Results 1-20 of 213 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Michael Creed

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: The direction of travel for Irish agriculture has been abundant for many years now. There has been a lot of commentary in recent times about a REPS-style support in the environmental scheme. That, in itself, tells a story. Long before the current debate around targets began, farmers were acutely aware of their role in landscape management and sustainable agricultural product and in many...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: I am very pleased to be before the House to present the annual transition statement for the agriculture sector. The long-term challenge for the sector, as outlined in the climate action plan, is to meet the national policy objective of an approach to carbon neutrality which does not compromise our capacity for sustainable food production. That plan goes on to set out sectoral greenhouse gas...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (3 Jun 2020)

Michael Creed: ...industry, is considered as part of the ongoing whole-of-Government response. The response to the economic impacts on the sector should include a strong, shared EU response, using the instruments available in the Common Agricultural Policy. I have already highlighted to Commissioner Wojciechowski the serious consequences for farmers and the food industry and the need to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 May 2020)

Michael Creed: ...of cattle farms. Reducing this variability is a real opportunity to make progress in reducing emissions from cattle production in Ireland with positive economic dividend on the farms concerned. Schemes such as the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme-Sucklers (BEEP-S) are focused on improving the carbon efficiency of the beef herd. My...

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael Creed: ...contribution on Covid-19. If the Deputy would like me to give chapter and verse on what we are doing for the beef industry, I draw his attention, for example, to a simple item called the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, aimed at improving the genetic merit of the herd, thereby improving its environmental and financial efficiency. That is just one scheme. Several new schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (5 Mar 2020)

Michael Creed: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the allocations for the RDP schemes in 2020 is provided as follows.  Allocation 2020 €  Beef Data and Genomics Programme 44,500,000 Rural Environment Protection Scheme 47,015 Agri-Environment Option Scheme 224,000 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Data (18 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: The following table contains the average RDP scheme payment per recipient, whether a business, individual or project in 2018. Depending on the administration of the scheme, this can be calendar year or scheme year 2018. Scheme Average Payment 2018 Agri-Environmental Options Scheme €508 ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...sector in Ireland subject to the conditions set out in EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132. An application was received from the person named on the 27th August 2019 and a scheme acceptance letter issued on the 11th October 2019 which detailed that one animal had been slaughtered in the relevant period which was eligible for payment under the scheme. This letter...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Michael Creed: ...to the national funding element for the beef exceptional aid measure; approval to use savings on the Department's Vote to allow for extra expenditure for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, and the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS; to provide for an early payment to the World Food Programme; and for the addition of funding to my Department’s...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I draw the attention of the Deputy to the point I made earlier to Deputy Cahill in the context of applications for the basic payment scheme. There have been 122,000 applications, not taking into account the substantial number of farmers who, for one reason or another, do not make any application or do not have any entitlement to payments. In respect of those employed in primary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: ...Regulation (EU) 2019/1132.  Applications for BEAM were accepted from  19th August to 20th September 2019. An application was received from the person named on the 20th August 2019 and a scheme acceptance letter issued on the 11th October 2019 which detailed 30 animals that had been slaughtered in the relevant period, and were...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I thank my colleagues for raising this matter. I, along with the Government and the Deputies who have spoken on this, recognise the difficulties in the beef sector and agriculture generally. That is why the Government, in 2019 alone, put forward funding of an additional €120 million to support incomes in that challenged sector. The Teagasc 2020 results published earlier reflect that...

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

Michael Creed: ...: Draft Fisheries Natura Plan for Castlemaine Harbour 2016 - 2026 BPS Online applications information campaign Requirements for the suckler farmer of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme Fishing Opportunities for 2017 Review of Replacement Capacity Requirements under Sea Fishing Boat Licensing Policy 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Marketing Programme (19 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: Bord Bia is the state agency responsible of the marketing and promotion of Irish food and drinks worldwide, including suckler beef. Its remit involves the promotion of Irish agricultural products across the world, especially those covered by national quality schemes such as the Quality Assurance Scheme, via trade fairs, public relations activities, publications & presentations with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (13 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted an application for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme on 14 May 2019. In relation to the BPS application, my Department has no record of the person named holding any BPS entitlements which could form the basis for payment under the 2019 BPS.  In relation to the ANC application, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2020 (7 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. In Budget 2020, I have provided almost €85 million in targeted schemes to support sustainable beef farming. This includes almost €45 million for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), and a further €40 million for targeted supports. This €40 million allocation will be from exchequer funds, and it is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...in relation to the threat posed to the beef sector in Ireland, as well as in other Member States, by a No-Deal Brexit. I raised these issues again during a bilateral yesterday en marge of the Agriculture Council in Luxembourg. It is significant that the European Commission's communication of 3rd September in relation to No-Deal preparations highlighted the market support measures under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...in relation to the threat posed to the beef sector in Ireland, as well as in other Member States, by a No-Deal Brexit. I raised these issues again during a bilateral yesterday en marge of the Agriculture Council in Luxembourg. It is significant that the European Commission's communication of 3rd September in relation to No-Deal preparations highlighted the market support measures under the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...is capital expenditure. That is a €51 million increase on the 2019 figure. The 2020 provision focuses in particular on the difficulties in the beef sector. I am providing almost €85 million in targeted schemes to support sustainable beef farming. This includes €45 million for the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, and a further €40 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (8 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: ...Development Regulation (and subsequent amendments under the Omnibus Regulation), Member States were required to change the approach to the designation of land under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme. Previously, my Department had been identifying eligible areas using a range of socioeconomic indicators such as family farm income, population density, percentage of working population...