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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial state body established under the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and is responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. I can confirm that the recent appointments to the HRI Board were made in accordance with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards.  HRI have informed me that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The Turf Club (and INHSC) is the Regulatory Body for horseracing in Ireland and is responsible for the integrity of Irish racing. The Turf Club has informed me that a rigorous post-race testing regime consistent with international best practice has been in operation in Ireland for decades, this has in more recent years been enhanced by intelligence-led out of competition testing and a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 3 contract on 1 May 2013. Payments due have issued in respect of the 2013-2016 Scheme years. Issues arose in relation to the Species Rich Grassland action following an Inspection on 8 July 2016 which resulted in a payment reduction being imposed. The person named was notified of this issue by letter dated 26 October 2016. This letter gave the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. During the prepayment checking process in respect of the 2015 scheme year, issues were identified with the Traditional Hay Meadow action. Officials in my Department are actively working to resolve these issues with the intention of issuing payment at the earliest opportunity. Following the issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (24 Jan 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 be completed before any payment can issue.  The table below outlines the number of farmers in Cavan actively participating in GLAS 1 and 2 that are due a payment in respect of the 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 10 May 2016. On this application he declared 8.60 hectares of forestry for which he receives forestry premium and which is also eligible under the Basic Payment Scheme. He also declared 11.91 hectares of permanent pasture and 0.31 hectares within the forestry which, following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 May 2013. All payments due have been made in this case. Payment in respect of the 2016 year, which can only be made after the 15 October 2016 at the very earliest, issued in two parts as required: 85% in the amount of €3,399.99 on 13 December 2016; and the remaining 15% in the amount of €599.99 on 14 December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: One of my priorities has been to address the impact on farmers of the sustained period of lower commodity prices, which has caused cash flow difficulties for farmers in several sectors. The “Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme” was developed by my Department in co-operation with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). It will provide farmers with a low cost,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: An Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) is undertaking a number of initiatives to enhance sustainability in the fishing industry through the Sustainable Fisheries Scheme and the Inshore Fisheries Conservation Scheme, both funded under my Department’s European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Operational Programme 2014-2020, co-funded by the European Union. BIM is working with the fishing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: On 20 December 2016, I announced the appointment of a 3-person Independent Review Group to carry out a review of the aquaculture licensing process and associated legal framework.  The Independent Review Group includes Ms Mary Moylan, chairperson, Dr Ken Whelan and Mr Lorcan Ó Cinnéide. The Independent Review Group is presently inviting submissions from stakeholders.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: As outlined in my previous response to this question, information held on transfer lists is dated and in many cases obsolete.  The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is in the process of carrying out an extensive review of the transfer system and expects to have a dedicated system in place by mid-year that will hold up to date and relevant information for use by Departments in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: As I indicated in our amendment to Deputy McConalogue's Private Members' motion, I intend to convene a meeting of the tillage stakeholders' forum at the earliest possible opportunity. I expect to meet them in the next two weeks with a view to progressing issues they raised at a previous meeting, including the issues referred to by the Deputy.

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I assure Deputy Martin Kenny that every effort is being made to clear payments as quickly as possible. The Department has no interest in delaying payments to individual members. As I stated to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, the number of outstanding applications is somewhat less than 9,000 and the scheme is now open to more than 50,000 farmers. I appreciate that is not the message those who are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: We recently opened GLAS and now more than 50,000 farmers are eligible for payments under the scheme. Currently, fewer than 9,000 applications await payment. As such, a very substantial number of farmers have already been paid. We are working through this as quickly as possible, which I appreciate is cold comfort if one is among those awaiting payment. However, the Department is approving...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (19 Jan 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 issues were identified with the Commonage action.  Department officials are examining these issues with a view to resolving and further processing the application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Expenditure (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The TAMS II Schemes provide grants for the construction of a variety of farm structures. The full range of investment measures are detailed on the Department's website. Applications for the TAMS II Schemes can be made online and funding will be made available over the course of 2017 for approved applications. TAMS II Schemes are funded under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (19 Jan 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 recognises that the welfare of the greyhounds is paramount and it adopts the best identified practices to ensure that the highest welfare standards are achieved. During 2016 circa...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The H5N8 strain of avian influenza has been responsible for over 500 of outbreaks of disease in poultry and 430 mortality events in wild birds in Europe since the end of October 2016. There is a risk that H5N8 could spread to poultry or other birds here in Ireland mainly as a result of the movement of wild migratory birds. On the 23 December last, my Department announced regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application under the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. His name was added to the herd number shown for the 2016 scheme year. However, the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme Application was submitted under the herd number shown while it was still held in the sole name of the previous herd owner. As a result my Department is working to align the applications...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (19 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: An application under the 2016  Areas of Natural Constraints Schemes was received from the person named on 30 April 2016. Processing of the application has recently been finalised and payment has issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.