Results 301-320 of 435 for 5 million speaker:Simon Coveney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...we will vehemently oppose that. We have been preparing for four years for quota abolition. Our farmers have invested heavily, and continue to invest, to do this while our processing sector has spent the guts of €500 million in preparation for the change. Most of the markets we are planning to expand into with the increased volume we will produce are outside the EU. They include...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (5 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be aware of the value of the EU funded Direct Payment Schemes to Ireland. Each year farmers in Ireland benefit from funding of over €1.5 billion under Schemes such as the Single Farm Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the Agri-Environment Schemes, etc. This comprises the entire net income of many thousands of Irish farmers. The European Commission has an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (30 Apr 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...paid under the Single Payment Scheme are due the increase in the rate of modulation deduction after 2011 from 9% to 10%. The modulation reduction was deducted from all payments in excess of €5,000. In addition, a Financial Discipline deduction of 2.453658% was applied to all payments under the 2013 SPS Scheme in excess of €2,000 following amendments to the governing EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (9 Apr 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...Exchequer funding at the rate of 46% to supplement the €2.037 billion EU allocation. In addition to this money, there is also an additional allocation from the current RDP 2007-2013 to be spent in 2014 and 2015. When taken in conjunction with the allocation of funding for LEADER measures, this represents a fund of over €4 billion for investment in rural development measures...

Seanad: Beef Industry: Motion (26 Mar 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...record. The beef sector is a key component not only of our agrifood industry but of our economy generally. More than 100,000 farmers are involved in keeping cattle and sheep and approximately 65,000 farmers are engaged in specialist beef farming. Developing this sector has been a clear priority for me since taking office. Food Harvest 2020 outlines a strategy for the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Extension (25 Mar 2014)

Simon Coveney: As part of the budget process for this year, I announced an investment package worth up to €40 million to suckler beef farmers in 2014. Among the measures in the investment package are €23 million for a Beef Genomics Scheme, €10 million for the Beef Data Programme, €5 million for the Beef Technology Adoption Programme and €2 million in residual payment under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...agreement reached on the Multiannual Financial Framework provides for a total allocation of EU funding of €2.19 billion (€313m per annum over 7 years) to Ireland for a new RDP. Regulation 1305/2013 on Support for Rural Development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) provides that at least 5% of this allocation must be allocated to projects...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Beef Industry Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...perhaps most exciting, the Chinese market. I fully recognise the importance of maintaining confidence in the beef sector and earlier this month I announced the operational details of an investment package worth up to €40 million for beef farmers in 2014. This package will include €23 million for a beef genomics scheme - which is exciting new thinking about paying farmers to...

Topical Issue Debate: Beef Prices (18 Feb 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...required in this area. I fully recognise that we need to maintain confidence in the beef sector and earlier this month I announced the operational details of an investment package worth up to €40 million to beef farmers in 2014. This package will include €23 million for the beef genomics scheme, €10 million for the beef data programme, €5 million for the beef...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (11 Feb 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...agreement reached on the Multiannual Financial Framework provides for a total allocation of EU funding of €2.19 billion (€313m per annum over 7 years) to Ireland for a new RDP. Regulation 1305/2013 on Support for Rural Development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) provides that at least 5% of this allocation must be allocated to projects...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (11 Feb 2014)

Simon Coveney: I am advised by Bord Iascaigh Mhara that there are approximately 11,000 people employed in the seafood industry, of which almost 5,000 are employed in the catching sector and close to 3,000 in the processing sector. Employment growth in recent years has occurred mostly in the processing sector. Over the past three years, the seafood processing sector has performed strongly in creating jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Issues (23 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...the prices obtained by producers for their livestock but I have put in place a number of support measures to underpin the viability of primary production. These include the Beef Genomics Scheme (BGS) for which €23 million has been set aside in this year’s budget. The BGS which will begin the process of building a genetic database for the beef sector that will position Ireland...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy and Rural Development Programme: Statements (22 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...words about the complete picture in terms of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, Pillar 1 and the rural development programme. Last week, we announced a funding package of about €12.5 billion for agri-food and farming for the next seven years. This is a very strong package. We also announced the detail of the rural development programme that will spend about €4...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...more than 40%. The Exchequer contribution to the Vote of my Department will amount to €1.22 billion in 2014. This figure comprises €1.019 billion in current expenditure and approximately €200 million in capital expenditure. While on the current expenditure level, the allocation amounts to a modest fall in overall terms in 2014, reflecting the reality of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (21 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...to them; details of the eligible area of the land parcels are recorded on my Department’s Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS). Details of the use and area claimed for each of some one million parcels on the LPIS system are registered and continually monitored by my Department. It is the responsibility of all applicants to ensure that the details in each year’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...authorities to enable these bodies implement their powers under the Control of Horses Act, 1996 relating to the control and welfare of stray or abandoned horses. To date this year, some €2.94 million has been paid by my Department to local authorities to assist their work in Control of Horse’s Act operations. While local authorities do make efforts to re-home horses to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...enhancing the competitiveness of the agrifood sector, achieving more sustainable management of natural resources and ensuring a more balanced development of rural areas. A general EU co-financing rate of 53% is set out in the draft Rural Development Regulation but this rate may rise to a maximum of 80% for measures such as farm and business development, co-operation activities, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...-annual Financial Framework (MFF) provides some €313m per year, or a total of €2.19bn, for Ireland under Pillar 2 of the CAP for the period 2014 – 2020. A general EU co-financing rate of 53% is set out in the draft Rural Development Regulation but this rate may rise to a maximum of 80% for measures such as farm and business development, co-operation activities, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (12 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...opened for Salmon; - Japan opened for beef. The most recent announcement of the opening of the Japanese market to Irish beef is very significant not only in terms of the potential of up to €15million in exports, but also from a reputational point of view, particularly in the Asian region. My recent trade mission to the Gulf States of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Numbers (12 Dec 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...of a vulnerable sector that is particularly reliant on direct payments. While suckler cow numbers have remained relatively stable since payments were decoupled from production in January 2005, my Department monitors the composition and strength of the national herd on an ongoing basis. Calf registrations are subject to cyclical fluctuations as a contracting suckler herd causes an upturn...