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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: To be fair to Horse Sport Ireland, it has a broad constituency of interests and affiliated organisations competing for funds. It achieves quite extraordinary feats on the international stage in terms of flying the flag at the highest level for sport horses. I would like to be in a position to provide more funding. There is no shortage of asks. We will continue to engage with the IHRA to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Tote betting licensing and the control of betting and legislation in this area are matters for the Department of Justice and Equality. I draw the Deputy's attention to the international debate on Tote betting, not just to the debate in Ireland; he may have seen coverage of this in recent days. Internationally, Tote betting, as a vehicle for wagering on horse and greyhound racing, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I accept and acknowledge the support the association has received from the French authorities and the governing body in France. It has been significant over a number of years. The sport is very significant in France, as it is elsewhere, including in Scandinavia. It is much more popular there than it is here. There is an interest here, however, and there is potential. It is important to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019: Motion (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Penrose and Senator Daly. It is good to have the midlands voice on the committee. Regarding the Deputy's observation on welfare and where we are at with new legislation, even outside of the equine and greyhound sectors, welfare is a crucial issue for our international reputation, full stop. That is why whether it is calf welfare, live exports or everything else that the...

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Maybe that is an overstatement but it was substantially an inshore industry. It is now a very different industry. In both value and volume terms, it is much bigger than it was prior to joining the EU. I have concerns about the Bill on a number of fronts. I do not intend to go into all of them here but one issue is of particular concern. As a nation we take a different view of the...

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Deputies spoke about privatising the quota and this would be the thin end of the wedge.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Deputies spoke about giving quotas to individuals. They should be careful what they wish for because many in the industry, as Deputy Pringle knows well, would love to see the quota privatised but that is something that every Irish Government, since we joined the EU, has steadfastly resisted. It would be a dangerous foot in the door.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: If the provisions of this Bill were adhered to, it could lead to the privatisation of our quota opportunities. I wish to take issue with Deputy Connolly's comments on the Government's review of islands policy and so on. An interdepartmental group and all of the relevant actors in various Departments will go to the island communities and listen to them, which is as it should be. That is...

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

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Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I welcome all the contributions. I wish to make just a few observations in response to points that have been raised. Deputy Kenny in his concluding remarks and, I think, Deputy Penrose laid the blame in a way on bureaucracy. The line Deputy Penrose used was that our job was to "find a way". From the engagement I have had with all the officials in my Department, I believe there is an...

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: It is a myth.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: It is 2020.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the committee's report on the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017. I wish to reassure the House that both l, as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the Government recognise the value and importance of maintaining vibrant rural, island and coastal communities. That was the motivation for the Action Plan for Rural Development,...

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The Deputy is well qualified.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I share the Deputy's anxiety that the task force would meet at the earlier possible date.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: As he is aware, we convened a meeting of the task force but unfortunately due to events that are well known and have been previously aired in this House, that meeting did not get under way. Every effort is being made to ensure that every party to the task force is in a position to attend a meeting at the earliest possible date.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Enterprises (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: My Department provided an allocation of over €713,000 for Social Farming in 2019 under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund (RIDF). A number of Social Farming initiatives are currently being implemented across the country and the following contracts have recently been extended for a further year: - The Social Farming Network Project with associated funding of €350,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2019 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraints schemes application on 17 April 2019. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including, in some cases, Ground Eligibility inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: In recognition of the importance of the work of animal welfare bodies, my Department have been providing funding directly to animal welfare bodies since 1995. This assists them in providing valuable services in the area of animal welfare. In December 2018, I announced record funding awards of €2,751,000 to 108 animal welfare organisations throughout the country. An...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (21 Nov 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 -...