Results 61-80 of 153 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...natural resources and ensuring a more balanced development of rural areas. EU Regulation No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for Rural Development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) sets out the breakdown of EU support for rural development for each Member State for the years 2014 – 2020. Ireland's total EAFRD...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...natural resources and ensuring a more balanced development of rural areas. EU Regulation No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for Rural Development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) sets out the breakdown of EU support for rural development for each Member State for the years 2014 – 2020. Ireland's total EAFRD allocation...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (24 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...to €1,260 million in 2015. This figure is made up of €1,044 million in current expenditure and €216 million in capital spending. This is the first in a series of six budgets where the Exchequer contribution to the agriculture Vote will be increased in order to facilitate the implementation of both the rural development programme, RDP, and the European Maritime and...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (24 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...receive the same decoupled payment. The single farm payment will be the same but it will be applied for based on a lesser hectarage. It may have an impact on redistribution or disadvantaged area scheme payments but the amount of the single farm payment will be the same. Farmers need to sit down with their planners to make an accurate assessment of their land in terms of what is farmable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (18 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: Price volatility has been a significant feature of agricultural commodity markets including beef in recent years. In Ireland, average prices rose steadily from €3.22 a kilo at the start of January 2011 to an unprecedented peak of over €4.40 per kilo in June of 2013. They subsequently declined to €3.51 in September of 2014 before recovering to the current price with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (18 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...measures. The draft Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020has been informed by the findings and recommendations in the above mentioned report and the 'Marginal Abatement Cost Curve for Irish Agriculture' (September 2012 prepared by Teagasc), which identified a number of measures for the abatement of greenhouse gases. The draft RDP 2014-2020 has been designed to support the smart...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (12 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Single Payment Scheme was replaced by the Basic Payment Scheme and Greening Payment in 2015. The Greening Payment is an important part of the CAP following the Reform that was agreed during the Irish Presidency in June 2013. The Greening Payment will amount to approximately 30% of the overall payment made to farmers under the new Regime. The three main elements of the greening...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Feb 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department recognises the importance of hedgerows and woodland habitats and their roles in biodiversity, agricultural management and potential carbon sequestration. Hedgerows are estimated to cover 3.9% of the Irish landscape. The REPS and AEOS schemes facilitated the planting of approximately 10,000 km of new hedgerows and the rejuvenation of some 3,000 more. The total area of hedgerow...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...to market, consumer confidence, retail promotions, competition with other meats and the overall macroeconomic situation. It is neither appropriate nor possible for me or any other Minister for Agriculture in the EU to intervene directly on these issues. Indeed, the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has emphasised this point again recently in correspondence with members of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (18 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...appreciate, questions of price are ultimately matters to be determined between the purchasers and the sellers of cattle. It is neither appropriate nor possible for me or any other Minister for Agriculture in the EU, to intervene directly on these issues. Indeed, the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has emphasised this point again in recent weeks via correspondence...

Seanad: Fisheries Sector: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...the council meeting on issues of mutual interest, particularly Celtic Sea stocks. On 2 December I intend to lay before the Oireachtas a sustainability impact assessment on the quota proposals and present it to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. At council, I will vigorously oppose any cuts which are not fully justified and supported by science and I look...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...will appreciate, questions of price are ultimately matters to be determined between the purchasers and the sellers of cattle. It is neither appropriate nor possible for me or any other Minister for Agriculture in the EU, to intervene directly on these issues. Indeed, the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has emphasised this point a gain in recent days via correspondence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: During the period 2009 to 2013, my Department operated the New Entrants to Dairying Scheme, where up to 200,000 litres of milk quota were awarded to farmers wishing to commence dairying and who were successful in the competitive assessment process. Just over 400 farmers received quota allocations in that period. An analysis of successful applicants for the period 2009 to 2011, involving 230...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...will appreciate, questions of price are ultimately matters to be determined between the purchasers and the sellers of cattle. It is neither appropriate nor possible for me or any other Minister for Agriculture in the EU, to intervene directly on these issues. Indeed, the new Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has emphasised this point again in recent days via correspondence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...mitigation measures. The new Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 is being informed by the findings and recommendations in this report and the ‘Marginal Abatement Cost Curve for Irish Agriculture’ (September 2012 prepared by Teagasc), which identified a number of measures for the abatement of greenhouse gases. The RDP 2014-2020 has been designed to support the smart...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (11 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...roundtable discussions, it was identified that more could be done to improve transparency throughout the beef sector. My Department collates the prices paid for domestic cattle on a weekly basis and reports this data to the European Commission in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1249/2008 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 148/2014. To ensure price transparency,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (4 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...appreciate, questions of price are ultimately matters to be determined between the purchasers and the sellers of cattle. It is neither appropriate nor possible for me or any other Minister for Agriculture in the EU to intervene directly on these issues. Cattle prices are determined by supply/demand dynamics which are in turn influenced by a range of different factors such as consumer...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Simon Coveney: I will arrange to have that done. With regard to the agri-environment schemes, budget 2015 provides for the introduction of GLAS - the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. As older schemes run their course, the associated financial requirement continues to reduce. A total of €52 million will be paid to nearly 17,000 farmers under the rural environment protection scheme, REPS,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (14 Oct 2014)

Simon Coveney: One of the main EU funded Schemes is the Single Farm Payment (SFP) under Pillar One of the Common Agricultural Policy. Since 2009, my Department has paid in excess of €6.2 billion to some 125,000 farmers under the SFP. Essentially, all of the EU funding available was drawn and paid to farmers during that period. In 2009, following the CAP Health Check agreement, provisions were...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Simon Coveney: As I said, all of the agricultural colleges are full. Teagasc management has repeatedly approached me seeking more staff for the colleges to meet the growing numbers on a month-by-month basis. We need to restructure the beef market. The Deputies are correct that beef farmers are in a position of weakness when they negotiate with very large processors. They go with a trailer load of...