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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers under the areas of natural constraints scheme and basic payments scheme that have yellow card cases and are awaiting approval from the Commission before processing of their 2016 payments can take place if approved by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38262/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers under the areas of natural constraints scheme and basic payments scheme that have yellow card cases that have been approved or declined by the Commission by county in tabular form; the total number of approved cases where 2016 payments have issued to date or will issue before the end of 2016; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on introducing financial instruments under the Common Agriculture Policy; when will the ex ante evaluation will be completed; the approximate timeframe for operationalising such instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Supply Data (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers who have applied to the EU voluntary milk reduction scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Wise 2025 Strategy (1 Dec 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review Food Wise 2025 following the recent ESRI report, the Product and Sector Level Impact of a Hard Brexit across the EU; the way in which Irish exports to the UK would be the most exposed in the EU in a WTO tariff scenario post-Brexit with food in the highest tariff category and with beef potentially facing an 80%...

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland's new agrifund will be available for farmers to be drawn down; the outcome if all funds are not drawn down in the window for which the fund will remain open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37707/16]

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I would like the Minister to give the House an update on the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland's new agrifund. When will it be available to farmers to draw down funding? Where exactly is it at the moment? Does the Minister expect it to be taken up in full? If not, will he extend the period of time that is available for qualification purposes?

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply. Can he give us an update on when exactly he expects banks to issue loans to farmers and these moneys to end up in farmers' accounts? It has been reported in the media that the timeframe for the scheme is being pushed out. It has been indicated that it will not be up and running until April or May. The idea underpinning the fund is that it will alleviate...

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: They have also asked for a crisis fund.

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: What about those in crisis, including tillage farmers?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the total participation levels and expected payment levels for farmers under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; if all allocated funds will be spent on the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37785/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: My question asks the Minister to give the latest update on total participation levels and expected payment levels for farmers under the green, low-carbon, agri-environment scheme, GLAS. It also asks whether the Minister expects the allocated funds to be spent in full and, if not, if he will indicate what any underspend will be directed towards?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: My question also asked the Minister to indicate the average projected payment levels but he did not refer to those in his response. Those are important in terms of whether the total spend, as projected, will be met. I have a concern about that, and the figures show that we are on course for GLAS to have a significant underspend between now and the end of the rural development programme in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Let me be clear on this, the Minister and his predecessor have breached their commitment to farmers to spend €1.45 billion on GLAS by the end of 2020. That is what the Minister committed to and that is what he is backing away from. The net outcome of that is that farmers and farm families will not benefit from that income because it will not be spent by 2020 and will be kicked out...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Why is the Minister not paying GLAS payments? He is not paying them because he was too slow to get the scheme up and running.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: GLAS Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: No. It is certainly not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Minister knows, the rural development programme is an essential part of agricultural income, funding and cashflow for farmers. The Minister indicated that many of the GLAS payments will be made in December. With regard to the beef data genomics programme, as of mid-November just over 50% of the €52 million budget for this year had been paid to farmers. Can the Minister update...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his response. As the Minister pointed out to me in a response to a parliamentary question I received on 14 November, up until that point in time only 52% of all rural development programme funding for 2016 had been paid out to farmers. The Minister knows as well as I do the enormous pressure that agriculture has been under this year, across nearly all sectors....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only half of the 2016 RDP budget has been spent in the year to 14 November 2016; when outstanding payments will issue to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37784/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Programme (30 Nov 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: My question is to ask the Minister the reason only half of the rural development programme budget for 2016 had been spent by 14 November and when standing payments will be issued to farmers.