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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (23 Jun 2016)
Michael Creed: The application in this case is currently being processed by the local office and it is anticipated that, subject to the final checks being passed, approval will issue within the next two weeks.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Data (23 Jun 2016)
Michael Creed: An application to register the herd number in the individual’s name was received in the Regional Veterinary Office on 24thMay 2016. However, as the application was incomplete it was returned to the applicant on 1stJune 2016. To date the completed application has not been returned to my Department for processing.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: I thank the Chairman. With regard to his last remark, we only became aware of the date for the Estimates meeting last Thursday. We would have been anxious to facilitate the committee at the earliest possible date and we did, in fact, make offers of a departmental briefing to all the relevant spokespersons. While I appreciate the time is a little truncated, there was no intention on my part...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: There is about a page and a half on programme group A. Should I proceed?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: Do you want me to read the introduction?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: This programme focuses on progressing the economic development of the agri-food, forestry and marine sectors, including facilitating the achievement of Food Wise 2025. The advancement of the elements of this programme requires effective participation in policy negotiations and developments at national, EU and international levels, and the development, implementation and review of the...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: There are some common themes running through the questions. I will deal with the beef data and genomics programme. I concur 100% with Deputy Penrose's comments in this regard. With regard to the point made by Deputy McConalogue on funding, the important point to remember is there is a €300 million commitment across the lifetime of the rural development programme. In the context of...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: Reference was made to the glut of cattle coming out. We need to be careful not to talk down the price of cattle. I acknowledge the figures referred to on the increased numbers of cattle at the back end of the year. We have opened the Turkish market to live export in recent days. A number of other markets are also open. The challenge now is for the industry to step in. I appreciate that...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: What is the point?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: I have pieces of paper all around me. My apologies to Deputy Martin Kenny who raised an issue about aquaculture licensing, an issue to which Deputy Thomas Pringle alluded. If I do not have some of the data I will get back to the Deputy. My understanding of the issue around aquaculture licences is that much of the difficulty we face arose from a European Court of Justice decision in 2007....
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: The figure of €52 million includes the €17 million.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: I mean including, not plus.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: Yes. In the overall scheme, the commitment is €300 million. If one looks at other schemes that have wound down, for example, REPS 4, we are still paying some money out under it because of the delay in applications and some hang-over issues, even though the scheme is closed and has been gone for quite a while. There are still some delays. The commitment, which is absolute, is that...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: May I interrupt?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: I may have added to the confusion, but not deliberately. We need to get some things clear. The €300 million is the budget line commitment, which we are committed to ensuring over the lifetime of the rural development programme will be available under the beef data and genomics programme. It is the case - in fact a detailed analysis of the Estimates today will show that in other...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: We will obtain a note on that matter.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: My understanding on the latter point is that it has to do with self-classification. Somebody might depart from farming and then gets an off-farm job. He or she might term himself or herself as an employee but might still be farming on a part-time basis. The number in this regard fluctuates.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: The classification is an issue, as I understand it, with the CSO survey. It is not an issue for my Department. Our understanding is that people move between off-farm employment and part-time work on the farm. It is a self-declaration process. In respect of the aquaculture licence, my understanding is that of the 90 bays involved, some 509 appropriate assessments for licences have been...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016) Michael Creed: They have been done for more than half.