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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. All 2015 and 2016 payments have been paid to the applicant. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) on 5 April 2017. In addition, the person named submitted a 2016 Transfer of Entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by way of gift. Additional information pertaining to the transfer of these entitlements has been requested from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts Data (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department has no contracts with the named company. As regards the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, this is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. Accordingly I have referred the Deputy's question to the agency for direct reply. In accordance with the new procedures effective September 2016, as notified by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of the 2015 and 2016 scheme years. The participant's 2017 advance payment is being processed for payment this week.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (23 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 paid to the participant. The 2017 GLAS advance payment has now cleared all validations and it is expected that the payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (23 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. Once this case clears validations the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The main purpose of the possible legislative amendments currently being considered is to provide for a points system for masters of fishing vessels for serious infringements of the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, as required by Council Regulation 1224/2009. The draft amending legislation under consideration would also affirm that fishing quotas are a publicly-owned resource, that sea...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Origin Green Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The audit undertaken last year by the EU of the controls applied by Ireland in the organic sector was extremely detailed and was one of a series being undertaken in Member States across Europe. Overall, the audit team concluded that Ireland had a control system in place which laid down a clear division of tasks between competent authority and the various control bodies and made some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department has asked the Marine Institute to review the research referred to by the Deputy and to revert on the matter. In relation to a possible moratorium on licensing applications, aquaculture licences are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions for the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable EU legislation. All licensing decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department, as the Competent Authority, delegates the task of certification and inspection, to which organic operators producing, preparing, storing or importing produce from third countries are subject, to approved Organic Control Bodies. This is in accordance with the governing EU regulations. Since 2005, the associated services and obligations of the Organic Control Bodies are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Department has five Marine Divisions. These are the Sea Fisheries Administration Division, Sea Fisheries Policy & Management Division, Marine Programmes Division, Marine Engineering Division and the Aquaculture and Foreshore Management Division. The Marine Agencies Governance Unit, located within the Sea Fisheries Policy & Management Division of my Department, is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Origin Green Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Origin Green is the national sustainability programme for the Irish food and drink industry. Participating companies within the programme sign up on a voluntary basis. As part of the membership requirements, companies must develop a multi-annual sustainability plan with time-bound targets. This plan is then independently assessed and verified by a third party auditing and conformance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Applications for aquaculture licences, including the renewal of licences, are considered by my Department in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable EU legislation. The legislation requires that valid applications for new licences or the renewal of existing licences must be processed. In accordance with standard practice,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Data (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: A total of 4 claimants have been paid in respect of some of the lands contained in the above mentioned folios over the past 6 years from 2012 to 2017 under the Single Payment and Basic Payment schemes.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I wish to inform the Deputy that no agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of my Department have been disbanded, amalgamated or had functions subsumed back into my Department since 2011. In addition, no such bodies have been set up by my Department during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Personal Injury Claims (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I wish to inform the Deputy that this is an operational matter for the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. Accordingly I have referred the Deputy's question to the agency for direct reply. In accordance with the new procedures effective September 2016, as notified by the Clerk of the Dáil, my Department has provided contact details for all of our agencies. Details...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Identification Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: EU legislation governing the identification of equines is Commission Regulation 262/2015 (CR 262/2015), as transposed into national legislation via S.I. 62 of 2016. CR 262/2015 provides that all equine animals must be identified with a passport no later than 12 months from the date of birth of the animal, and in any event, before moving permanently from the holding of origin. All equines...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (18 Jan 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. The Department became aware of an issue with this case that resulted in the 2017 advance payment not being made. The case has now been cleared and the payment will issue shortly. GLAS 2017 advance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Taking account of the funds carried forward from 2016, €259.7m was available for capital expenditure by my Department in 2017.   The capital expenditure in 2017 was €219.3m which is the highest level of capital expenditure by my Department since 2010. When the €23.8m of funds to be carried from 2017 into 2018 are taken into account, this leaves an amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (18 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on 15May 2017. The processing of his application has now been finalised and any payments due will issue to the nominated bank account of person named shortly.