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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The National Forest Inventory (NFI) is the principal means of monitoring national forest cover in Ireland. The NFI records and assesses the extent and nature of Ireland’s forests, both public and private, in a timely, accurate and reproducible manner. The NFI is a detailed periodic survey of permanent forest sample plots based on a randomised systematic grid sample design....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 726 and 727 together. The CSO's 2013 Farm Structures Survey indicated that approximately 37,700 or 27% of Irish farmers are over 65 years and 8,200 (6%) aged under 35. A full age breakdown can be found as follows. These figures compare with Eurostat data for 2013, which showed that 31% of all EU farm holders were over 65 and 6% are aged under 35....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme were introduced under the reform of Direct Payments in 2015. These schemes were designed to provide financial support to young farmers and new entrants to farming during the crucial early years immediately following the setting up of a farming enterprise. The National Reserve provides for an allocation of entitlements at the national average...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1 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. As 2016 is the final scheme-year of payment for the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (7 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. A Department official is in contact with the person named regarding these issues in relation to the Protection of Watercourses from Bovines action with a view to resolving and further processing the application for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application to my Department under the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme. Processing of Young Farmers Scheme applications is being finalised which involves administrative and on farm checks and verification of land details submitted under the Basic Payment Scheme application. These checks are required under EU Regulations and no further action is required from the person...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (7 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 was identified in relation to the Protection of Watercourses from Bovines action.  A department official has been in contact with the person named regarding this issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of a GLAS 1, 2 or 3 application being submitted on the GLAS online system for the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: An application from the person named under Tranche 1 of GLAS (GLAS 1) was received in my Department on the 13 May 2015. Following the Departments pre-approval validation checks the application of the person named was unsuccessful and therefore was not selected for admission to the scheme.  My Department has since carried out a comprehensive examination of the application and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The pier at Port Inver is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for the maintenance and development of the pier rests with that Local Authority in the first instance and its parent Department, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government thereafter. However, under the annual Fishery Harbour & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (7 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: Single Payment Scheme Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted three 2016 Transfer of Entitlements applications to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by lease.  As the herd number shown had been changed from an individual to a Company name after the submission of the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme application, it was necessary to have a Declaration of Undertaking form completed in order to allow the transfer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of the 1 January 2016. The holding of the person named was selected for a ground inspection which took place on the 9 December 2016.  It was during this inspection that the person named was deemed non-compliant in respect of the Geese and Swans (Whole of parcel) action.  A letter issued on the 6 February...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Ireland (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The Hunting Association of Ireland is an affiliate body of Horse Sport Ireland (HSI).  HSI does not have any overseeing role in relation to the welfare of horses used by hunt clubs. However HSI has informed me that as an organization it is committed to ensuring that the welfare of horses is never compromised in the pursuit of sporting excellence or commercial gain. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (2 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. An outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the UK in 2007 attributable to an escape of live virus from Pirbright was the prompt for us to upgrade a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (2 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 has informed me that bank loans relating to the Limerick Stadium were agreed with Allied Irish Bank on June 24th 2009. These facilities involved granting security to Allied Irish Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (2 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 has informed me the bank debt has been reduced by circa €2.0m between 2015 and 2016 and that they have recently entered negotiations with Allied Irish Bank to restructure the remaining...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (2 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 has informed me that it plans to operate Kilcohan Greyhound Stadium under the race schedule that has been in place for the past number of years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The request by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association for membership of the Monitoring Committee for Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014 – 2020 is currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farmers Charter Review (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: A Farmers’ Charter Review Group was set up in 2014 with a view to agreeing a new Farmers’ Charter of Rights. The Farmers’ Charter Review Group was chaired by an Assistant Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and comprised of senior Department officials and representatives of farming organisations. Following on from positive engagement...