Results 7,061-7,080 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The Knowledge Transfer Programme is delivered under Ireland's Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 by a network of approved Knowledge Transfer Facilitators. Facilitators who complete all of the requirements of the programme receive a payment of €500 per participant of for each year of the three year programme. Facilitator payments under the Knowledge Transfer Programme have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: A shortage of labour has been building up in certain sub-sectors of the Irish agri-food sector in recent times. The Deputy is correct to refer to the dairy sector, but labour pressures also exist in the horticultural and meat processing sectors. The reasons for the shortages include: the significant value added growth expansion of the sector in recent years; the growth in the economy as a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named is fully up to date with all GLAS payments.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: There is no record of the submission of a TAMS II application to the online TAMS II system from the persons named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and has received full payments in respect of the 2016 scheme year and the 2017 advance payment. A penalty was applied to the 2017 advance payment due to an over declaration by the applicant on one of his actions.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Protection (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has a dedicated Data Protection Unit in place since November 2015, which has been promoting Data Protection and GDPR awareness since its inception.  This Unit has been leading the preparation in advance of May 2018 and actively informing staff of their obligations under GDPR utilising our internal communications systems, circulating easy read guides, FAQs and updates via...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farms Data (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The information sought by the Deputy is currently being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) commenced in 2015 and will run for six years until 2020. Allocations for BDGP in the Department's vote and payments per year are set out in the following table. Allocations have not yet been made beyond the current year. Year Allocation (€million) Expenditure (€million) 2015 35 34.82 2016 52 62.10 2017 49 47.27 2018 49 The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Last year my Department reduced the veterinary inspection fee payable on live exports of calves under three months of age to €1.20 per animal, from €4.80.  This gave an important boost to the trade, and brought greater equity in the fees payable for calves, weanlings and adult cattle.  The cost of reducing the veterinary inspection fee payable on live...

Other Questions: Fishing Vessel Licences (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The statutory instrument will fully reflect the Supreme Court ruling.

Other Questions: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I am aware of the importance of the suckler sector to Ireland's rural economy and the wider agrifood industry. My Department provides a range of income and investment supports to suckler farmers, including direct payments and grant schemes such as the basic payment scheme, the areas of natural conservation, ANC, scheme, GLAS and TAMS, as well as the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP....

Other Questions: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I am also anxious to facilitate Deputy Gallagher, so I will be brief. It is important that we deal with facts. There is no exodus from suckler herd farming. Indeed, it was expected that with the lifting of dairy quotas, there would be a significantly greater exodus. The current figures show a reduction of in or around 6% in the suckler cow herd from just under 1 million to approximately...

Other Questions: Fishing Vessel Licences (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Gallagher for his question. As he will be aware, the Supreme Court judgments on the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2014 - SI 3 of 2014 - were delivered on 12 December. This statutory instrument established a points system to apply to the licenceholder of a sea-fishing boat when a serious infringement of the rules of the Common Fisheries...

Other Questions: Fishing Vessel Licences (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I appreciate the Deputy's long-standing interest in this matter. I assure him that there has been a long and extensive consultation with the industry on it. Most recently, I engaged with the industry in October. The industry was a party to the Supreme Court ruling, which was issued in December. The findings of the Supreme Court were published during the December Council meeting in...

Other Questions: Fodder Crisis (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: As I said to Deputy McConalogue earlier, the scheme I have introduced assists with the transport of fodder over long distances. It may well be the advice available to a farmer is to supplement existing hay or silage fodder he or she may have with stretch rations. That may be the best and most appropriate thing for him or her to do. In the scheme I announced, we are not in the business of...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Smith for his question. The future of CAP is an issue of enormous importance for the European and Irish agrifood sectors. The CAP has demonstrated its capacity to evolve effectively in response to changing market, consumer and environmental demands in recent years, to the point where it now plays a central role in delivering the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth sought...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Smith for his insights and analysis. We can have all of the ambition we want in respect of generational renewal and greater sustainability but if we do not have the budget, to which the Deputy referred, that is all wishful thinking. I see securing an adequate budget as the fundamental prerequisite to any of the rest. Commissioner Oettinger's commentary on CAP and the beady...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Those states Deputy Smith mentioned would equally be adamant that now is their time for a greater or, as they would see it, a fairer share of the CAP budget. There are a lot of moving parts in this. We are certainly vigilant in the area of ensuring there is an adequate budget. The direction of travel is interesting. If we go back to the Treaty of Rome and the early 1970s, the level of the...

Other Questions: Dairy Sector (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: One of the most welcome aspects of the Bord Bia publication in January was that, while the value of our exports to the United Kingdom had increased in financial terms, the volume of exports to the United Kingdom had dropped from almost 40% in 2016 to 35% in 2017. This is a vindication of our strategy to try to find new markets, both within the rest of the European Union and in third...

Other Questions: Dairy Sector (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The exposure of the dairy industry to cheddar cheese exports to the United Kingdom is a particular concern in the context of Brexit. As the Deputy mentioned, it will be difficult to find a home for all of the 80,000 tonnes on international markets. I took part in a recent trade mission to Korea and Japan where those involved in the dairy industry saw some prospect of increasing the volume...