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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017. Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can issue. Department officials are working proactively to complete the checks to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes Payments (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: An application to receive financial aid under the Flood Damage Relief Measure was received in the Department on 28th September 2017. The processing of this application is on-going and is expected to be finalised shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Internal Audits (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The Internal Audit Unit in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is subject to an annual external quality assurance assessment. This assessment is carried out independently by one of the larger accounting firms in the context of that firm’s role as Certifying Body for the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Ireland's position is well-known as regards our opposition to any agreement that would have negative consequences for the Irish and EU agriculture sectors, and for the beef sector in particular. It has been reiterated many times, by myself at Council of Agriculture Ministers meetings and through direct contacts with Commissioners Hogan and Malmstroem, by other Ministers in the relevant EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: This Department makes extensive use of ICT systems and services to underpin all of its core activities; including areas such as animal health and welfare, food safety, fisheries and scheme payments. Since 2015 the Department has introduced over 20 new Common Agriculture Policy Schemes and the vast bulk of these are now processed end to end by these digital systems. This transformative...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Live cattle exports per head to each country in 2016 & 2017 were as follows: - 2017 - - 2016 Spain 50705 - Spain 37006 Netherlands 41630 - Netherlands 27036 Turkey 30568 - North Ireland 24739 Northern Ireland 26073 - Turkey 19262 Italy 19401 - Italy 18237 Britain 5789 - Britain 6666 Belgium 5525 - France 5933 France 2778 - Libya 2162 Libya 1832 - Greece 1449 Romania 986 -...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for Brexit, Minister Coveney has responsibility for coordinating the whole-of-Government response to Brexit. In this capacity, he is working closely with his colleagues across Government and state agencies to address the many challenges resulting from Brexit, providing their research, analysis and overall policy input to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme provides for six years of payments to farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability. To date, 306,000 samples have been returned for the 2017 Programme year. Of the 24,800 active participants in the Programme, 1,017 applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Expenditure (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The seven measures under TAMS II are co-funded under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and is subject to the usual capital investment financial provisions. The level of approvals that have issued to date under the Scheme, which now stand at 12,758, are a testament to the success of the online application system which facilitates a far speedier turnaround of applications than under a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The seven measures under TAMS II are co- funded under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. The level of approvals that have issued to date under the Scheme now stand at 12,758. However, the approvals have not as yet translated into a substantial level of claim activity. The funding committed to the TAMS II Scheme is €395m over the course of RDP. All approved participants who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Expenditure (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: €213 million was allocated to GLAS in 2017 with €195.6 million of this expended. As per the Deputy's parliamentary question of 13th December last, €203 million has been allocated for 2018. GLAS funding is fully committed for the duration of the scheme and payments in individual years may vary but will balance out over the lifetime of the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Knowledge Transfer 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 three year...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: In December 2017, Ireland secured a renewal of our nitrates derogation for the period 2018 – 2021 on the basis of strengthened water protection measures. This contrasts with other EU member states which have had severe difficulties in negotiating successful renewals of their derogations. The achievement of securing the renewal of the derogation is a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: The EU regulations governing the Cross Compliance regime provides that where a breach of any of the requirements is deemed to be minor and remedial action is taken within a specified period, no monetary sanction will apply. The "Yellow Card" provision in relation to land eligibility checks applies to those cases where a determined over-declaration in area is...

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

Michael Creed: Forestry is one of the many land use options available to farmers and land owners and the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme is one of a wide range of supports provided by my Department. In 2017, 5,536 hectares of new forestry was planted nationally. My Department compiles a number of different afforestation statistics annually, which are made available on my Department's website. The...

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

Michael Creed: I will forward the information sought by the deputy in relation to the breakdown of suckler farmers by county shortly. I am very much aware of the importance of the suckler sector to Ireland's rural economy and the wider agrifood industry. My Department currently provides a range of supports to the suckler herd. A number of direct payment and grant schemes provide vital income...

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

Michael Creed: The National Development Plan 2007-2013 set out planting targets for the period 2007 - 2013 at 10,000ha per annum. The figure for 2014 is based on the maximum planting level achievable within the budget provided that year, which was 7,000ha. Targets for 2015 - 2020 are set out in the Forestry Programme 2014 - 2020. The following table lists these figures; - Target Planted (ha) %...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Let me state at the outset that all relevant stakeholders, including the farming organisation concerned, were informed in advance of this proposal to increase in the minimum mandatory broadleaf requirement per site from 10% to 15%. No objections were raised at the time. A specific condition of State aid approval for the Forestry Programme 2014-2020 is to aim for annual planting of 30%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: I do not propose to comment on speculation about likely developments in relation to the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations. Ireland's position is well-known as regards our opposition to any agreement that would have negative consequences for the Irish and EU agriculture sectors, and for the beef sector in particular. It has been reiterated many times, by myself at Council of Agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: Food legislation requires that primary producers rearing animals or producing primary products of animal origin are to take adequate measures to ensure the cleanliness of animals going to slaughter. My Department has, accordingly, developed a clean livestock policy which has been agreed with farmer, haulier and Food Business Operator stakeholders. The policy document was finalised in...