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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The first person named has submitted the required documentation to my Department to enable payments under the Basic Payment Scheme to be issued to the Representatives of the deceased person and it is expected that these payments will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Numbers (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of an application for a transfer of herd number from the individuals referred to. Applications for the transfer of herd numbers are assessed on an individual basis and so I cannot comment on a specific case in the absence of an application. The person concerned should submit an application to the Department’s local veterinary office in Enniscorthy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: There is no delay in payment in this case. The persons named submitted an application for approval for investments under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme on 10 December 2015. The closing date for this tranche is 25 March 2016. All applications received under the tranche will be examined, validated and then ranked and assessed. Approvals will commence when this process is complete...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and values from the first person named to a Company by change of legal entity. All details relating to land parcel details for 2013 and 2015 and Single Payment entitlement values from 2014 have to be reconciled in order to process this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme which was received in the Department on 29 May 2015. The original and subsequent maps submitted on behalf of the person named are insufficient to allow completion of the processing of the application to a stage where payment can issue. An Official from my Department has been in contact on a numberof occasions in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted applications under the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department.  Payments under the National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme commenced in mid-December and as publicised at that time will continue into January/February. The applications received from the person named have been finalised and payment is expected to issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ priority category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. The qualifying criteria for consideration as a ‘young farmer’ for both the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme is that the applicant must be setting up an agricultural holding for the first time in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named established 64.25 Entitlement Allocation Rights under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. The total value of these entitlements is €22,498.94 including Greening. The person named formed a registered farm partnership with two other people, and submitted an application on behalf of the farm partnership under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. A farm partnership is a legal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: There is no delay in payment in this case. The person-named submitted a n application under the second tranche of the GLAS scheme on 7 December 2015. Over 14,000 applications have been received under the second tranche of GLAS tranche and all these, including the application of the person-named, are now being assessed by my Department in line with the requirements set out in the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named established 97.62 Entitlement Allocation Rights under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. The total value of these entitlements is €21,939.09 including Greening. The person named formed a registered farm partnership with two other people, and submitted an application on behalf of the farm partnership under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. A farm partnership is a legal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Transfers (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Private Contract Clause application to my Department seeking the transfer of land and entitlements by sale as transferee. This application was rejected as the transferors in the case had not declared a minimum of 1 hectare on their 2015 Basic Payment Scheme as required to maintain active farmer status. The transferors were advised that they could appeal this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: In order for a transferor to transfer entitlements by way of private contract clause from one herd number to another in 2015, the transferor must have declared a minimum of 1 hectare of eligible land on his/her 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application form. The person named did not submit a BPS application form by the deadline of 23 June 2015. However, a late application has been received...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the difficulties that have been created for many forest owners as a result of the storms of late 2013 early 2014. The frequency and ferocity of these storm events, compounded by waterlogged soils on many forest sites, led to extensive damage on both private and State owned forest lands. While estimates indicate that less than 1% of the national forest area (approximately 8,000...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trust Funds (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: Funds held in Trust by the Public Trustee can be accessed by contacting the Public Trustee at Government Buildings, Farnham Street, Cavan who will discuss the options available.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes was received from the person named on 13 April 2015. Processing of the application under both schemes is complete and payments have issued to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 29 May 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The 2015 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraint application of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 28 May 2015. Processing of the application is complete and payment has issued to the nominated bank account of the person named. Under the regulations governing the Basic Payment Scheme, the final 3% of the payment will not issue until after all entitlements have been definitively allocated under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: Afforestation targets are set out in the forestry programme launched last year. The aim of this new programme is to plant almost 44,000ha of new forests over the period 2015-2020. The scheme itself has undergone significant changes from the scheme which operated under the previous programme. These changes which include for example an increase in the annual premium rate by 20% across the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: With regard to State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, this is a matter for the bodies themselves.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (26 Jan 2016)

Simon Coveney: The person named has been approved under Tranche 1 of GLAS with a contract start date of 1 January 2016. Therefore the person named is not due a 2015 GLAS part year payment. The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year and this payment will be processed in the final quarter of this year.