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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Under the Agriculture Appeals Regulations the Director of the Agriculture Appeals Office may fix the period within which files requested by that Office from my Department should be provided. This period is currently set at two weeks.  My Department is committed to adhering to this deadline in respect of all requests for files made to it by the Agriculture Appeals Office. In some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Regulations provide that the Director of Agriculture Appeals may fix the period within which the files requested by the Agriculture Appeals Office should be provided. This period is currently set at two weeks.  Fair procedures require that the Agriculture Appeals Office hears both sides of appeal cases. Every effort is being made by the Agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office has confirmed that the person named lodged an appeal on 10 February 2016. A decision letter issued 4 July 2016 notifying the person named of the outcome of the appeal. Additional information was provided by the person named and, following consideration of that information, a revised appeal decision issued on 17 January 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements Application (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Transfer of Entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by Inheritance. Additional documentation required to process this application was sought from the legal representatives of the deceased on 13thDecember 2016. Following receipt of this information, the Transfer application was fully processed, an acceptance letter was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I decided that, without prejudice, there is a case for  a review of the policy on allocations between the RSW Pelagic segment and the polyvalent segment of the fleet, taking account of a request by the Irish South &West Fish Producers Organisation.  In that regard, I am restricting consideration to the increased  quota for Ireland in 2017 over that in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1January 2016. The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year.  During the 2016 prepayment checks an issue was identified with the Farmland Habitat, Private Natura action that requires further examination.  Department officials are actively working to resolve this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The 2015 ground eligibility inspection file in respect of the Herd No. detailed has issued to the Agriculture Appeals Office and my Department understands that the file is currently being examined by that office. The Agriculture Appeals Office will notify the applicant of the outcome on completion of the appeals process.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The H5N8 strain of avian influenza has been responsible for over 500 of outbreaks of disease in poultry and in excess of 430 mortality events in wild birds in Europe since the end of October 2016. It is a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza which means that it causes severe disease and often death in infected birds. Its spread can be attributed to the movement of wild migratory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Formal negotiations in relation to the UK's departure from the EU will not commence until after the UK has made its notification in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. Ireland's negotiating position will be coordinated by the Department of the Taoiseach. From an agri-food perspective, and given the importance of the UK market for the sector, our demand will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: In December 2016 I provided ex-gratia funding amounting to €2,460,500 to 137 animal welfare organisations involved in delivering animal welfare services throughout the country.  The list of recipients is available on my Departments website at:-.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Almost 14,000 GLAS 3 applications received on the GLAS online system, in advance of the scheme closing 15 December 2016 are currently being assessed in line with the requirements set out in the scheme Terms and Conditions.  The number of applications received for Cavan is 569 and for Monaghan is 372. My Department is currently processing these applications with a view...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: There are a range of existing supports available to sheep farmers under the BPS, GLAS, TAMS, Knowledge Transfer and ANC schemes. Added to this is the new Sheep Welfare scheme under the Programme for Government in which there was a commitment to the introduction of a scheme for sheep farmers under the Rural Development Programme with a budget of some €25 million in 2017. This...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The pig sector remains a valuable and integral part of the Irish agricultural economy, accounting for 8% of Gross Agricultural Output and supporting approximately 7,000 jobs in the rural economy. My Department announced the opening of the new Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme under TAMS II in late 2015. A total of €395m has been made available for TAMS II schemes over the course of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Payment under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints commenced on schedule on 21 September 2016.  To date payments worth in excess of €198.772m have issued to some 92,579 beneficiaries.  The county breakdown of these payments is outlined in the table: County Number Paid Amount Paid Carlow 677 1,439,342.95 Cavan 4,507 9,264,771.80 Clare 5,627 12,737,233.04 Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: To be eligible for payment under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme, an applicant in his/her own right must, in the first instance, comply with the Terms and Conditions of the scheme, including the requirements to: - Hold a valid Herd Number issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. - Occupy and farm in his/her own right and at his/her own risk a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Article 32 of EU Regulation 1305/2013 requires all member states to implement a new system for designating eligible areas under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme from 2018 at the latest.  At present, eligible land under the scheme is designated by reference to criteria such as stocking density, family farm income, population density and the percentage of the working...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Deer Culls (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no direct role in organising the culling of deer. Under the Wildlife Acts responsibility for the management of the wild deer population on public lands rests with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.  In conjunction with the NPWS we are currently co-funding a limited cull of wild...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1October 2015 and has received full entitlements for the 2015 scheme year. During the 2016 prepayment checks an issue was identified with the Commonage action.  Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for payment at the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The following table sets out the total number of GLAS participants for counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan and the numbers that have received payment and that are awaiting payment in respect of the 2016 scheme year. - Number of applications active in GLAS Number of Paid cases Number of Unpaid Cases Sligo 1,330 1,095 235 Leitrim 1,464 1,182 282 Donegal 3,002...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The applicant has applied for investments under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II. The case was selected for a prepayment inspection where verification of payment was required. The Department will be in touch with the applicant when the case is finalised.