Results 81-100 of 153 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (24 Sep 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...impact of the drop in prices from the highs experienced last year. This year alone, I have brought forward a number of initiatives to help the sector, including the creation of the Beef Genomics Scheme with a budget of €23 million in 2014. I have also ensured that the budgets of the Beef Data Programme and the Beef Technology Adoption Programme are retained at €10 million...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...to accept the invitation to attend the committee's hearing. This is a valuable opportunity to review how we are progressing through the various challenges and opportunities presenting across the agriculture, food development, marine and forestry sectors and discuss market prospects and new investment opportunities in same. As we head into the final quarter of 2014, we have many successes...

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

Simon Coveney: ...the concerns of these farmers a priority for the Government.   The Deputy is correct in noting that beef prices will always be subject to a degree of volatility. This is the same for most agricultural commodities such as milk prices or cereals reflecting the globalised world in which Irish agri-food produce is traded. As a country that exports most of what we produce, we are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (17 Sep 2014)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477 to 479, inclusive, together. Following a review at EU level the Less Favoured Areas Scheme was replaced as part of the overall agreement on the CAP Reform Package. The new Scheme, to be known as Areas of Natural Constraint, is to be delineated by Member States using soil and climatic criteria, as proposed by the Commission, as follows: - Climate,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan (17 Sep 2014)

Simon Coveney: The draft RDP was finalised by my Department and submitted to the European Commission on the 3rd of July 2014.  The shape of the various schemes proposed under the draft programme has not yet been finalised. This draft will now form the basis for a period of discussion with the Commission and the subsequent formal adoption of the RDP. Finalising the details of each scheme and securing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...of last year, not only in Ireland but internationally and also in our most important beef export market, the UK. However as the Deputy is aware, it is not for me or for that matter any Minister for Agriculture to determine beef prices, as this is a matter for the market and ultimately one between suppliers and processors. Nevertheless against the background of the current concerns, I met...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no record of having received an application under the 2014 Beef Genomics Scheme/ Beef Data Programme for the person named. The person named wrote to my Department on 26 March 2014 stating he applied for the above Schemes and supplied a certificate of postage. However, the applicant’s review was unsuccessful as the required evidence of postage is a Swiftpost receipt,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (24 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...-15 MS and the price differential between the Irish and UK markets has narrowed substantially in recent months. However as the Deputy is aware, it is not within my gift or that of any Minister for Agriculture to become involved in the issue of beef prices, as this is one between suppliers and processors. Against the background of the current concerns, I met separately with representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Employment Data (19 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...in the year to the first quarter of 2014, bringing total employment to 1,888,200. Employment increased in nine of the fourteen economic sectors over the year and fell in five. The increase recorded in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing was 14.3% or 14,300, compared to the first quarter of 2013, giving a figure of 110,500 for employment in the primary sector in the first quarter of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (19 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020 (RDP) will be co-funded from the National Exchequer and the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The 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. A sum of €2.037...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...aware of the need to identify cost effective abatement options that can reduce carbon emissions while at the same time improving farm profitability. We are currently developing a low carbon agriculture sectoral roadmap under the Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2014 and this roadmap will take into account the targets in the industry’s Food Harvest 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...that a swiftpost receipt is required as proof of postage where it is claimed that an application had been submitted. This has been the only acceptable evidence of postage for the Single Payment Scheme in 2011 and since the Beef Data Programme commenced in 2013. A total of 37,000 applications to join the Scheme were received with approximately 12,000 of these received using...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: To be eligible to participate in the new Basic Payment Scheme, a farmer must submit an application for the allocation of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme before the closing date which will be the 15th May 2015. S/he must be an active farmer carrying out an agricultural activity or at least maintaining the land in good agricultural environmental condition. On marginal land a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The issues of a fair distribution of funds and the desire that such redistribution should not negatively impact on the productivity of our various agricultural sectors represent the two polarities which largely defined the recent negotiations surrounding the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. It is no longer possible to justify the significant differences in the level of support per...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (8 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: Direct payments received under the Single Payment Scheme in 2014 continue to be based on the reference period of 2000 to 2002 and reflect production at that time. However when making the transition to the new Basic Payment Scheme in 2015, it is no longer possible to justify the significant differences in the level of support per hectare granted to farmers based on the use of such historical...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 187 together. My Department collates the prices paid for domestic cattle on a weekly basis and reports this data to the European Commission in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1249/2008 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 148/2014. To ensure price transparency, results for Members States are published on the DG Agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (1 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for the 2013 Beef Data Programme which was received in this Department on 14 June 2013. The closing date for this Scheme was 15 May 2013. Late applications were accepted up to 9 June 2013 with a 1% penalty per working day that the application was received after the closing date of the Scheme. As the application in question was not received until 14...

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

Simon Coveney: Hedgerows and woodland habitats are an important feature of the Irish landscape due in part to their roles in biodiversity, agricultural management and potential carbon sequestration. Hedgerows are estimated to cover 3.9% of the Irish landscape. The REPS and AEOS schemes facilitated the planting of approx. 10,000 km of new hedgerows and the rejuvenation of some 3,000 more. The total area...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (17 Apr 2014)

Simon Coveney: The Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020 (RDP) will be co-funded from the National Exchequer and the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The 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. €2.037 billion of...

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

Simon Coveney: The Rural Development Programme, 2014-2020 (RDP) will be co-funded from the National Exchequer and the EU’s European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The 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. €2.037 billion of...