County Monaghan 1,021 farmers have been paid with 26 continuing to be processed. The majority of the outstanding cases are the responsibility of the applicant and the payment is delayed due to the applicant failing...

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

Michael Creed: Brexit has the potential to have a very significant impact on the agri-food sector throughout Ireland, including in counties Cavan and Monaghan. As the Deputy will be aware, the agri-food sector is of critical importance to the Irish economy, and its regional spread means it underpins the socio-economic development of rural Ireland, and of the border region in particular. The...

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

Michael Creed: According to the National Forest Inventory (NFI) 2012 total forest cover in Counties Cavan and Monaghan  is 8.7% and 4.3% respectively  - information is set out in the table below. National Forest Inventory Cavan 16,830 ha.s 8.7% Monaghan 5,598 ha.s 4.3% Total for Country  731,652 ha.s 10.5% The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is the principal means of...

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

Michael Creed: Further to PQ13611/18 answered on 27thMarch 2018, the laboratory result from the animal referred to previously has been received and it is negative. As required, a further herd test was carried out on 7thApril 2018 and 5 further reactors were disclosed. Blood samples were taken from these 5 animals on 9thApril 2018 and sent to the laboratory for analysis. My Department is continuing...

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

Michael Creed: In response to the problems experienced in parts of the West and North-West in the late autumn and winter I took a number of steps to address issues around the availability of fodder.   I asked Teagasc from an early stage to work locally with affected farmers in areas with fodder difficulties and support them on fodder budgeting for the winter ahead. I prioritised the payment of farm...

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

Michael Creed: Price volatility has been a significant challenge for the pig meat sector and developments over the last few years emphasising the cyclical nature of prices in the sector. Current prices stand at €139.2/100kg which is 15% below prices at the same time in 2017 (an exceptional year for pig prices), but remain above the price at the same stage in 2016. My Department and I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank the joint committee for giving me the opportunity to address it on the fodder shortages and my Department’s response in addressing them. We are all more than aware of the long difficult winter and late spring we have had, from which we are emerging, and the resulting pressures on the farming community. While I do not intend to go back over that period in detail, I will brief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputies McConalogue, Martin Kenny and Penrose and Senator Mulherin for their questions. If I might, I will try to deal with them on the basis of recurring themes. One of those themes is the need for lessons to be learned from what has happened. I assure members that the latter is very much at the forefront of my mind. I will preface my remarks by saying that I firmly believe that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: From day one, we asked Teagasc to get involved in fodder budgeting, initially on a regional basis and more recently on the broader basis. This complements what co-operative advisers and private sector advisers are already actively involved in with regard to assisting farmers to stretch existing fodder by use of compound feeds. Other than under the backstop of the animal welfare scheme,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: I can deal with it in 30 seconds. The €1.5 million was the amount we estimated would be required to cover 20,000 tonnes at rates commensurate with what was broadly supported in 2013 per tonne. It is a complicated calculation in terms of whether someone is going out with an empty truck and coming back with a full one or if they are filling a load on their way back from the Continent....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: Never in any utterance or advertisement did we confine it to dairy co-operatives.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: I can confirm that at least two non-dairy co-operatives are active in the space.