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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the deputy is in the following table. Payments continue to issue on a weekly basis as cases clear all validations. GLAS 1 GLAS 2 GLAS 3 TOTAL County Advance paid Adv not paid Advance paid Adv not paid Advance paid Adv not paid Advance paid Adv not paid Carlow 260 12 114 10 124 3 498 25 Cavan 871 30 400 28 522 13 1,793 71 Clare 1,526 73 650 31 781 26...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The following table outlines the current position. The number to be finalised of 497 includes 430 cases where participants have already transformed to GLAS but may be due payment on capital investments for 2017 under their AEOS contract. These cases must be examined to verify that all AEOS scheme payments were correctly made before the final 2017 AEOS payment can be released. Payments are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: For Pillar 1, my Department does not have an allocation of funding per se from the National Vote. Rather, national ceilings are set out in the relevant EU Regulations, and the Department manages the expenditure on all Pillar 1 schemes with reference to these ceilings. The relevant ceilings as set out in the EU Regulations are as follows: - 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Ceiling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows.  The livestock unit data in each case is based on cattle and sheep data held by my Department. Table 1 - Livestock units per hectare and BPS value per hectare Range of average BPS value per hectare  - € Livestock Unit per hectare 0-100 0.75 100-200 1.20 200-300 1.60 300-400 1.78 400-500 1.70 500-600 1.71 600-700...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The implementation of the Rural Development Programme is reviewed on an on-going basis to ensure that EU objectives are met and that all EU funding is fully drawn down.  The latest review, just completed,  confirms that the entire budget of some €4 billion is fully committed and expected to be spent and therefore no new schemes under the RDP can be considered at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables: Table 1 – Voted Allocations for Schemes 2014-2018, Expenditure 2014-2017 - Knowledge Transfer Scheme GLAS Beef Data and Genomics Programme TAMS II Sheep Welfare Scheme Hen Harrier Programme Allocation 2015 0 20,000,000 35,000,000 0 0 0 Expenditure 2015 0 11,452,500 34,692,000 0 0 0 Allocation 2016 0 139,500,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The average annual GLAS payment is €4,155 and the average annual GLAS+ payment is €1,450.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Funding (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The TAMS budget for the duration of the RDP (2014-2020) is €395m. Payment claims continue to be received and processed on an ongoing basis, as is the case with applications for approval. The number of TAMS II outstanding approvals is currently 9,500. The usage of the budget is dependent on the volume and value of payment claims submitted by approved participants as they complete their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 together. Farm safety is a critical issue facing our industry. Over the last ten years 210 people have been killed on Irish farms. 23 of these were children and 74 were elderly people. Accidents on farms cause more workplace deaths than all other occupations combined. Last year there were 24 fatal accidents on farms accounting for over 50%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The EU Commission published on 23 March 2018 a proposal establishing a multiannual plan for fish stocks in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks. The proposal covers whitefish and nephrops stocks on which much of our polyvalent segment of the fleet is strongly dependent. I have asked our stakeholders for initial comments and I will be seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: I understand that the draft Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan is nearing completion and is currently being refined by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in consultation with Departmental stakeholders. I also understand that the draft will shortly be circulated to the Consultative Committee (which includes representatives from across the relevant sectors, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy will be aware, the Irish dairy market, following on from broader EU and international trends, is currently in a much improved position compared to the relatively recent past. Of course, we remain vigilant in monitoring the market and emerging trends, particularly as we approach the peak period for Irish milk production. The issue of intervention stocks overhanging the dairy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Eligibility (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named is a participant in the Organic Farming Scheme. The area eligible for payment is the amount declared as organic on BPS for the year in question. However it should be noted that parcels included on certain actions in GLAS are not entitled to payment in the Organic Farming Scheme. The person named has selected the GLAS actions Low Input Permanent Pasture and Traditional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named is a participant in the Organic Farming Scheme. The area eligible for payment is the amount declared as organic on BPS for the year in question. However it should be noted that parcels included on certain actions in GLAS or AEOS are not entitled to payment in the Organic Farming Scheme. The person named has selected the GLAS actions Low Input Permanent Pasture and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (29 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named is a participant in the Organic Farming Scheme. The area eligible for payment is the amount declared as organic on BPS for the year in question. However it should be noted that parcels included on certain actions in GLAS are not entitled to payment in the Organic Farming Scheme. The person named has selected the GLAS actions Low Input Permanent Pasture and Traditional Hay...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Knowledge Transfer (KT) is one of a suite of measures included under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and involves the formation of knowledge transfer groups across the beef, dairy, equine, sheep, tillage and poultry sectors. Farmer participants attend group meetings and produce a Farm Improvement Plan in consultation with their KT Facilitator.  For each year of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department actively investigates incidents of illegal burning as the lands affected are deemed ineligible for the purposes of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). As part of this process, the person named was notified by my Department in relation to burned land that formed part of their BPS application, and has submitted an appeal in relation to this matter. The processing of this appeal is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: Price volatility is a significant challenge for the pig sector and developments over the last few years emphasise the cyclical nature of prices in the sector. Current prices, which stand at €138.7/100kg are 16% below prices at the same time in 2017, which was an exceptional year for pig prices, but remain above price in the same period in 2016. My Department has made a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (28 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: The suite of seven measures available under the TAMS Scheme provides support for a large number of investments for farmers in different sectors including tillage, pigs, poultry, beef and dairy. Payments under the Scheme to date have exceeded €47.7m and continue to issue on a weekly basis as payment claims are submitted by approved participants. To date, approvals have issued to...