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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department publishes annual afforestation statistics, which are available on its website.  Those statistics include the area planted on a county basis for each year.  A breakdown in hectares for Co. Leitrim is indicated in the table below, for 2013 to 2017. Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Leitrim 356.02 271.91 512.90 433.78 536.22

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The application from the person named under the 2017 Young Farmers Scheme was reviewed and has now been approved. The person named has been notified in writing and payment under the 2017 Young Farmers Scheme will issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The GLAS requirements for each action are applied nationally and apply to all participants. An application for force majeure can be made on a case by case basis where due to weather it was not possible to access land to comply with the low emission slurry spreading action.  Any such application should show that there was adequate storage capacity for the slurry produced on the farm...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016.  All 2016 payments have been made for this case. During the processing of the 2017 advance payment an issue arose regarding the Rare Breeds action. This matter has now been resolved. The claim will now be run through the validation checks. Once all checks are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I am acutely aware that fertiliser is a major input cost on farms. Indeed Eurostat estimates that fertiliser is the third most important expenditure item on EU farms, accounting for €19.2 billion of input costs in 2014. In terms of Irish farms, the Central Statistics Office 2016 final estimates of Output, Input and Income in Agriculture identifies fertiliser expenditure at €508...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: It is the legal responsibility of animal keepers/farmers to dispose of any fallen stock on farm by using the Fallen Animal Disposal System.  Notification should be made to an approved animal collector promptly so that arrangements can be made for collection as soon as possible. The TSE (Fallen Animal) Subsidy Scheme ensures primarily that fallen bovine animals over 48...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. Payments in relation to the 2015 scheme year have been made. During the processing of the 2016 payments for this case an issue arose regarding the eligibility of two GLAS actions on the parcels of land concerned. In an effort to resolve the matter the applicant was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Last week I welcomed the signing of the counter guarantee agreement with the European Investment Fund that will facilitate the launch of the “Brexit Loan Scheme”. The Scheme will provide affordable, flexible financing to Irish businesses currently impacted by Brexit, or those who will be in the future, and will make up to €300 million of working capital finance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Shipping companies engaged in roll-on roll-off transport endeavour to assist all Irish export businesses including livestock exporters. The number of berths maintained by shipping companies is a commercial matter for the companies themselves. Officials of my Department have been working closely with the shipping companies in recent months to ensure that the greatest facilitation possible is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (30 Jan 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. Under the Terms and Conditions of the BDGP, calves must be five months old before data is recorded to ensure the reliability of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (30 Jan 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: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The TAMS II Schemes have been very successful in terms of uptake with the number of applications to date exceeding 15,580 and approvals issued exceeding 12,670.  All of these approvals represent committed expenditure under the TAMS II measure of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020. In the case of the LESS Scheme, 1,070 applications have been received and 905 approvals...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals under the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations, 2010(Statutory Instrument No 311/2010) and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.  Irish fur farmers are, in this regard, subject to the same animal welfare legislation as other livestock farmers. A review of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: In 2016 Ireland imported just over 29,000 tonnes of beef worth €110m. The overwhelming bulk of these imports came from the UK. The latest CSO figures for 2017 available show that between January and October of last year, Ireland imported almost 24,000 tonnes of beef worth just under €89m. This Department does not maintain records of the amount of beef which was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The position on the amount of available funding for a 2018 National Reserve is currently being finalised.  This involves assessment of the funding that remains in the National Reserve fund following allocations to successful applicants under the 2017 National Reserve and also the proceeds from clawback on the sale of entitlements without land and the value of unused entitlements that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017. Validation checks must be passed on all actions on GLAS claims and all cases must clear these checks before payment can issue. Department officials are working proactively to complete these checks on all claims to allow for the issue of payments....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: To qualify for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme applicants must – - Maintain a minimum stocking of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for 7 consecutive months. - Maintain an annual average stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare. Applicants under the ANC scheme must own, possess, hold and maintain the livestock required to maintain the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements Application (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: A letter was issued by the Inheritance Enquiry Unit in my Department to the Legal Personal Representatives of the deceased in April 2017.  This letter outlined procedures for the transfer of the herd number and entitlements of the deceased to the rightful beneficiary or to submit an application on the estate's behalf for 2017. My Department has received no response to this letter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Private Partnerships Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department is not engaged in any public private partnerships.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Sheep sector makes a very important contribution to the Irish agri-food sector with the value of exports increasing by 12% to €274 million in 2017 from 2016. It is also encouraging to see the continued growth in the national flock over the last number of years with results of the 2016 Census showing the national flock at its highest level since 2005. In recognising the both...