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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Under EU legislation, cattle exported from Ireland within the EU (including to Northern Ireland) must complete a residency period on a holding prior to export. The animal must have been resident on this holding within 29 days of moving to an assembly centre for export. Subsequent to moving from the holding, an animal may move one time through a mart and/or one time through a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The Direct Payments Division of my Department is in regular contact with DG Agri regarding the eligibility of land for payments under the various area-based schemes.  The issue of solar panels has been raised specifically as part of these discussions.  As currently interpreted the area under the solar panels is not deemed to be part of an agricultural activity as defined in Article...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Food Wise 2025, the ten year strategy for the agri-food sector published in July 2015, identifies the opportunities and challenges facing the sector and provides an enabling strategy that will allow the sector to grow and prosper. It includes more than 400 specific recommendations spread across the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, innovation, human capital, market development and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: As requested please see below a breakdown of payments under the Protein Aid Scheme which is the only voluntary coupled payment operated by my Department under pillar 1 of the current CAP. Year Number Paid Amount Paid 2015 1,086 €2,899,147.19 2016 1,111 €2,954,047.71

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Ireland has supported the greater market orientation of the CAP over recent reforms, including by decoupling of payments from production, because farmers’ freedom to respond to the demands of the market is vital for the long-term development of the sector (as set out in Food Wise 2025).   This approach to the reform of the CAP was one which is recognised as being the most...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: I announced this morning that the Beef Data and Genomics Programme will be reopened to beef suckler farmers who are not already part of the scheme. The scheme will be known as BDGP II and will, like the original, commit to six years of payments to farmers for completion of actions aimed at delivering accelerated genetic improvement in the national herd and improvement of its environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (13 Apr 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: GLAS Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The GLAS scheme is one of the Agri-Environment measures approved in Ireland's Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.  The participation uptake target for the GLAS scheme in the RDP 2014-2020 was 50,000 farmers by 2018.  This target will have been already exceeded when the remaining applications to GLAS 3 have been finalised over the coming weeks with over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: I hosted a further Tillage Stakeholders Forum recently which consisted of representatives from all sides of this Sector. Addressing the Forum, I took the opportunity to highlight that one of my priorities has been to address the impact of the change in the sterling exchange rate and lower commodity prices in some sectors, which have caused cash flow difficulties for farmers. Therefore I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The Deputy is aware I hosted a further Tillage Stakeholders Forum recently following on from the first one in October 2016 which on both occasions consisted of representatives from all sides of this Sector. Addressing the most recent Forum, I took the opportunity to highlight that one of my priorities has been to address the impact of the change in the sterling exchange rate and lower...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: EU regulations governing the Direct Payment Schemes require that full and comprehensive checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing (Satellite) inspections where applicable, are fully completed before payments are issued. This is to ensure that payments do not issue on ineligible areas/features, that only eligible applicants are paid, and to avoid an applicant receiving an undue payment...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Applicants under the Basic Payment Scheme and other EU funded area-based schemes are obliged to comply with the requirements of the Cross Compliance regime. The Cross Compliance regime comprises 13 Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs), set down in EU legislation, and 7 Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) standards on the environment, climate change, good...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Under Article 75 (1) of EU Regulation 1306/2013 Member States are allowed to make advance payments on area and animal related rural development schemes from 16 October each year.  This provision has been in place since the commencement of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and enables payments to issue to farmers before the completion of on-the-spot checks.  The change...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Regulation (EU) 1307/2013 established rules for direct payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy.  Included in the Regulation are the various articles that relate to "agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment", more commonly known as Greening.  Greening has three distinct provisions; Crop Diversification (CD),...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: A total of 12,933 farmers have been approved into GLAS 3 to date of which 6,541 are Tier 1, 5,710 are Tier 2 and 682 are Tier 3.  Checks on the remaining 1,000 cases have been prioritised and are nearing completion and a county breakdown will not be available until this work is completed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: The information requested is set out in the table. GLAS 1 GLAS 1 GLAS 2 GLAS 2 County Name Number  sent for Payment Unpaid Number  sent for Payment Unpaid Carlow 252 27 117 11 Cavan 854 59 414 18 Clare 1,507 114 653 38 Cork 1,945 225 913 101 Donegal 1,779 176 882 129 Dublin 53 10 15 2 Galway 2,739 365 1,140 173 Kerry 1,629 151 794 83 Kildare 221 30 72 10 Kilkenny...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Regulations governing this Scheme and all other area-based payment schemes, a full check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place before payment can issue. As all AEOS II participants will be receiving their final payments under the scheme, re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be processed. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: With regard to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), grant aid is payable upon activation of an eligible hectare per payment entitlement held. In general terms an eligible hectare is one that is used for an agricultural activity. If the exploration/drilling exercise results in a reduction in the area available to the person named for a farming activity, they will have to make the appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: A total of 11,669 applications have been received to date for TAMS II and 7,489 approvals have issued.  Of these a total of 469 applications have been received for County Cavan and 294 approvals have issued; 410 applications have been received for County Monaghan and 271 approvals have issued.  Approvals continue to issue on an on- going basis.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (13 Apr 2017)

Michael Creed: Regulations governing the AEOS and GLAS Schemes require a full check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System before payment can issue. As cases pass these regulatory checks they are paid and cleared cases will continue to be paid on a weekly basis for both GLAS and AEOS Schemes.  The information requested is set out in the table. County GLAS 1...