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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Nov 2019)

Michael Creed: ...Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector. This is a competitive scheme open to all horticultural sectors – field vegetables, mushrooms, protected food crops, amenity crops, soft fruit, apples and beekeeping and provides grant aid at a rate of 40% (50% for young farmers) on approved capital investments. The grant aid aims to provide support to the horticulture industry in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (4 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: ...eliminated on 93% of tariff lines concerning EU exports, corresponding to 95% of export values. Olive oil, malt, frozen potatoes, wine (except bulk), spirits, soft drinks, fresh fruit (kiwi, apples, pears, plums), canned tomatoes, chocolates and canned peaches will be fully liberalised. In addition, there will be duty-free quotas for EU exports of cheese (30 000 tonnes), milk powders (10...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Creed: ...eligible calves have been weighed as part of the Pilot.  Weight records can be submitted online, by dedicated form available from the ICBF or by using specially developed smartphone apps for Android and Apple devices that facilitate the quick and accurate submission of weighing data.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (21 May 2019)

Michael Creed: ...do not have access to privately owned scales to record eligible cow and calf weights to meet their requirements under the Pilot. The roll-out of rental scales is in conjunction with the earlier release of smartphone applications for both Android and Apple devices to facilitate the quick and accurate submission of weight records. Weights may be submitted online, by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot (9 May 2019)

Michael Creed: ...access to privately-owned scales to record eligible cow and calf weights to meet their requirements under the pilot. The roll-out of rental scales is in conjunction with the earlier release of smart phone applications for both android and Apple devices to facilitate the quick and accurate submission of weight records. Weights may be submitted online, by smart phone application...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (13 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: ...of production. The scheme is an effective vehicle for investment in all sectors of the horticulture industry, including field vegetables, mushrooms, protected crops, nursery crops, soft fruit/apples, cut foliage, Christmas trees, bulbs and bee-keeping. In relation to the 2018 scheme, approvals were issued to 170 applicants, which will facilitate grower investment of approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (22 May 2018)

Michael Creed: ...working conditions and promote diversification of production. The grant aid covers all areas of the horticultural industry; field vegetables, mushrooms, protected crops, nursery crops, soft fruit/apples, cut foliage, Christmas trees, bulbs and bee-keeping. The re-opening of this scheme was targeted towards the soft fruit and amenity plant sectors in particular and approvals will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: ...at entry into force for mechanically deboned chicken meat and 20,000 tonnes of leg quarters). All TRQ’s obtained by the EU are duty free. For fruits not yet liberalised, exports of apples will reach full liberalisation in 10 years and tinned peaches will be liberalised in 7 years. Mexico obtained the following TRQs for beef (10,000 tonne carcass weight equivalent with 7.5%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (19 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: ...practices, improve working conditions and promote diversification of production. The grant aid covers all areas of the horticultural industry; field vegetables, mushrooms, protected crops, nursery crops, soft fruit/apples, cut foliage, Christmas trees, bulbs and bee-keeping. The re-opening of this scheme is targeted towards the soft fruit and amenity plant sectors in particular and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: ...environmentally friendly practices and improve working conditions on farms. The scheme has made an immense contribution to the growth and development of the horticulture sector across all areas – protected crops, field vegetables, nursery crops, mushrooms, soft fruit, apples and beekeeping. To ensure ongoing support for the sector, my Department has extended, under EU sanction, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (26 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: ...improve working conditions on farms. The scheme has made an immense contribution to the growth and development of the horticulture sector across all areas – protected crops, field vegetables, nursery crops, mushrooms, soft fruit, apples and beekeeping.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: The Senator should not confuse apples and oranges. The Spanish are not coming in under voisinage. Voisinageis-----

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: I ask the Senator to please understand that this legislation is entirely to do with the zero to six nautical mile limit, and the Spanish are not coming in there at all. He is confusing apples and oranges. There may be an issue where the fishing industry in its broader manifestation perceives that because we are in the EU, Spain takes fish out of what we perhaps traditionally consider "our"...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: .... Deputy McConalogue said that agriculture accounts for 30% of our carbon emissions, while the figure is 10% across the rest of the EU. That is factually correct but in a sense he is comparing apples with oranges, as I am sure he will appreciate. This is the message we must sell to the European Commission. We never had the industrial revolution here, so we do not have a history of...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Michael Creed: ...companies involved, some of which Deputy Collins and others name-called and some of which give very valuable employment in my constituency, include Alps, VMware, EMC, Stryker, Boston Scientific, Google, Apple and Facebook. They contribute more than 161,000 direct jobs and 274,000 indirect jobs to this economy. We would do well to remember that, per annum, they pay approximately €8...

Farm Waste Management. (20 May 2008)

Michael Creed: Apples and oranges, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, apples and oranges.