Written Answers Nos. 68-73
68. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will formulate an industrialisation plan for the Shannon Estuary; if he has reviewed the handling of the Shannon liquified natural gas project; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39634/15]
View answerGiven the extensive nature of the Shannon Estuary, it adjoins three local authorities i.e. Clare County Council, Limerick City and County Council and Kerry County Council, who coordinate and control land-use planning and development on its landward sides. Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has statutory responsibility for all commercial maritime activities on the Shannon Estuary. A Strategic Integrated Framework Plan (SIFP) for the Shannon Estuary was developed by Clare County Council, Kerry County Council, Limerick City and County Councils, Shannon Development (now part of the Shannon Group ) and Shannon Foynes Port Company and published in November 2013. Implementation of the plan is overseen by a multi-agency Steering Group comprising of:
- Clare County Council (lead authority)
- Kerry County Council
- Limerick City & County Council
- Shannon Commercial Properties
- Shannon Foynes Port Company
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Marine Institute
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Office of Public Works
- National Monuments Service
- Limerick Clare Energy Agency
- Inland Fisheries Ireland
- EirGrid
- Shannon Airport
- Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
- Shannon International River Basin District Project
The plan identified key strategic locations for industrial development which take into account the fact that the entire Estuary is also designated a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) – a wildlife conservation area, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level – under the Habitats Directive. A large part of the estuary – around the Fergus Estuary – is also designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) – as part of a network of sites across Europe that are protected under the Birds Directive.
The Shannon Estuary is home to a number of large industries and employers including ESB Moneypoint, Aughinish Alumina, Tarbert Power Station and Shannon Airport. As further key strategic locations become zoned for development, these sites will become available for appropriate development and will be marketed by the IDA for Marine related activities.
Shannon LNG currently has on option with Shannon Commercial Properties to buy a site in Ballylongford; Shannon Commercial Property is part of the Shannon Group which comes under the remit of the Minister for Transport, Tourist and Sport. Energy Policy comes under the remit of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
The Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative was launched in February of this year and aims to identify a range of actions which will help each region to achieve its economic potential. The Mid-West Action Plan for Jobs, which covers the Shannon region, was published on 19th October. Led by my Department, the Plan is the fourth of 8 regional jobs plans to be published as part of a new €250 million regional jobs strategy, and aims to deliver employment growth of 10-15% in the region by 2020.
69. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out in tabular form the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39659/15]
View answerIDA Ireland provides capital funding to client companies to support investments and job creation and runs a capital property programme to attract and facilitate investment throughout the country.
The total grant payments on a county basis for the period 2011-2014 are provided in the following table 1. Figures for 2015 will be available in 2016.
In the period 2011-2014, there were a total of 653 investments approved by IDA Ireland, not all of which will receive grant support. In 2014, 197 investments were approved equating to a 20% increase on 2013.
In its mid-year statement, IDA Ireland announced that Ireland continued to win a strong share of global investment for regional locations in the first half of 2015, despite intense international competition and economic uncertainty in Europe. In the first half of the year, IDA Ireland approved 110 investment projects, which will lead to the creation of 9,000 direct jobs this year and over future years as the companies gradually roll-out their investment plans. In the same period in 2014, there were 100 projects leading to 8,000 jobs. Among the companies publicly announcing investment plans in Ireland in the first half of 2015 were Apple, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Northern Trust, Facebook, Agora Publishing, Viagogo, Zimmer, ABEC Inc. and Zalando. Ireland is also investing in a €150 M Regional Property Programme over a five-year period to ensure that there is sufficient availability of utility-intensive strategic sites, quality business parks and advance building solutions to attract investment in to the regions.
So far this year, advance technology buildings have been completed in both Waterford and Athlone and the construction of buildings in Sligo, Castlebar and Tralee is at an advanced stage of procurement. Next year, IDA Ireland will continue this programme of advance builds with projects in Galway, Dundalk and Limerick. Investment in IDA Ireland’s portfolio of business and technology parks around the country is also underway.
