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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Marketing Programme (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The UK market is undoubtedly Ireland's largest trading partner, particularly for our agri-food sector, with up to 43% of our agri-food products being exported to the UK last year. It is important to remember that our trading relationship with the UK is not altered in any way until the negotiations that will dictate the terms and conditions of the UK’s departure are completed. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The population of the bovine herd in Ireland as at 28 November 2016 amounts to 6.608 million. A breakdown of this figure is set out in the table: Beef Females: 2.484 million, of which 1.015 million are cows Beef Males: 1.459 million Dairy Females: 2.109 million, of which 1.312 million are cows Dairy Males: 556,000

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Exports (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The export performance of the Irish seafood sector remained very strong in 2015, recording a value increase of 6% to reach over €570 million. Total seafood exports have increased in value terms by 53% since 2010.  Whilst our main EU markets (France, Spain, UK, Italy and Germany) continue to dominate our seafood exports (56% of total), our exports to international markets reached...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: In the past five years a total of seventeen new markets have been opened for Irish meat and meat-related products, while certification for Irish dairy products has also been secured in 12 new destinations during the same time frame. This however does not fully reflect the increased growth in exports to the following markets: The value of exports to emerging markets in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: I attach great importance to the food and drink industries exports and their contribution to our economic recovery. Agri food exports account for 7% of GDP and continue to grow year on year. My colleague, the Minister for Health, has overall responsibility for the general food labelling legislation and new EU food information regulations which were adopted by the Council of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The main targets set out in the Food Harvest report published in 2010 were, by 2020, to increase the value of primary output by 33% and agri-food exports by 42% (both from a 2007-09 average baseline); and to increase value added production by 40% (from a 2008 baseline). In addition to these value increases, the dairy industry targeted a 50% increase in milk production by 2020, to be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The data requested is held by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and I have requested the data from them.  It is a significant amount of information and will take some time to compile, I will forward the details to you directly as soon as it is available.  Food Wise 2025, the Report of the 2025 Agri Food Strategy Committee, sets out a cohesive, strategic plan for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Enterprises (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: Teagasc’s National Farm Survey 2015 report on Farm Viability, which represents just over 84,259 farms, estimated that: - 37% of farms were economically viable.  An economically viable farm is defined as one that has the capacity to pay family labour at the average agricultural wage, and also to provide a 5% return on non-land assets. - 29% of farms were sustainable due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artisan Food Sector (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The artisan and speciality food sector was valued at c €632 million across the island of Ireland in 2014 including €462 million in this jurisdiction, with over 350 producers employing more than 3,000 people. Growth prospects for the sector are positive overall, driven by increased consumer interest in the provenance of food, environmental concerns, health and a desire to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The CSO’s four Quarterly National Household Surveys in 2015 showed that employment in the agri-food sector overall, including all its component parts, averaged around 170,000. This represented 8.4% of national employment.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: Animal health is an ongoing priority both for my Department and for the European Union. The livestock sector contributes very substantially to Irish economic development and growth in exports. FoodWise 2025 envisages a further significant expansion in agricultural output, primarily based on animal production over the next 10 years. It is therefore essential that all stakeholders in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: In order to be eligible for an automatic allocation of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme, a farmer must have been eligible to receive a direct payment under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme and be eligible for participation under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. The person named commenced farming for the first time in 2016 and therefore does not hold an allocation right for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named has shares in two commonages.  A form has issued to the approved commonage advisor in respect of one of these commonages and my Department will be in contact with the person named in the coming days in relation to his second commonage.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2016 Transfer of Entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements by gift. The application has been fully processed and acceptance letters issued to both the transferor and transferee on 3rdOctober 2016. The person named also submitted a 2016 Transfer of Entitlements application to my Department seeking the transfer of entitlements...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 2 of GLAS (GLAS 2) was received in my Department on the 25 April 2016 and the person named was approved into GLAS 2 with effect from 1 January 2016. This application did not include commonage lands as the person named declared commonage for the first time in 2015 and commonage data for GLAS 2 was processed on the basis of data recorded in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme.  The Terms and Conditions governing the operation of these schemes state that in order to qualify as a ‘young farmer’, a person must be setting up an agricultural holding for the first time in his/her name or have set up such a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: EU regulations governing the administration of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and other area-based schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including remote sensing (satellite) inspections, are fully completed before any payments are issued. This is to ensure that payments do not issue on ineligible areas/features, that only eligible applicants are paid,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (30 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. The Report of the Agricultural Markets Task Force entitled "Farming the future in Europe - an examination of the position of farmers in the food supply chain and ways to improve it" was presented at the Council of Agriculture Ministers in November. Council conclusions on the issue are expected to be adopted in December, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (29 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: To be considered for approval to draw up Commonage Management Plans an agricultural advisor must fulfil the following criteria: - have a minimum educational agricultural qualification of level 8 Fetac.  - have attended Farm Advisory Service and GLAS training courses that were run by  my Department in 2014, 2015 and 2016. - have attended a commonage field walk which were held...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Division (29 Nov 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an appeal for the attention of the Commonage Implementation Committee. A new chairperson has recently been appointed and the appeal will be dealt with in that forum.