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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The application for an aquaculture licence referred to by the Deputy is in respect of a site located in Castlemaine Harbour, which is designated as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive and a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive (Natura 2000 site). All applications in ‘Natura’ areas are required to be appropriately assessed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: In the context of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 my Department has delivered over twenty new schemes including GLAS that were supported by IT capability. In relation to GLAS payments my Department has an excellent record in the delivery of high quality ICT systems.  We have been consistently among the first to make payments in the EU. During the 2016 GLAS advance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Penalties (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was the subject of a Nitrates inspection on 27 February 2017, carried out by my Department on behalf of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. This inspection identified breaches of the cross-compliance requirements under the Nitrates Regulations relating to the discharge of slurry and soiled water directly into a nearby watercourse....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Redeployment (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Business needs in my Department’s offices in Galway, Roscommon and Mayo are met in the first instance through an internal transfer system whereby serving staff are given the opportunity to transfer to a different work location.  Under this system, three Technical Agricultural Officers (TAOs) have moved to the Galway and Roscommon Regional Offices and arrangements are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: In the context of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 my Department has delivered over twenty new schemes that were supported by IT capability.  In the first two years of the current RDP programme my Department has already implemented substantially more RDP schemes than were implemented over the entire ten year lifetime of the previous RDP programme.  This rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The future of the CAP is an issue of enormous importance for the European and Irish agri-food sectors. The CAP has demonstrated its capacity to evolve effectively in response to changing market, consumer and environmental demands in recent years, to the point where it now plays a central role in delivering the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth sought under the Europe 2020 strategy. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Enterprises (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I am very conscious of the importance of both the suckler and tillage sectors to Ireland's rural economy and the challenges currently facing both sectors. My Department is providing a number of supports to the suckler herd. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme is the main support for the suckler sector and provides farmers with some €300 million of funding over Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 484 together. Fisheries is, and will remain, a high priority for Ireland in the Brexit negotiations.  I am determined to ensure that fisheries remain high on the Brexit agenda in the EU and that the interests of Ireland's fishing communities are fully protected.  This, of course, includes communities in Wexford. I fully agree with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: One of my priorities has been to address the impact of the volatility in the sterling exchange rate and lower commodity prices in some agriculture sectors. I see lower cost finance as an effective way of doing this and we developed the “Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme” with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). The Scheme made €150 million...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme is a very important source of financial support for farmers across the country, paying over €200 million each year to over 95,000 farmers.  The Programme for a Partnership Government provides for a commitment of a €25 million increase in funding for the Scheme in 2018.  This now falls for consideration in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: A number of aquaculture licence applications for the Carrickfinn area have been determined recently and the public notification process provided for in the applicable legislation is ongoing in respect of these applications. My Department’s records also indicate that an application in respect of the Carrickfinn area and an application in respect of Cruit Island are currently under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: An application to participate in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) was received from the persons named on 25 May 2015. The BDGP was approved by the Commission as an agri-environment scheme under Ireland's RDP. As with all agri-environment schemes payment is made on a per hectare basis. Under the terms of the Commission approval 2014 was specified  as the reference...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: Hoof Wall Separation Disease (HWSD) is caused by a genetic defect that appears to occur only in the Connemara pony breed and the carrier frequency has been estimated to be about 14.8%.  For a foal to be affected by the disease both sire and dam must be carriers. The Connemara Pony Breeders Society is approved by my Department to maintain the Studbook for the breed and operate the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme is a very important source of financial support for farmers across the country, paying over €200 million each year to over 95,000 farmers.  The Programme for a Partnership Government provides for a commitment of a €25 million increase in funding for the Scheme in 2018.  This now falls for consideration in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 9 May 2017. Processing of the ANC application has recently been completed, and payment has issued to the nominated bank account of the person named. Advance payments under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme will commence, to cleared cases, from 16...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: There are currently almost 37,000 active participants between GLAS 1 and 2 with approximately 13,500 further applicants approved into GLAS 3 meaning that the target set in Ireland's Rural Development Programme has been exceeded. Despite the scale of the scheme, 99.6% of basic contract payments have been made in respect of 2015. For 2016, 98.4% of advance payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: There are currently almost 37,000 active participants between GLAS 1 and 2 with approximately 13,500 further applicants approved into GLAS 3 meaning that the target set in Ireland's Rural Development Programme has been exceeded. Despite the scale of the scheme, 99.6% of basic contract payments have been made in respect of 2015. For 2016, 98.4% of advance payments and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office is independent in the performance of its functions. The Office has confirmed that a request for a review of the Appeals Officer's decision was submitted to the Director of Agriculture Appeals. It is anticipated that the review of the case concerned will be completed shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: In December 2016 I introduced the Sheep Welfare Scheme to contribute to the continuing viability and sustainability of the sheep sector in Ireland. The Scheme complements the range of other supports available to sheep farmers under schemes such as the Basic Payment Scheme, GLAS, TAMS, Knowledge Transfer and the Areas of Natural Constraint scheme. The details of the Sheep...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (10 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). BDGP is approved under article 28 of Regulation 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. The Programme runs for 6 years from 2015...