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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: GLAS 1 participants must be in receipt of their full basic GLAS 2015 entitlement before applications can be processed to have their GLAS+ eligibility determined.  To date, 20,452 participants are in receipt of their 2015 entitlement of which 20,375 have had their GLAS+ eligibility determined.  The majority of participants who qualify for the GLAS+ payment have received their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Jan 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 continues to engage with stakeholders, including circus...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I am advised that the practice of pair trawling in inshore waters and estuaries around Ireland is confined to fishing for sprat (Sprattus sprattus) and consequently I am presuming that this was the target stock in this instance. Sprat in Irish waters is not a species for which fishing quotas or Total Allowable Catches have been established under EU regulation. The International Council of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Pollution (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Pursuant to the Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968 (as amended), my Department owns and directly manages the six state-owned Fishery Harbour Centres including that located at Killybegs. All pollution incidents are a matter of concern to my Department.  In the event of a pollution incident at a Fishery Harbour Centre, the matter is brought to the attention of my Department by the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I am presuming that the Deputy is referring to the changes for 2017 rather than 2016. The annual EU Fisheries Council negotiations took place on 12th and 13th December last year. Following two days of intensive negotiations, I secured 233,500 tonnes of quotas worth €280 million for Irish fishermen for 2017. This represents an increase of 17,390 tonnes over 2016 and a 6% increase...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: There has not been a general ban on horsemeat from outside the EU entering the human food chain in the EU, provided that EU regulatory requirements are met. Import of horsemeat is banned where Commission audits indicate that the regulatory requirements are not being met, but a number of non-EU countries have continued to export horsemeat to the EU over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Commission Implementing Regulation 262/2015, which was published by the EU on 17 February 2015, had an effective implementation date of 1st January 2016 and was transposed into national law via S.I. 62 of 2016, which was signed by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 2nd February 2016. Notification of the signing of this S.I. was published in An Iris Oifigiúil on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1375 to 1380, inclusive, together. The information sought by the Deputy is set out in a table. Year No. of circuses registered No. of passports issued 2012 Nil Nil 2013 Nil Nil 2014 2 (Fossett’s Circus and Courtney’s Circus) 7 Nil 2015 Nil Nil 2016 Nil Nil No registrations have been revoked or refused since 2007. No prosecutions have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Treatments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department is aware of the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) report on glyphosate and its conclusions. However, we are also aware of the conclusions of another World Health Organization (WHO) affiliate (the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)), which do not concur with the conclusions of the IARC. Furthermore, we are cognisant of positive EU conclusions on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Imports Data (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The figures supplied show the number of sheep imported into Ireland for the years 2011 to 2016. The yearly fluctuations in volumes of sheep imported is very much influenced by exchange rate volatility. I note that the vast majority of these each year are sheep that are imported direct for slaughter from Northern Ireland. Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Imports Data (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The volume of imports of milk to the Republic of Ireland are outlined in a table for the most recent periods available. YEAR 2012 2013 2014 2015 TONNES IMPORTED 297,936 323,493 528,445 532,434For the year to October 2016, for which statistics are available from CSO, 432,586 tonnes of milk were imported, which represented an approximate decrease of 3.5% compared to the same period of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The spawning biomass of Picked Dogfish is at an extremely low level, although conservation measures in recent years have had an impact in terms of stabilising the decline. The species is a long-lived, slow growing and late maturing species and is, therefore, particularly vulnerable to over-fishing. The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) advice is that there should be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office has confirmed that the person named lodged an appeal on 3 March 2016 in relation to the Areas of Natural Constraint. A decision letter issued to the person named on 16 September 2016 notifying that the appeal was disallowed. A request for a review by the Director of the Agriculture Appeals Office was received in October 2016. An Authorisation form issued to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The applicants in question have submitted an application under the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II. The approval letter in this case issued on 5 January 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The application for payment for the Dairy Equipment Scheme of TAMS II has now been approved. There was an initial delay as the documentation submitted with the claim was not in order and the contractor's tax clearance details had not been forwarded. These issues are now resolved and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Recruitment (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: My Department has no vacant posts in Rosslare Harbour. 

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Regulations (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: Illegal hunting, as referred to by the deputy, is a breach of the Wildlife Act and is a matter for the Gardaí and/or the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Coursing, which does not involve lurchers, is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon. ICC affiliated coursing clubs assist...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Reserve Data (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: In 2015, funding of some €24m was available under the National Reserve and 6,000 applicants received a allocation of entitlements under the Reserve. There was no National Reserve in 2016 as all available funding had been utilised under the 2015 scheme. In order to provide for a National Reserve in 2017 funding is required to replenish the Reserve. EU Regulations governing the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements under the ’Scottish Derogation’ measure of the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. Under EU Regulations governing the Scottish Derogation measure of the Basic Payment scheme, processing of applications involves administrative checks to verify that the applicant had been actively farming in the Beef, Dairying,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Creed: A report detailing findings of an inspection carried out by Kerry County Council on 9thFebruary 2016 was referred to my Department’s Cross Compliance Unit for attention. This report detailed breaches relating to the cross compliance requirements under the Nitrates Regulations. The breaches under the Nitrates Regulations related to: - Poor collection facilities in place to collect...