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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy may be aware, I received a request from the Irish South and West Fish Producer Organisation to allocate the increase over 2016 of Ireland’s mackerel quota for 2017 entirely to the Polyvalent Segment on a 1 year pilot basis in exchange for the recipient vessels forgoing demersal fishing in order to gauge the impact on the demersal vessels. This matter has generated a lot...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: As the Deputy is aware, it is long-standing Government policy that fishing quotas are a national asset and the responsibility for the administration of quota rests with the Minister alone. In Ireland, quota is managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators.  While Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ’s) which permits the transfer/ sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The scheme referenced is particular to the UK only and is part of their implementation of the exceptional aid measures implemented by the EU Commission in 2016. As part of this package, Member States were given €350 million to implement schemes which were tailored to meet their needs nationally.  This was to ensure that the funds were put to the most effective use...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named currently has two forestry contracts.  Planting has already commenced for the first contract and the second has received technical approval.  The lands which are the subject of these forestry contracts appear to be those in the Folio given.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named has submitted a payment claim under the Dairy Equipment Scheme of TAMS 11. There is an issue with the claim that will require the application of a reduction. The payment  will be processed as quickly as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: ​The persons named are a Registered Farm Partnership and they have submitted a payment claim under the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS 11. All aspects of the claim are now being examined.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved, carried out work and submitted a payment claim under the Dairy Equipment Scheme of TAMS 11. Under the provisions of the scheme a reduction must be applied before payment. The payment claim will be processed as quickly as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named is an applicant under the Dairy Equipment Scheme in TAMS 11. An outstanding query concerning the application for payment has been resolved and payment has been approved and will issue to the applicant the week beginning 8 May 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The final reviewing officer from within my Department has responsibility to attend the oral hearing as requested by the Agriculture Appeals Office.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Under Section 2 of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 the Minister may appoint such and so many of his or her officers or, following selection at competitions held by the Public Appointment Service, other persons holding positions within the Civil Service, as he or she considers appropriate, to be appeals officers for the purposes of this Act. Section 6 of the Agriculture Appeals Act...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Data that the Deputy has requested is not readily available. Officials in my Department will collate the data and forward directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The procedure for allocating appeals is that appeals are allocated to Appeals Officers on a regional basis following receipt of the required documentation necessary to process the appeal. A region can include one or more counties. The regional allocation is rotated every three months. On occasion, for example if there is a large volume of appeals on hand...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a GLAS 1 application which was unsuccessful and subsequently appealed which resulted in his acceptance into the scheme. Department officials are actively working to reinstate the application on the online system with a view to issuing payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre is one of the six designated Fishery Harbour Centres which are owned, managed and maintained by my Department under Statute. The harbour charges referred to relate to mooring fees for the use of the marina, and these charges have been applied correctly. I have been informed by my Department officials that vessel owners were notified of the works referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: Payment claims submitted under the current Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS II) are being processed on an ongoing basis. However, some applications submitted have minor issues that need to be resolved before payment can be processed.  In such cases Department officials are in direct contact with individual farmers to resolve issues and progress claims towards early...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for the 2016 payment as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: GLAS is not a whole farm scheme. Farmers in GLAS are required to retain all those land parcels on which a GLAS commitment has been given for the period of the contract. Where the farmer has additional parcels to those in GLAS he/she is free to lease out these parcels.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named has been deemed eligible under the ‘Scottish Derogation’ measure of the Basic Payment Scheme. Full payment in respect of the 2016 Basic payment scheme issued to the person named on 11th April 2017. A partial payment in respect of the 2015 Basic payment scheme remains outstanding and will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: GLAS, AEOS and TAMS are approved and co-funded by the European Union and specific EU regulatory requirements must be complied with in processing payments under the scheme. Failure to comply with these requirements would impact negatively on the funding available through disallowances being imposed on Ireland. GLAS payments continue to issue with 92% of payments issued to date. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The first person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of the 1 January 2016. During the 2016 prepayment checking process issues were identified. Department officials are actively working to resolve these issues with a view to further processing the application for payment at the earliest opportunity. The second person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a...