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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Fishery Harbour Centres Act, 1968 (as amended) vests the responsibility for the six Fishery Harbour Centres at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros an Mhíl in me as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In respect of the six Fishery Harbour Centres, I have, under Section 4 of the Act, the power to fix, by order, rates, tolls and other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crop Losses (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: I fully acknowledge and accept that difficulties have been experienced by the farming community, not least by our tillage farmers. This sector is a very important area in the agricultural economy but it has been a challenging year both in terms of market returns and variable weather conditions experienced during the harvest. While there is no specific funding available for losses due to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is available on my Departments website at www.agriculture.gov.ie/aboutus/ministers/photographycosts. This information is regularly updated by my Department. Wherever possible, the Department avails of internal photography skills.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts Data (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following tables. Some of the reports outlined are mandatory in the context of EU obligations. 2011: March- December Company Title of Report Date or Expected Date of Publication Costs € University College Dublin Evaluation of the EU School Fruit Scheme/Food Dude Programme in Ireland 2011 - Commission Regulation 288 of 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Relations Contracts Data (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department does not employ External Public Relations firms. Public Relations advice is provided by my Department’s Press Office.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Deputy may wish to note that my official business is carried out in the main through secure official email accounts. I have occasionally used my personal Gmail account for official correspondence that is not sensitive. There is currently no policy preventing members of Government from using personal accounts for official business. However, this situation is under review.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named commenced their AEOS 2 contract on 1 September 2011. Payment has issued in respect of the 2011-2015 Scheme years. Under The EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place before payments can issue. As 2016 is the final scheme year of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2013 Transfer of Entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of land and entitlements by gift as transferee. This application could not be processed due to an issue relating to the date of amendment of the herd number. This issue has been resolved and the transfer has been completed to facilitate payment. Confirmation has issued in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 21 April 2016. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The conditions under which all species of animals in circuses 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, including wild animals in circuses. Section 25 of the Act provides for the adoption of codes of practice in relation to, inter alia, matters concerning the welfare of animals, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 Dec 2016)

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: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The State, through the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, has an existing and well established infrastructure for oversight of competition matters and for dealing with allegations of anti-competitive practices or abuse of a dominant position. The acquisition referred to by the Deputy will be subject to the relevant statutory requirements under competition law, if relevant.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The process of access for Irish beef to third country markets requires work at technical, diplomatic and political levels. Ultimately, the pace of progress is determined by the receiving country. In relation to China, I am satisfied that we are making steady progress. The formal lifting of the BSE ban by the Chinese authorities in respect of Ireland in early 2015 was followed by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The Bovine TB Eradication Programme as implemented by my Department includes a range of measures such as annual testing of all herds in the country, testing of herds contiguous to TB breakdowns, blood testing of certain animals, the restriction of herds which have experienced a breakdown, removal of sources of infection in wildlife, etc.  These measures have proven to be extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: An official from my Department has contacted the person named with regard to his intention to apply for the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme. Following clarification received as a result of this contact, an Agricultural Adviser submitted documentation to my Department on behalf of the person named. This enabled his Young Farmers Scheme application to be processed and payment will issue shortly to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: In 2015 the National Reserve fund was based on a 3% cut to the Basic Payment Scheme financial ceiling and provided some €24 million in funding which was the maximum financing rate available under the relevant EU Regulations. Some 8,000 farmers received an allocation of entitlements under the 2015 National Reserve. There was no National Reserve in 2016 as all available funding had been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Of the schemes listed by the Deputy no allocation was made for the Knowledge Transfer Scheme in 2016. A substantial amount of further expenditure will take place in the coming weeks. Title of Scheme 2016 allocation€000 2016 Outturn – 13 December€000 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme 202,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: I wish to advise the Deputy that all court proceedings that my Department has been involved in are open to the public and the identity of the parties are available. My Department has settled 4 cases with confidentiality clauses in the past 5 years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: In 2015 the person named formed a Registered Farm Partnership with two other individuals. My Department has received three Transfer of Entitlement applications in 2016 seeking the transfer of entitlements out of this Registered Farm Partnership by Division of Entitlements. My Department has also received two Transfer of Entitlement applications in 2016 seeking the transfer of entitlements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department revised commonage eligibility requirements for GLAS 3 applications from those which applied for GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 and issued a circular to all advisors and also published the circular on the Department’s website. This update states that for GLAS 3 commonage land declared for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015 whether declared in previous years or not is...