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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Pursuant to the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968 (as amended), my Department owns and directly manages the six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres including those located at Dingle and Castletownbere. The appointment of home ports of registry for fishing boats is the responsibility of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and governed by the Merchant Shipping Acts. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme 2017 was received from the person named on 20 April 2017. Processing of this application has now been completed and payment will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. China is a high priority for beef market access and significant progress has already been made. The BSE ban in respect of Irish beef was lifted by the Chinese authorities in early 2015. This was a very positive development which paved the way for the start of the process to secure access. The Chinese General Administration of Quality...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Beef market access to South Korea is a high priority for my Department.  This process began with the submission of market access questionnaires. In late 2015 we were informed via the European Commission that South Korea was to undertake inspection visits to Ireland in May 2016. In May 2016 a delegation of 3 inspectors from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Processing of applications under the 2017 National Reserve is ongoing.  Details of the number of applicants that applied to the 2017 National Reserve without having completed the required agricultural educational qualification by the closing date for receipt of applications of 16thMay 2017 will be available when processing of all applications has been completed. Payments under the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The recent report by the C&AG outlined gross savings in 2016 of €106m for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine. The total gross voted allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for 2016 was €1,363m and total gross expenditure of €1,257m. As the Deputy will be aware, 2016 was a challenging year for many farmers financially. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Department's Land Types for Afforestation document, released in March 2016, sets out a system to assess the productivity of land for afforestation.  This system is based on the scoring of various indicator plant species and is derived from previous work spearheaded by Teagasc. This system is used to identify to which, of three separate categories, land is assigned; these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department publishes annual Afforestation statistics, which are available on its website.  Those statistics include numbers of farmers and non-farmers who participate in afforestation planting each year.  A breakdown of numbers is indicated in the table below, for 2014 to 2016, which are the most recent available figures. It should be noted that the non-farmer category is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I launched the  Sheep Welfare Scheme in 2016 to contribute to the continued development of animal and health welfare in the sheep sector.  The scheme requires farmers to undertake two actions for a menu of possible actions in order to enhance the standards of animal welfare in the Irish sheep flock.  Under the scheme the number of breeding ewes returned on Sheep Census...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (12 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named made an application under the Young farmer Capital Investment Scheme on 16 March 2016. A payment claim was submitted on 23 August 2017. Following checks of the submitted supporting documents, a penalty was applied. This was because the investment item was not owned in full by the person named at the time of submission of the payment claim. As the value of this item...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: My priority for budget 2018 has been to deliver on a package of measures designed to help farmers, fishermen and food SMEs navigate the challenges of Brexit while furthering the objectives of the Food Wise 2025 strategy. Next year, the Exchequer contribution to my Department's Vote will amount to €1.556 billion in capital and current expenditure. In addition to the Department's Vote,...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Has Deputy Michael Healy-Rae joined his brother's anti-climate change agenda?

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Who did that?

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Applications under the 2017 National Reserve are currently being processed and payment to successful applicants is scheduled to commence in early December 2017 following the payment of the balancing payments under the Basic Payment Scheme. These balancing payments  are due to commence on 1stDecember.  The final allocations per applicant under the 2017 National Reserve will not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Processing of applications under the 2017 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme is at an advanced stage and the issuing of payments under these schemes to successful applicants is scheduled to commence in early December 2017 immediately following Basic Payment Scheme balancing payments which are due to commence on 1stDecember.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 15 May 2017.  This application and the GLAS application are currently being processed with a view to issuing any payments due to the nominated bank account of the person named as soon as possible. In the event that any queries arise officials in my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute.  Flooding recently occurred in the Bridge Street Area of Killybegs town. I would advise the Deputy that the Office of Public Works (OPW) is the lead agency for flood risk management and is coordinating the national...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1stJanuary 2016. However, an issue arose with the application. My Department were in contact with the person named and the issue has now been resolved.  The payment due is expected to issue to the person named shortly. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (11 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Beef Data & Genomics Programme (BDGP) was introduced in 2015 to build on and expand breeding data gathered under the Beef Data Programme (2013 & 2014) and Beef Genomics Scheme (2014). Under the Terms and Conditions of the BDGP participants are required to submit data and take genomic samples from a prescribed number of animals. Where all of the data and/ or genomic...