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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (29 Nov 2017)
Michael Creed: The Beef Data and Genomics Programme is currently the main support for the suckler sector and provides farmers with some €300 million of funding over the lifetime of the current RDP. Last April the BDGP was reopened to beef suckler farmers who were not already part of the scheme. We have 24,662 herds between BDGP I and II. BDGP II provides for payments to farmers for completion of...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding (29 Nov 2017)
Michael Creed: The allocation for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme, including the Areas of Specific Constraint Island Farming Scheme, for 2016 and 2017 was €202 million. In line with commitments under the Programme for a Partnership Government an additional €25 million has been allocated to the 2018 scheme funding.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Exports (29 Nov 2017)
Michael Creed: The volume and value of fish exports in 2015 and 2016, as compiled by the CSO, are set out in the following tables. The figures for 2017 up to September and those for January - September 2016, for comparison purposes, are also presented. January-December 2015 January-December 2016 €000 Tonnes €000 Tonnes 567,600 251,995 554,730 201,408 January-September 2016...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to present this request for a technical Supplementary Estimate for 2017. I am seeking the committee's approval to use savings on the Department's Vote to fund other desired expenditure. As these proposed transfers and expenditure involve significant changes to the original 2017 voted allocations, it is important to seek the committee's input and...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: Each year, the vast majority of participants in the ANC scheme are paid in the calendar year but some cannot establish eligibility until the end of the year so payment is delayed until the following year. Some €9 million of the payments that have issued to date in the 2017 budget was used to pay successful applicants who established their entitlement from 2016 so there is a roll-over....
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: It is likely to be in the second quarter of 2018. There is a sequential process and we are trying to get the industry scheme up and running. I would say it is likely to be the second quarter of 2018.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: It probably should be. We will have to reflect on the best use of the funding. Deputy Cahill raised an interesting point about those who did not get funding the last time around. Is there a significant cohort in any particular sector that was refused? Was it due to a credit history issue? What were the reasons? We will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the last scheme to see if...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: To which scheme is the Deputy referring?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: Is that the sheep scheme?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I expect that will be a nominee of the-----
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I welcome the Deputy's comments on the World Food Programme. It keeps a degree of context on the scale of challenges that are being faced. It is one challenge to which Ireland is glad to respond. It is part of a three-year cycle of commitments we have made to the World Food Programme. With regard to the specialist food producer scheme, we are focusing on the artisan food sector. The...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I thank Deputy McConalogue for his questions. With regard to the underspend, it is important to put it in the context of the Department's overall budget of €2.5 billion. The underspend is less than 2%. In the context of trying to manage departmental expenditure of this scale, it is quite a fine act to bring in the expenditure as close as that. The fact that 70% of the Department's...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: Today, we are dealing with current expenditure rather than capital expenditure like TAMS. There is no doubt we have a challenge with TAMS. There is no issue on the Department's side with TAMS payments. The issue relates to delays in the submission of claims data. We are issuing approvals for farmers in respect of the tranche 8 of TAMS, which is the latest tranche. The provision we have...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I am advised that approximately half of the commonage management plans have been submitted to date. Payments will issue in these cases and in all other cases as commonage management plans are commenced on the system. My understanding, which is subject to correction, is that this process can be commenced but not completed. In some cases, there might be a degree of work to be done to...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: Deputy Penrose might qualify for the writer's exemption.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I think I know him.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I will address that.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Penrose. On the recruitment and savings element, my own take is that the embargo on recruitment for a number of years meant the age profile increased significantly. We are now trying to recruit but we are also losing quite rapidly at the other end with people going to retirement early and just because they have reached the age. We are running to stand still. We are just...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: They really have a story to tell and a challenge to meet. They are being resourced to do it. They are highly motivated people. The matter of staff recruitment and retention is inexorably tied up with public sector pay and it would be very difficult to specifically ring-fence this for Bord Bia when there is a host of other sectors in the economy seeking higher than the average pay...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2017) Michael Creed: Is this hire purchase?