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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legal Proceedings (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The legal case to which the Deputy refers has not yet reached its conclusion, and as the matter progresses I will be obtaining legal advice as appropriate on the wide range of complex legal issues involved. Accordingly, any issues arising as a result of the legal case can only be addressed following the completion of this legal process.

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

Michael Creed: The term ‘Locally-Led’ refers to a collection of different Schemes funded under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) which will endeavour to encourage locally-driven solutions to address the many environmental and biodiversity challenges at local level.  Negotiations are on-going with the EU Commission on the precise structure of our proposed Locally-Led...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 256 together. Food Wise 2025, the new ten year strategy for the agrifood sector published in July last year identifies the opportunities and challenges facing the sector and provides an enabling strategy that will allow the sector to grow and prosper. Environmental sustainability is at the core of Food Wise 2025, and the overriding precept of the...

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

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 258 together. Irish agrifood exports have increased from less than €8 billion in 2010 to an estimated €10.8 billion in 2015. Dairy exports in 2015 were valued at over €3.2 billion and the dairy sector is by a number of measures the country’s largest indigenous industry. 2015 was also a very successful year for meat...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The facilities at the central laboratory complex in Backweston and at regional laboratories are capable of meeting the vast majority of my Department’s analytical and diagnostic requirements.  While DAFM Laboratories have the capability to carry out most of the tests in these areas, for cost efficient reasons, some low volume, highly specialised reference test methods that are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: I remain fully satisfied that the benefits of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy are distributed evenly throughout the agrifood sector. This imperative informed the approach to the negotiations in 2012 and 2013, and they continue to inform the process by which the various elements of CAP reform are now being delivered. Taking the direct payments system as an example, the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Economic Competitiveness (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: As over 80% of Irish food and drink production is exported, managing and maintaining our international competitiveness is fundamental for the future development of the sector. Ireland ranks quite highly in global competitiveness tables, but is still considered to be less competitive than some of our main competitors on global agrifood export markets such as Netherlands and New Zealand, or...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Data (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has responsibility for a suite of legislation in the equine area generally, the rules of which apply equally to thoroughbred and non-thoroughbred equine animals. This legislation requires the proper identification of equine animals as well as the maintenance of traceability and ownership issues. The current rules regarding the identification of equidae are determined by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (13 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An official from my Department will be in contact with the Deputy directly to further discuss the matters raised in the question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person concerned is an applicant under the TAMS II Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme. The application is currently being processed. Once it has been determined that all the terms and conditions of the Scheme have been complied with a letter of approval to carry out the works will issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person concerned is an applicant under the TAMS II Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme. The application is currently being processed. Once it has been determined that all the terms and conditions of the scheme have been complied with a letter of approval to carry out the works will issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under tranche 2 of GLAS was received in my Department on 8 December 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 2 with effect from 1 January, 2016. The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year and this will be processed in the final quarter of the year. An application was received from the person named under the GLAS Traditional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Appeals (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An application for Tranche 2 of the GLAS Scheme was received in this case on the dedicated GLAS online system on 29 November 2015. The pre-approval validation checks on the application of the person named, found that the Low Input Permanent Pasture (part parcel) and Traditional Hay Meadow (part parcel) actions were not in accordance with scheme specifications and were therefore not approved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The Agriculture Appeals Office has confirmed that an appeal was received from the person name and has been assigned to an Appeals Officer. An oral hearing has been arranged for Friday 22ndJuly 2016 as requested by the appellant. Following the oral hearing the case will be fully considered by the Appeals Officer and a comprehensive decision letter will issue in writing, to the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person concerned is an applicant under the TAMS II Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme. The application is currently being processed. Once it has been determined that all the terms and conditions of the Scheme have been complied with a letter of approval to carry out the works will issue.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person concerned is an applicant under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme II Dairy Equipment and Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Schemes. Approval letters have issued in respect of the applications under the Dairy Equipment Scheme. The application under the Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme is currently being processed and once it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme which was received in the Department on 27 May 2015. The application was processed with payments issuing to the nominated bank account of the person named in December 2015 and February 2016. To complete the full processing of this application, the person named was requested to submit commonage evidence for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 21 May 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. There are a number of applications, including that of the person named, remaining which have not passed all of the Department’s pre-payment validation checks for the 2015 part-year payment. The Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department has no record of receiving an AEOS application for the person named. An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on 20 May 2015 and the person named was approved into GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. There are a number of applications, including that of the person named, remaining which have not passed all of the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (12 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 26 May 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015. There are a number of applications, including that of the person named, remaining which have not passed all of the Department’s pre-payment validation checks for the 2015 part-year payment. The Department is...