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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, signed The Irish Grocery Goods Undertakings Regulations 2016, which came into effect on 30 April 2016 (S.I. No. 35 of 2016). The Regulations apply to food and drink retailers and wholesalers/group of related companies with a worldwide turnover of over €50 million. They prohibit a number of practices and are enforced by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: I am acutely aware of the issues currently being faced by Irish beef farmers. My Department currently provides a range of supports across a number of schemes for Irish beef farmers. One example is the Beef Data and Genomics Programme which forms part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme and will provide suckler farmers in Ireland with some €300 million...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (16 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department’s role on labelling of products is focussed on ensuring that such labelling conforms to a number of regulatory requirements such as mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) where it applies to food products on sale in retail outlets here. In 2011 the European Union passed the Food Information to Consumers (FIC), Regulation 1169/2011, which has updated the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the governing EU Regulation No 889 of 2008, organic farmers are permitted to use pig manure in organic production.  This Regulation however prohibits the use of pig manure which is of factory-farming origin.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety Scheme (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Farm safety is a critical issue facing farming today. Statistics show that accidents on farms cause more workplace deaths than all other occupations combined. In 2016 there were 21 work related fatal accidents on farms compared to 19 in 2015, this while the overall fatal accident rate fell between 2015 and 2016 from 56 to 44. The 21 fatal farm accidents account for more than 47% of all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Payment issued to almost 27,400 farmers on the 29 December 2016. On the 1 January 2017 some 10,100 files remained to be processed and this work has been completed in respect of 2,736 cases leaving 7,357 cases to be processed. Department officials are working through all outstanding cases on an individual basis with the intention of processing payments which meet all required...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: All GLAS applications must pass regulatory controls and validations before payment can issue. Following the initial GLAS payments which issued on the 29 December 2016 the priority was to assess remaining files and clear them for payment in a systematic manner. The first payrun in 2017 issued on 27 January 2017 and details of 2017 payments issued are set out in the following table. GLAS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The conditions under which circus animals are kept and managed come under the scope of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which contains rules relating to the welfare of all animals and requires a person having an animal under his or her control to safeguard and not endanger the health and welfare of the animal. My Department has received general complaints from members of the public...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named has not yet received his Organic Farming Scheme payment as he was subject to a Department inspection in 2016. The Inspection report has now been finalised and I am pleased to say that his application is being processed for payment. I expect this to issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme 2016 on 07 May 2016 and returned his Sheep/Goat Census return on 30 May 2016. The Terms and Conditions of the scheme set out that, under EU Regulation 21/2004, all flock owners’ and sheep keepers are obliged to count the sheep in their flock, record this number in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Feb 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 to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Regarding the employment of the new CEO, Bord na gCon has informed me that the Board...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: As per the reply to the Parliamentary Question of 1 February, processing of the application under the 2016  Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme had been finalised. Payment under the scheme is expected to issue in the coming week.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon has statutory responsibility for the development of the greyhound racing industry. In that context, it runs commercial operations in a number or greyhound stadia, including Harold's Cross. In 2014, against the background of reducing income for the organisation through the recession, and a significant debt burden, my Department commissioned an independent report into certain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cereal Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The Deputy is aware from my previous reply to him of the position with regard to this issue. I hosted a Tillage Stakeholders Forum last October which consisted of representatives from all sides of this Sector. Following a very productive meeting I subsequently initiated a number of responses to address key issues raised by stakeholders. As I set out then, one of my priorities has been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. GLAS 1 GLAS 1 GLAS 1 GLAS 1 GLAS 2 GLAS 2 GLAS 2 GLAS 2 County Number of Number Number Number Number of Number Number Number Acrtive Applicants Paid PPV Pass Unpaid Active Applicants Paid PPV Pass Unpaid Carlow 283 214 2 67 131 109 1 21 Cavan 916 763 11 142 448 380 0 68 Clare 1,631 1,389 8 234 703 597 6 100 Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: 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 all AEOS 2 participants will be receiving their final payments under the scheme,  re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: There are EU Regulations that lay down detailed rules regarding marketing standards for eggs and poultrymeat. These Regulations set down minimum requirements that must be met in order to use the term “Free Range”, including rules around access to the range. The EU Regulations also provide for situations where veterinary restrictions are imposed to protect public and animal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: The matter of crop diversification and the implementation of equivalence is an issue that my Department and I have raised concerns about with the Commission on a number of occasions in the context of simplification of the current CAP. In fact, it was one of the areas we identified to the Commission that could be simplified as part of our initial submission on simplification of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Review (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: Ireland has taken a broadly favourable view of the recent evolution of the CAP, which has supported a greater market orientation of the agriculture sector and a move away from older, largely ineffective market control measures. The decoupling of payments from production has helped to stabilise and protect a share of farmers’ income while leaving farmers free to respond to the demands...