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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I am advised that the payment will be made directly from Brussels, not by my Department.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The answer is the same as that on the point raised by Deputy Michael D'Arcy. It will be an appropriations-in-aid payment at the end of the year.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I do not yet have that figure.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: There is a whole of Government approach to climate policy as set out in the National Climate Policy Position.  Officials from my Department work very closely with other Departments and in particular, with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, which is the lead department in this area. Policy in the agricultural sector is formed around "an approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department recognises the importance of soil carbon and its contribution to the global challenge set by the Paris agreement to limit warming to 2 degrees above pre industrial levels and to pursue limiting warming to less than 1.5 degrees. Irish research will be well represented at the FAO Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon considering the global scope of the meeting. Dr. Rogier...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Applications (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The closing date for the Installation Aid Scheme was the 31 December 2006. According to the records available the person concerned submitted an initial application on 22 May 2002. An application for payment was due to be submitted by 26 October 2004, however, no application was received. All original documents relating to the application were returned to the applicant on 15 June 2009.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (21 Mar 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received a first payment instalment in respect of the 2015 scheme year. During the 2015 balancing 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department does not provide grant-aid to re-establish forests damaged by fire, and encourages forest owners to ensure that there is appropriate insurance cover in place. In relation to the suspension of the person’s forest premiums, the requirement to replant damaged areas is a condition of the Afforestation Scheme under which forestry is grant-aided. In applying for grant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Expenditure (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Applications in respect of the 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes and 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes were received, outside the timeframes allowed, from the person named together with supporting documentation for review.  As a result of that review the late penalties were waived. Payment has issued in respect of the 2014 Single...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Payment in respect of the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maritime Jurisdiction (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The Government approved the publication of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill to address the issues raised by the Supreme Court judgment of 27 October 2016, and the Bill was published on 13 February 2017.  The Bill is available on the Oireachtas website. The Supreme Court judgment found that fishing by Northern Ireland vessels within the 0 to 6 nautical mile zone of the territorial...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Applications (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Installation Aid Scheme was provided for under the 2000-2006 National Development Plan and the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was introduced under the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme. The Installation Aid Scheme provided a grant to farmers under 35 setting up in farming for the first time...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department does not hold records of farmers under the age of forty who hold green certificates except where that information has been submitted by individual farmers as a requirement under an application for a particular scheme.  

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Data (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department does not hold records of farmers under the age of forty who hold green certificates except where that information has been submitted by individual farmers as a requirement under an application for a particular scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides that regulations can be made in respect of the registration of animals and premises where animals are kept, sold, processed, moved or otherwise dealt with. This matter is currently under active consideration by my Department in relation to pets sold in the retail environment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: Funding under the CAP is comprised  of 100% EU funded  Pillar 1 – Basic Payment / Greening / Young Farmers Schemes, and Pillar 2, which are co-funded RDP Schemes. Pillar 1 schemes are not sector specific, being based on the farmers historic entitlements, rather than their current type of farming activity. As regards Pillar 2, Ireland’s Rural Development...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Exceptional Needs Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I assume the Deputy is referring to exceptional aid from the EU Commission. In 2014, the EU Commission allocated €13.2 million to Ireland under a package to assist farmers in the pig and dairy sectors. With the addition of national funds, funding was increased to €27.4 million, €1m of which was allocated to the pig sector, and  the balance of which was provided...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: It is important to note that borders and maritime delineations are in the first instance a matter for the Department of Foreign Affairs  and Trade.  However, I can provide you with our working figures for the purposes of preparing our analyses of the potential implications of Brexit for the Irish fishing industry. Our figures show that the total EU Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...