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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: While the Health and Safety Authority has primary responsibility for farm safety, I am particularly supportive of promoting farm safety and improving the safety record on farms. The rate of accidents on farms remains far too high and safety is a critical issue facing farming today. Statistics show that accidents on farms cause more workplace deaths than all other occupations...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: Based on the current participation levels in GLAS 1 and 2, the average annual contract value, excluding GLAS + is €4,200.  The average annual contract value will increase when GLAS+ payments are fully processed and the processing of  GLAS 3 contracts to payment may also impact on the average payment. It is only when the 2017 payment processing is complete that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: According to the 2012 National Forest Inventory, forest cover stands at 731,650 hectares. The following table presents total forest cover broken down by county: Forest Cover ‘000 ha County Area '000 ha % of County under forest % of national forest cover Carlow 8.4 89.63 9.4% 1.1% Cavan 16.83 193.54 8.7% 2.3% Clare 52.29 319.77 16.4% 7.1% Cork 83.62 746.57 11.2% 11.6%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (26 Jul 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 a sales contract for the sale of Killykeen Holiday Complex in County Cavan was completely finalised...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: Seven of the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department have received or will receive in excess of €1 million in funding from my Department in 2017. It should be noted that the State Bodies in question receive funding from my Department to enable delivery of their statutory functions. My Department is currently finalising an Oversight and Performance Agreement, based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: In the context of delivering the Direct Payment Schemes and Rural Development measures the Department is required to carry out on-the-spot inspections on a number of farms covering such issues as eligibility under the Scheme and compliance with Cross Compliance requirements, as set down in EU legislation, and the standards for Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC), in the areas...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The aim of the Knowledge Transfer Programme is to address identified knowledge gaps in six agriculture sectors contributing to increased efficiency, effectiveness and competitiveness which benefit not just the individual farmers involved but also the agriculture sector as a whole. The three year scheme provides farmers with an opportunity for group learning through meetings facilitated by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: I am acutely aware of the importance of competition in the beef sector. 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 dealing with allegations of anti-competitive practices or the abuse of a dominant market position. The price of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The number of participants who have received their 15% balancing payment and who have been cleared for payment is set out in the table. All GLAS participants must submit a nutrient management plan before their balancing payment can be released and to date 1,696 in the named counties have complied with this requirement and some 997 are still awaited. Balancing payments continue to be made on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme/Less Favoured Areas Scheme.  The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. From 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: While the Health and Safety Authority has primary responsibility for farm safety, I am particularly supportive of  improving the safety record on farms. The rate of accidents on farms remains far too high and it is important that a focus on safety must become an integral part of farming culture. While there are many risks in farming, farming does not have to be a dangerous...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The TAMS scheme provides support for a large number of investments for farmers in different sectors including tillage, pigs, poultry, beef and dairy. This latter category of dairy farmers are the largest beneficiaries as a group under the schemes and there is an onus on the Department to ensure that the available funds are disbursed proportionately. Cattle underpasses can be expensive,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of the 1 October 2015 and has been paid the First Instalment Payment for 2015. The holding of the person named was selected for on farm inspection resulting in the imposition of a penalty.  The development of the necessary IT functionality is nearing completion and Department officials are actively working on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The applicant in question applied for Dairy Equipment under TAMS II. The claim for payment has been approved in this case with effect from the 20th July 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 22 May 2015 and the person named was approved into GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. Payment has issued in respect of 2015 and the 85% basic payment and GLAS+ has issued in respect of the 2016 scheme year. Following the required checks one parcel in the application of the person named was disallowed for payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Rural Development Regulation each Member State must designate areas eligible for payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme.  The ANC scheme replaces the previous Disadvantaged Areas Scheme/Less Favoured Areas Scheme.  The designation of eligible areas under these schemes to date has been based on a range of socio-economic factors. From 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: Looking at the projected outturn for the year it is difficult to assess the full year expenditure for the Department at this stage as we are only just over half way through the year. My Department keeps expenditure trends under review and provides details on monthly Exchequer Issues to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that are reported in the Expenditure Reports published with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The number of participants who have received their 15% balancing payment and who have been cleared for payment is set out in the following table. All GLAS participants must submit a nutrient management plan before their balancing payment can be released and to date 20,337 have complied with this requirement and some 16,338 are still awaited. Balancing payments continue to be made on an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compensation Schemes (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that this week my Department launched a targeted crop loss support measure to assist growers most affected by the wet weather harvest conditions of September 2016. As I have said before, while many farmers experienced difficult challenges last year, this was particularly the case for a number of cereal farmers who experienced an exceptionally difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications Data (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: The information requested on the TAMS II Scheme is shown in the following table. Approvals and payment claims continue to be processed on an ongoing basis. County Total Received Applications Approved applications Payment Claims Lodged Approved For Payment Carlow 197 117 15 14 Cavan 509 354 58 32 Clare 401 323 79 63 Cork 2020 1533 318 183 Donegal 708 459 39 31 Dublin 76 27...