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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Control of Horses Act 1996 details powers available to local authorities for the control and welfare of horses. Section 15 of the Act provides that the Minister for Agriculture, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may make grants towards the expenses of a local authority incurred under the Act.  In this regard my Department provided funding  of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: A 2017 Transfer of Entitlements application was received by my Department requesting the Transfer of Entitlements from the second person named to the first person named. My Department has been in contact with the persons named and is currently resolving issues pertaining to a 2016 Transfer of Entitlements application which will allow the 2017 Transfer to be processed. This will enable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Number Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: As per my previous response to Questions Nos. 428 of 21 November 2017 and 196 of 12 December 2017, the original application for a herd number was received on 10th November 2017 and a farm inspection carried out on 13th November 2017; additional documentation was requested at that time. Once the applicant supplies the Regional Veterinary Office with the additional documentation required the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: As outlined in my reply of 28 November 2017 to a previous question in relation to this case, a decision on payments under AEOS was issued by letter to the person named on 24 August 2016. The person named did not avail of the review procedure outlined at the time. However, I did undertake to have the correspondence submitted by you with that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Management Plans (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Approved Commonage Advisors have been assigned to both parcels referred to and the shareholders concerned were notified in writing by my Department on 13 December 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 2 May 2017. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1229 to 1231, inclusive, and 1233 and 1234 together. These questions relate to the illegal burning of land that was determined by my Department to have taken place during the period 1st March to 31st August 2017. As outlined in a previous reply to the Deputy, my Department actively investigated incidents of illegal burning as the lands affected are deemed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: This case relates to the illegal burning of land that was determined by my Department to have taken place during the period 1st March to 31st August 2017.  As outlined in a previous reply to the Deputy, my Department actively investigated incidents of illegal burning as the lands affected are deemed ineligible for the purposes of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). The person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: A letter was issued to the person named on 28 August 2017 stating that, following a review, the decision to terminate the AEOS contract was upheld. The person named was offered the opportunity to appeal this decision to the Agricultural Appeals Office. An appeal was received by the Agricultural Appeals Office on 6 October 2017. An Oral Hearing was requested had been scheduled for 31...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The above named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2016. Payments for the 2016 scheme year have been made for this case. GLAS claims must clear the full set of validations before payment can issue. Department officials are working proactively to complete the checks to minimise delays in payments. Once this case clears validations the 2017 advance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regional Development Initiatives (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: The Atlantic Economic Corridor task force was established in March 2017 and will report to my colleague Minister Ring in the Department of Rural and Community Development.  The taskforce is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Sean Kyne T.D., and includes senior representatives from the business sector, Government Departments, other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: A condition of the EU co-funded TAMS II Measures is that recipients of grant aid are farmers. I have no plans to extend the Scheme to include agricultural contractors and am precluded by legislation from doing so.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle, who has responsibility for the greyhound sector, has met Mr. Dollard, most recently at an information meeting given by Mr Dollard to members of the Oireachtas on the 29thNovember 2017. Senior officials within my Department have also met Mr Dollard on a number of occasions.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Weather conditions for much of last autumn and early winter were challenging for farmers, particularly in parts of the West/North West. This resulted in the earlier housing of stock and challenges for some farmers in terms of Fodder conservation. On foot of these challenges, I prioritised the payment of farm supports to assist farmers with cash flow. The European...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme commenced on 16th October 2017 in respect of all clear applications. To date in excess of €1.153 bn has been paid to 122,229 applicants. This represents 98.9% of all eligible applications received. In County Cavan under the Basic Payment Scheme, 4,671 applicants have been paid out of a total 4,725 eligible applicants. This represents...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: Payments under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme commenced on 16th October 2017 in respect of all clear applications.  To date in excess of €1.153 bn has been paid to 122,229 applicants.  This represents 98.9% of all eligible applications received. In County Monaghan under the Basic Payment Scheme, 3,952 applicants have been paid out of a total 3,968 eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: As of 11 January 2018, 80% of the eligible applicants from County Cavan have received a 2017 scheme year payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: As of 11th January 2018, 83% of the eligible applicants from County Monaghan have received a 2017 scheme year payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disability Act Employment Targets (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed: My Department is committed to providing the supports necessary to enable staff with disabilities to participate fully in the workplace.  4.3 % of DAFM employees have declared a disability. Therefore my Department is in compliance with the Government target of 3% for the employment of people with a disability.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Creed:  Weather conditions for much of last autumn and early winter were challenging for farmers, particularly in parts of the West/North West. This resulted in the earlier housing of stock and challenges for some farmers in terms of Fodder conservation. On foot of these challenges, I prioritised the payment of farm supports to assist farmers with cash flow. The European...