Results 9,661-9,680 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 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 in relation to the commonage action. Department officials have examined this issue and the application is now being further processed for payment in respect of the 2016 scheme year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 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 in respect of commonage action. Department officials have examined this issue and the application is now being further processed for payment in respect of the 2016 scheme year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. The application has now passed the pre payment checks in respect of the 2015 scheme year and payment will issue shortly. Following the issue of payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year, the application will be  further processed in respect of the 2016 scheme year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department currently has a range of supports in place to assist applicants for the Basic Payment Scheme to apply online.  This is in light of the fact that, under EU Regulations, all applications are required to be online from 2018.  Officials from my Department have been holding clinics in a number of locations around the country to provide one-to- one assistance to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department currently has a range of supports in place to assist applicants for the Basic Payment Scheme to apply online.  This is in light of the fact that, under EU Regulations, all applications are required to be online from 2018.  Officials from my Department have been holding clinics in a number of locations around the country to provide one-to- one assistance to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 The application has now passed the pre payment checks in respect of the 2015 scheme year and payment will issue shortly. Following the issue of payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year, the application will be processed in respect of the 2016 scheme year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office has confirmed that the above named sought a review of the Appeals Officers decision in August 2016. Under the Act only the Director may perform such reviews which must be undertaken in full compliance with the legal requirements and following a detailed assessment of the case to be reviewed. Currently there are a considerable number of requests for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Services for People with Disabilities (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department is currently in direct contact with the person concerned with a view to exploring the best options for facilitating his request. I can also confirm that Bord Bia have been in contact with the person concerned. My Department aims to ensure that the needs of all its customers, including people with disabilities are met and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 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.  The person named has commonage land and my Department put in place a process last October requiring all farmers on the GLAS commonage data base to sign an Interim...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department received an application for the person named, for the third Tranche of GLAS (GLAS 3) and this application has been approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017. The first payment due to GLAS 3 participants is in respect of the 2017 scheme year and processing of such payments will commence towards the end of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person concerned joined REPS 3 on 1 November 2004. The application was subject to an on-farm inspection on 7 April 2008, resulting in a finding that there was a mixing of herds between the person concerned and a third party. The REPS 3 Terms and Conditions state that individual holdings must be farmed under separate management and the person concerned was advised that the plan would be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year. There was an issue with the delivery of the Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) action. This has now been reviewed and the application has now passed the pre approval checks for the first instalment of the 2016 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of the 1 January 2016. The application has now passed all the required checks and has been sent for payment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for the third tranche of GLAS (GLAS 3).  During the initial checks an issue presented requiring further investigation.  This work has now been completed and the application has passed all pre approval checks. The application will now move to the final part of the process for selection and approval into the scheme and the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Colleges Courses (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive requires all Professional Users (i.e. anybody who applies/sprays products authorised for professional use) to be appropriately trained. The Department has recognised relevant courses provided by training providers accredited by QQI, City and Guilds and Lantra as being appropriate training for the purposes of registration as a Professional User....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1 September 2011. Payment issued in respect of the 2011-2015 Scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. As 2016 is the final scheme-year of payment for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: An application in respect of the 2013 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) was received from the person named on 30 April 2013. During processing, over claims were identified on six of the parcels declared. The area over-claimed was 2.26Ha. This was more than 3% of the area determined (73.76Ha) and was greater than 2 hectares. Therefore, in accordance with the Terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has recently undertaken a complete review of the 2015 Basic Payment application of the above named, taking into account recently submitted documentation.  It has been decided to delete without penalty the dual claimed parcel which caused the reduction in payment. Any payments due will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named in the coming days.  An...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The information requested regarding the EU School Milk Scheme is in the table. The structure of EU and National funding differ in that EU funding in allocated on a school year basis and Exchequer funding is on a calendar year basis. - 2015/2016 (Actual) € 2016/2017 (Budget) € 2017/2018* (Budget) € EU funding 352,092 468,000 900,398 2015 2016 2017 Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (2 May 2017)

Michael Creed: The information requested regarding the EU School Milk Scheme is in the tables. The number of schools in receipt of the EU school milk scheme School Type 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 Montessori 11 20 98 95 103 National 693 782 845 855 862 Secondary 54 69 78 84 81 Special 24 28 40 43 44 Total 782 899 1061 1077 1090 The number of students that received an allocation...