Results 10,021-10,040 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: Did the Senator vote to join the European Union?
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: In practice, that has not been the case.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: There is no evidence over 50 years that it is the case. There is a requirement for secondary approval-----
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: The Senator should not confuse apples and oranges. The Spanish are not coming in under voisinage. Voisinageis-----
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: They are not coming in-----
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: I ask the Senator to please understand that this legislation is entirely to do with the zero to six nautical mile limit, and the Spanish are not coming in there at all. He is confusing apples and oranges. There may be an issue where the fishing industry in its broader manifestation perceives that because we are in the EU, Spain takes fish out of what we perhaps traditionally consider "our"...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: I will see if I can elicit that information but I do not have it off the top of my head.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: The reverse also applies in so far as there may be boats registered here that are not-----
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: In the context of the European Union and free movement of goods and services, it is entirely contrary to that principle.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: From the image I see, though, I do not think the activity is occurring inside the zero to six nautical mile limit.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: It is not.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: It is not.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: In accordance with the EU Regulations governing the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme, each Member State has the option to apply 'clawback' to the transfer of entitlements without land. Ireland has applied such a 'clawback' to the sale of entitlements without land at a rate of 50% in 2016 which resulted in €14,800 being reverted to the National Reserve in that year. Following...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: In accordance with the EU Regulations governing the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme, each Member State has the option to apply ‘clawback’ to the transfer of entitlements without land. Decisions pertaining to the use of such optional provisions are taken by individual Member States and do not require approval of the EU. Furthermore there is no agreement between Ireland...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. In accordance with the EU Regulations governing the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme, each Member State has the option to apply ‘clawback’ to the transfer of entitlements without land. Decisions pertaining to the use of such optional provisions are taken by Member States and do not require approval of the EU....
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 237 together. In accordance with the EU Regulations governing the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme, each Member State has the option to apply ‘clawback’ to the transfer of entitlements without land. Ireland opted to apply clawback on the sale of entitlements without land. EU Regulations state that the application of...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: In 2015 the National Reserve fund was based on a 3% cut to the Basic Payment Scheme financial ceiling and provided some €24 million in funding. Some 6,250 applicants were allocated entitlements under the 2015 National Reserve. There was no National Reserve in 2016 as all available funding of €24 million had been fully utilised under the 2015 scheme. In 2017 the National...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: The EU Regulations governing the implementation of the Basic Payment Scheme do not permit Member States to place any limitations on the leasing of entitlements, such as the application of a term limit on the length of leases. In addition any such limitation would be contrary to existing Government policy, such as those contained in the Agri-taxation Review, which provides the granting of tax...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: An application from the farmers association named has been received by my Department and is currently under consideration.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Funding (22 Mar 2017)
Michael Creed: 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 commodity prices in some agriculture sectors....