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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has 184 staff who hold posts at Secretary General, Assistant Secretary, Principal and Assistant Principal level.  The current gender breakdown for these grades is as follows: Assistant Principal (AP) - 63 Women and 73 Men Principal Officer (PO) - 15 Women and 24 Men Assistant Secretary (A. Sec) - 2 Women and 6 Men Secretary General - 1 Man However, due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Data (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: All slaughter plants whose meat is destined for human consumption must meet the standards set out in EU and national regulations relating to food safety. Large scale slaughter plants and all plants involved in equine slaughter operate under the supervision of my Department, while smaller scale abattoirs are supervised by the Local Authority Veterinary Service, under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Data (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: I am very much aware of the importance of competition in the beef sector. It is crucial to have a robust and transparent legal basis for the evaluation of proposals for mergers and acquisitions. There is a well established infrastructure, at EU level, and at National level through the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, for the oversight of competition issues and for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: The applications for two aquaculture licences referred to by the Deputy are in respect of two sites 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: The welfare of greyhounds is regulated through the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 and the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013.  The Animal Health and Welfare Act applies to all animals, whether kept for commercial, domestic, sport, show or other purposes and contains robust measures against the ill-treatment of animals.  The Act also provides for increased levels of penalties. ...

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

Michael Creed: The details of charges paid for debit and credit card payment services and banking fees, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the following tables: Card payment service fees Year Bank of Ireland Allied Irish Banks 2012 965.92 0.00 2013 756.16 1,395.93 2014 0.00 8,790.48 2015 0.00 12,219.51 2016 0.00 12,748.32 Total 1,722.08 35,154.24 Banking fees Year Bank of Ireland Allied...

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

Michael Creed: Provision was made under the GLAS scheme allowing new entrants to farming to submit an application to join the scheme. The target of 50,000 scheme participants set out in Ireland's Rural Development Plan 2014-2020 has been achieved. My focus now is on ensuring that these 50,000 farmers receive their payments in line with their contract under the scheme.  There are no plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: EU Regulation 1307/2013 provides for the establishment of the Basic Payment Scheme National Reserve which must be used, as a matter of priority, to allocate Basic Payment Scheme entitlements to young farmers and new entrants to farming. The EU Regulations governing the scheme also provide that a farmer may benefit from the National Reserve only once during the lifetime of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: The Sheep Welfare Scheme was launched in December 2016 with the aim of contributing to the continued development in animal health and welfare in the sheep sector.  The scheme requires farmers to go beyond the relevant mandatory standards to enhance the standards of animal welfare in the Irish Sheep flock. The scheme provides targeted support to those areas of animal welfare...

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

Michael Creed: My Department has requested a total of 25 reviews of decisions taken by independent Agricultural Appeals Officers in the period in question - 15 in 2016 and 10 in 2017. Requests for review are sought by my Department where it is considered that an error has been made in relation to the law or the facts of the case.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (11 Sep 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 in the next few weeks.

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

Michael Creed: Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned and managed by my Department under Statute. The majority of the properties/sites in the Dunmore East property portfolio are occupied by a variety of public and commercial bodies which support the Fishery Harbour Centre’s role as a working fishery harbour in addition to a broad range...

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

Michael Creed: Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned and managed by my Department under Statute. The majority of the properties/sites in the Dunmore East property portfolio are occupied by a variety of public and commercial bodies which support the Fishery Harbour Centre’s role as a working fishery harbour in addition to a broad...

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

Michael Creed: Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned and managed by my Department under Statute. The majority of the properties/sites in the Dunmore East property portfolio are occupied by a variety of public and commercial bodies which support the Fishery Harbour Centre’s role as a working fishery harbour in addition to a broad range...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Data (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: The CSO's 2013 Farm Structures Survey indicated that approximately 37,700 or 27% of Irish farmers are over 65 years and 8,200 (6%) aged under 35.  A full age breakdown can be found below. These figures compare with Eurostat data for 2013, which showed that 31% of all EU farm holders were over 65 and 6% are aged under 35. 2013 Number of Farmers % of Farmers <35 8,200 6% 35-44...

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

Michael Creed: The investment my Department has made through the various schemes in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the attached table: Scheme Description County Meath  County Cavan  County Monaghan  Agri-Environment Options Schemes 285,078.75 764,221.94 375,069.37 Areas of Natural Constraint 2,257,763.50 9,273,017.73 7,060,978.65 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the 2017 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme a total of 98,012 applications have been received to date.  Applications are currently being processed with a view to payments commencing shortly on all clear applications. The following is a county breakdown of applications received. County ANC Applications Carlow 724 Cavan 4632 Clare 5856 Cork 6908 Donegal 8400...

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

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1320 and 1321 together. The Agriculture Appeals Office is independent in the performance of its functions. The Agriculture Appeals Act provides that the Director may revise any decision of an appeals officer if it appears to him or her that the decision was erroneous by reason of some mistake having been made in relation to the law or the facts....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: Having seen the situation first-hand, I am acutely aware of the difficulties faced by some farmers as a result of recent weather conditions.  That is why last week, with the agreement of my Cabinet colleagues, I introduced a national stand-alone measure to support affected farmers in the Donegal area given the specific circumstances applying there. This measure will make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (11 Sep 2017)

Michael Creed: Coillte was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as the management of their forest estate and land transactions, are the responsibility of the company. The matter was, however, raised with Coillte who advise that their legal team have supplied a signed and sealed Deed of Rectification.