Results 9,961-9,980 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 and 495 together. Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Bord na gCon has informed me that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: This is an operational matter for Bord na gCon . However, I understand from Bord na gCon  that the core issue with stanazol is that the detection limit obtained using older equipment was not as low as that obtained using newer generation equipment.  It did not mean that Bord na gCon couldn’t test for this drug but that it was an issue of sensitivity.  In 2014 testing was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. This is an operational matter for Bord na gCon. I am advised that the €1.8M is the full expenditure on all racing matters in the areas of race regulations, welfare expenditure and laboratory expenditure. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The  2015 Bord na gCon accounts were audited by the C&AG and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 500 together. Bord na gCon, a commercial State body was established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. According to the 2015 Bord na gCon accounts, legal and professional fees amounted to €1.4m. Bord na gCon state in their published accounts that they were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I am confident that the greyhound industry has growth potential with sporting, leisure, tourism and cultural appeal across a wide national demographic. However, in order for the industry to realise its full potential it is imperative that all stakeholders work together towards this common goal and maximise the contribution of the sector to the Irish economy and to the social and cultural...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial State agency responsible for the control, promotion and operation of greyhound racing.   I understand from Bord na gCon that it has faced very difficult financial challenges in recent years and continues to operate in a difficult financial environment. There has been a significant decline in attendances at stadia, reducing tote...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon, a commercial State body was established under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon has informed me that the agreement between Bord na gCon and SIS is considered commercially sensitive and subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. During the 2015 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 payment as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department is currently reviewing the position regarding the transfer of payment entitlements arising from a situation where a Garnishee Order is in place against the Transferor under a Transfer of Entitlements application and I will revert to the Deputy on the matter at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department is currently reviewing the position regarding the transfer of payment entitlements arising from a situation where a Garnishee Order is in place against the Transferor under a Transfer of Entitlements application and I will revert to the Deputy on the matter at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Data (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The number of herds in Ireland per county in 2016 that had a birth registered to one or more dams of a beef breed based on data from my Department’s Animal Identification and Movement system is as follows: County No. Carlow 862 Cavan 3,430 Clare 4,604 Cork 7,659 Donegal 3,920 Dublin 213 Galway 7,813 Kerry 4,495 Kildare 996 Kilkenny 2,031 Laois 1,703 Leitrim 2,480...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consular Services Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has 12 attachés stationed in Irish embassies.  These attachés are located in the following nine locations: Abu Dhabi Beijing Brussels Geneva London Moscow Paris Rome Washington.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The countries with which export health certificates are agreed for beef, pigmeat and sheepmeat are shown in the following table and a number of other countries also accept Irish meat exports on the basis of general meat export certificates. The conditions for the exports of these products vary from country to country. There would be insufficient space in the table to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514 and 521 together. The "Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme" was developed by my Department in co-operation with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), making €150 million available to farmers at interest rates of 2.95%. 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: Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The proposed new scheme for the conservation of the hen harrier marks a new departure in the way in which such schemes are designed and delivered. Instead of this being done from the top down, a more consultative and farmer-led approach is being tested. In the first instance, this meant recruiting a dedicated project team capable of delivering the new scheme at the local level and to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia Strategy (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord Bia market promotion and diversification activities in 2016 and 2017 comprise multi-sectoral actions such as international trade fairs and participation in trade missions, market and consumer insight services, promotional activity focused on individual sectors and EU generic promotion programmes. As the information requested concerns operational...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Irish food and drink exports increased by 2% in 2016 to reach €11.15 billion and Ireland exports food and drink to around 180 countries all over the world. One of the Department's priorities now, particularly in the context of Brexit, is to further increase the market opportunity for Irish food and drink internationally, especially for the meat and dairy sectors....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Ireland enjoys market access to the Chinese market for Irish pigmeat  and a number of establishments are approved for export to China. In 2016 Ireland exported almost €120 million or over 70,000 tonnes of pigmeat to China, making it the second largest destination for exports after the United Kingdom. China accounted for 27% of our pigmeat exports in volume terms in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Ireland has enjoyed market access to the South Korean market for Irish pigmeat for a number of years. A certificate was originally agreed before 2000 but has been amended since then. A number of meat establishments are approved to produce pigmeat for export to South Korea and in 2016 exports of around €11 million, or 5,000 tonnes, took place. My Department also hosted a successful...