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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. The application has successfully completed the GLAS prepayment checking process in respect of the 2015 scheme year and payment will issue at the earliest opportunity. Following the issue of payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year, the application will be processed for the 2016 scheme year.

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

Michael Creed: My Department in collaboration with the Office of Public Works is currently developing a high containment laboratory at Backweston to enhance our National capability in the laboratory diagnosis of exotic viral diseases of farmed animals. Aside from the costs of the building works, there will be an outlay on laboratory furnishings and equipment. The estimated total cost is €235,000,...

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

Michael Creed: The inclusion of a high containment (bio-security level 4) laboratory suite in the original design of the laboratory complex at Backweston was informed by the experience of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Ireland and the UK in 2001. During that outbreak we were entirely dependent on the Pirbright Laboratory in the UK for laboratory diagnosis of suspect cases of disease. In addition, following...

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

Michael Creed: My Department, in collaboration with the Office of Public Works, is currently developing a high containment laboratory at Backweston to enhance our National capability in the laboratory diagnosis of exotic viral diseases of farmed animals. It was decided to undertake amelioration works on a pre-existing laboratory space to achieve the highest attainable international standard of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1st September 2011. Payments have 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 before payments can issue. As 2016 is the final...

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

Michael Creed: The person named has already received full payment for year one under the Burren Farming for Conservation Scheme and therefore will not be receiving further  payment for the first year of his Organic Farming Scheme contract. His year 2 payment under the Organic scheme is now being examined.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1st 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 before payments can issue. As 2016 is the final...

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

Michael Creed: The information requested by the deputy, including for county Kildare, is set out in the table. Outstanding GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 payments County Number of Paid Cases Number of Unpaid Cases Carlow 360 47 Cavan 1,216 129 Clare 2,099 213 Cork 2,727 457 Donegal 2,520 447 Dublin 64 16 Galway 3,680 737 Kerry 2,322 335 Kildare 282 51 Kilkenny 557 89 Laois 494 75 Leitrim 1,295 151...

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

Michael Creed: The National Reserve measure of the Basic Payment Scheme provides for an allocation of entitlements to eligible applicants. In order to qualify for the 2017 National Reserve successful applicants must have completed their agricultural education course by 15thMay 2017. Where an applicant has completed their course by 15thMay but have not yet been awarded their certificate of education, a...

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

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Transfer Application seeking the transfer of entitlements by lease. Processing of this transfer application has been completed and a letter has issued to the person named confirming this.  The person named also submitted an application under the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme to my Department under the herd number shown which is jointly held by 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 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 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.  Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for the 2016 payment as soon as possible.

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

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy, including for counties Cavan and Monaghan, is set out in the table. Paid and unpaid GLAS payments County Number of Paid Cases Number of Unpaid  Cases Carlow 360 47 Cavan 1,216 129 Clare 2,099 213 Cork 2,727 457 Donegal 2,520 447 Dublin 64 16 Galway 3,680 737 Kerry 2,322 335 Kildare 282 51 Kilkenny 557 89 Laois 494 75...

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

Michael Creed: My Department has readily available data from its Laboratory Information Management System going back to 2010 and this is presented in tabular form. This data shows a steady increase in the number of recorded diagnoses of Mycoplasma bovis infection in cattle presented to the Department's Veterinary Laboratory Service for post mortem examination between 2010 to 2016, the...

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

Michael Creed: Mycoplasma bovis has no implications for public health, food safety or international trade. Therefore this infectious disease is not regulated in Ireland or the EU and as such, my Department does not have a specific strategy for containing it. However my Department is currently developing a “Farmed Animal Health Strategy” (having recently undertaken public consultation on a...

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

Michael Creed: Mycoplasma bovis is now considered to be endemic in the Irish cattle population; it is occasionally associated with respiratory disease, arthritis and mastitis in infected cattle. Infection in cattle is generally amenable to treatment and control when outbreaks occur, with appropriate professional and laboratory supports.  Mycoplasma bovis has no implications for public health, food...

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 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: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1st September2011. Payments have 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 before payments can issue. As 2016 is the final...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (21 Mar 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...