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

Michael Creed: The routes of sale, including the requirement for a prescription for the dispensing of animal preventative remedies such as worm and fluke doses, are governed by SI No. 786 of 2007 European Communities (Animal Remedies) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 and are determined by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). There have been no recent changes to the current legislation. However, new...

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

Michael Creed: The Organic Farming Scheme is one of our most successful schemes under our current Rural Development Programme. The Scheme has more than achieved its targets in terms of new land converted and the maintenance of organic land. The area of land under organic production has expanded dramatically as a direct result of my Department's investment. Latest figures indicate that there are now some...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The proposals for new regulations for the CAP 2021-27 were launched in June 2018 by Commissioner Hogan. The proposals, as drafted, involve significant changes, including in relation to governance, the distribution of direct payments among farmers and the increasing environmental conditionality attaching to such payments. One important element is the new delivery model, which originally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The European Commission's proposals for the post-2020 CAP commit to a more significant environmental ambition than the current CAP schemes. It is proposed that EU payments will be subject to a common baseline of conditionality with a number of requirements for good agriculture and environmental conditions for land. In Pillar I, an eco scheme, which would be mandatory for Member States to...

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

Michael Creed: I have had no meetings with such organisations during the relevant period.

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 16 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...

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

Michael Creed: Two VBS 2000 machines were used in the trial carried out at Slaney Foods as follows: - The existing classification machine (VBS2000) currently authorised for classification. - A second VBS2000 classification machine, installed for the purposes of the trial and fitted with the modified technology - a new digital camera and LED lights. As outlined in the recently published report, automated...

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

Michael Creed: The person named was approved into the GLAS 1 scheme with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received payment for scheme years 2015 - 2018. The 2019 advance payment has not been made in this case as the application did not pass the GLAS pre-payment validations due to a validity issue with a claim for the Planting a Grove of Native Trees action. A GLAS official has...

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

Michael Creed: I have attached tables showing the number of TB reactor animals disclosed for the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019. This data has been extracted from the Animal Health Computer System. A breakdown is given by four different Herd Types, Dairy, Suckler, Beef and Other (other relates to mixed enterprises) along with each animal type Cow, Bull, Heifer, Steer and Calf. The total number of...

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

Michael Creed: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Greyhounds are subject to statutory dog licensing provisions similar to any other breed of dog...

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

Michael Creed: In the circumstances outlined by the Deputy, typically the animals would be deemed reactors and the holding would remain restricted. A TB reactor is an animal that reacts to the TB skin test or blood test. Both tests are employed to maximise the efficacy of the TB eradication scheme. As in testing for any disease in any animal, there are a wide range of factors that impact on tests. These...

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

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to him as soon as it is available. The Irish Government has provided significant financial support to the beef sector over the past number of years through national funding and the rural development programme. The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) provides Irish beef farmers with up to €300...

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

Michael Creed: Officials in my Department have completed the review of this case and have written to the person named earlier this week with the outcome of this review.

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

Michael Creed: My Department manages the licensing process for four distinct forestry operations; 1. Afforestation; 2. Forest road works; 3. Aerial fertilisation; 4. Tree felling. Applications for the first three operations must be made through a registered forester. Applicants do not require a forester to apply for a tree felling licence. My Department uses an online application system, to which...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (20 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to provide an update on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, known as TAMS II, and I thank the Senator for raising this matter. TAMS II is made up of a suite of seven measures providing valuable grant aid to Irish farmers. These measures were launched under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, RDP, and are co-funded under the European Agricultural...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (20 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I recognise and value the work done by agricultural contractors in rural Ireland, many of whom are of the land, some of whom have land and qualify for TAMS payments, although a significant cohort do not. I do not undervalue or under-appreciate the contribution of either but I accept that, in some respects, some contractors, by virtue of being both contractors and landowners, have an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I apologise on behalf of the Minister, Deputy McHugh, who is unavoidably absent. As the Senator is aware, a project to provide a new school building for Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile is included in the Department of Education and Skills' capital programme. The Gaelscoil is currently operating in temporary accommodation, as the Senator said. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I appreciate this is not a satisfactory situation from the point of view of the patron, principal, staff, parents and not least pupils. Temporary accommodation tends to drag on beyond the wishes of all parties involved. I will, of course, speak to the Minister, Deputy McHugh, on the matter and with the best of endeavour on all sides we should be able to complete the conveyancing and move to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (20 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: EU regulations governing the administration of the Basic Payment Scheme, the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme and other area-based schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing (Satellite) inspections where applicable, are fully completed to ensure eligibility with the various schemes requirements before any payments issue. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I acknowledge that changes made to internal Appropriate Assessment Procedures (AAP) has resulted in delays to many files.  These are beyond my Department’s control as we are obliged to implement changes to AAP that were required following important Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decisions and their subsequent interpretation by the Forestry Appeals Committee and...