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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (11 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes and programmes. The table below lists my Department's communications initiatives for 2019 which highlighted schemes and programmes of importance to the farming community.  The advertisements were primarily placed in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers and,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (11 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department provides public information about the Department's wide range of schemes and programmes. Video is one of the formats used to communicate this information and is primarily produced in-house by staff as part of their normal duties.  My Department engages external service providers for specific projects in line with the Department's business needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The objective of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) is to provide temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. An application was received from the person named on the 27th August 2019 and a scheme acceptance letter issued on the 11th October 2019 which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: GLAS is a voluntary Scheme where participants choose to carry out specific environmental commitments for a minimum period of five years. All areas claimed under GLAS are checked annually against the eligible area declared under the Basic Payment Scheme. Where the original GLAS area is reduced, the annual GLAS payment is reduced pro rata to the area removed and aid previously paid must be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: I was pleased to announce the membership of the Stakeholder Committee that will develop Ireland's agri-food strategy to 2030, under the chairmanship of Mr Tom Arnold. The strategy will outline the vision and key objectives, with associated actions, required to ensure the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the agri-food sector in the decade ahead. In deciding on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, issued a notice to trade on 21 November 2019 setting out the changes that will be implemented in December to transition to the application of new requirements for the certification of Irish crab exports, including under Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The SFPA has statutory responsibility for seafood safety controls and the enforcement of seafood...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The persons named submitted an application for grant-aid under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme. This application has now passed all the administrative checks and the ranking and selection process. The application is subject to a further final technical examination and, if successful, approval will issue to the above named shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, issued a notice to trade on 21 November 2019 setting out the changes that will be implemented in December to transition to the application of new requirements for the certification of Irish crab exports, including under Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The SFPA has statutory responsibility for seafood safety controls and the enforcement of seafood...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The European Commission has proposed, as part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021 - 2027, an approximate cut of 5% to the CAP budget post-2020. The proposed cut is unacceptable for Ireland and I have used every opportunity in the course of discussions on the CAP post-2020 to call for the budget to be maintained. While final agreement on the MFF proposals is ultimately a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The Knowledge Transfer (KT) Programme is set out in the Rural Development Programme (RDP), 2014-20200 as a three year programme, and has recently completed its third year. The EU Commission has recently presented proposals for the transitional rules for the period between this Common Agricultural Policy and its successor. These proposals include, inter alia, the option to extend the current...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The Greening scheme, introduced in 2015, delivers over €360 million on an annual basis to Irish farmers. Under Greening, farmers - in particular arable farmers - have specific obligations in terms of the number of crops and the amount of ecological focus area that they must have on their holding. In 2020, Greening along with the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will continue. Therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: I want to take this opportunity to emphasise my commitment to agri-environment schemes in general which recognise the vital role farmers play in delivering public goods which will enhance Ireland’s sustainability credentials into the future. My Department has a strong record in the delivery of agri-environmental schemes including the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS), the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: New EU bovine TB rules are contained in the Delegated Act (DA) on Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on surveillance, eradication programmes and free status of animal diseases. The original proposals from the EU Commission were quite severe and would have had a significant negative impact on Irish farmers. The original draft proposals included: - 12 month minimum TB restriction period...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: New bovine TB rules are contained in the Delegated Act (DA) on Part II of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on surveillance, eradication programmes and free status of animal diseases. The original proposals from the EU Commission were quite severe and would have had a significant negative impact on Irish farmers. The original draft proposals included: - 12 month minimum TB restriction period -...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: Live exports are a critical part of Ireland’s livestock industry. They play a significant role in stimulating price competition and providing an alternative market outlet for farmers. Whilst trade is a commercial activity on the part of private individuals, my Department facilitates this trade, recognising its importance to the agri-food sector, while placing a strong emphasis at all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The vast bulk of my Department's advertising is in respect of press notices in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers. This expenditure includes the publication of Statutory Notices that are required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements. Decisions on the placement of notices are made on a case-by-case basis, depending on the nature of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The disclosure of personal information to third parties by my Department occurs only in instances where there is a clear legislative basis to do so, or where this is a requirement as part of the performance of a contract. In instances where personal data is included in the data to be shared, compliance with the Data Protection legislation is an incumbent part of the process and clearly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Freedom of Information Data (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The number of Freedom of Information requests refused by my Department from 2016 to date is set out below. 2016 - 44 2017 - 59 2018 - 61 2019 - 48 (to 04/12/2019) The Office of the Information Commission overturned one request in 2016 and two in 2018. No decisions were overturned in 2017 or in 2019 to date, but investigations are currently ongoing in respect of two appeals submitted during 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 482 and 483 together. Tree felling licences issued under the Forestry Act, 2014 may have a duration of up to 10 years and may cover several operations, such as thinning followed by clear fell in later years. Licences issued under the Act may be extended for up to a further five years, beyond the initial validity period. Tree felling licences are issued...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Data (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table. Name of Board Number on the Board Number of Vacancies Bord na gCon 7 1 Irish National Stud 7 None Horse Racing Ireland 14 None National Milk Agency Part -Time Chairman and 13...