Each year, Science Foundation Ireland allocates in the region of €150 million to €160 million of research funding to researchers across Ireland’s higher education system based on open, internationally peer-reviewed calls for proposals. This funding makes up part of the capital expenditure of my Department. SFI research awards are typically multi-annual awards (i.e. drawn down over a period of 2 to 5 years depending on the nature of the Call).
All SFI research funding is channelled to designated research performing organisations in Ireland – universities, colleges and other research institutes and this is reflected in the county by county breakdown provided below. The €911.9 million of capital funding presented below relates to all “live awards” on the SFI system (i.e. funding for projects that are underway but not yet completed). [Note: the data in the following table 2 include a number of awards for projects that were active earlier in 2015 which have now been completed.]
There are two capital projects funded through my Department by the North/South Interreg Programme:
County Donegal: Contribution to construction costs of Science Park in Letterkenny Institute of Technology €1.013 m; and
County Leitrim: Contribution to construction costs of Enterprise Centre in Carrick on Shannon €0.267 m.
Funding approvals to Enterprise Ireland client companies in 2015 are set out in the following table 3. Small grants include feasibility grants, consultancy grants, new market research grants, small training grants and some key manager grants. Payments to Enterprise Ireland client companies in 2015 are set out in the following table 4. Payments relate to approvals made in 2015 but also in previous years.
Table 1: IDA grant payments by county
|
County |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
Carlow |
€480,305 |
€176,000 |
€0 |
€0 |
€9,503,141 |
€5,093,152 |
€72,000 |
|
Cavan |
€0 |
€143,000 |
€772,345 |
€129,778 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Clare |
€471,682 |
€790,882 |
€762,100 |
€844,145 |
€0 |
€0 |
€3,172,202 |
|
Cork |
€14,422,159 |
€16,585,908 |
€20,119,751 |
€15,092,610 |
€14,308,619 |
€12,380,130 |
€18,353,580 |
|
Donegal |
€281,200 |
€1,253,200 |
€2,353,385 |
€354,746 |
€6,221,146 |
€3,071,490 |
€1,889,800 |
|
Dublin |
€25,910,424 |
€29,101,843 |
€46,420,938 |
€43,043,936 |
€22,156,125 |
€24,803,491 |
€19,952,938 |
|
Galway |
€12,218,919 |
€10,206,304 |
€9,448,677 |
€14,107,397 |
€12,252,609 |
€17,277,141 |
€8,422,227 |
|
Kerry |
€42,949 |
€148,565 |
€216,450 |
€152,671 |
€2,145,004 |
€584,145 |
€16,800 |
|
Kildare |
€10,857,083 |
€9,691,781 |
€4,981,549 |
€4,281,933 |
€1,767,566 |
€4,690,248 |
€728,457 |
|
Kilkenny |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Laois |
€0 |
€39,000 |
€274,324 |
€21,182 |
€0 |
€0 |
€25,000 |
|
Leitrim |
€0 |
€28,600 |
€566,500 |
€297,622 |
€347,378 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Limerick |
€2,871,880 |
€5,594,812 |
€5,104,862 |
€7,801,591 |
€11,209,462 |
€4,434,483 |
€15,374,032 |
|
Longford |
€678,789 |
€143,000 |
€357,000 |
€124,852 |
€0 |
€0 |
€0 |
|
Louth |
€1,245,000 |
€282,000 |
€347,207 |
€489,051 |
€2,809,400 |
€2,935,800 |
€3,672,307 |
|
Mayo |
€816,847 |
€66,007 |
€4,693,343 |
€1,198,963 |
€1,254,475 |
€4,180,577 |
€6,376,253 |
|
Meath |
€691,066 |
€136,501 |
€524,671 |
€386,670 |
€152,240 |
€1,540,920 |
€0 |
|
Monaghan |
€0 |
€445,882 |
€260,000 |
€70,335 |
€0 |
€0 |
€58,022 |
|
Offaly |
€0 |
€257,092 |
€211,870 |
€338,200 |
€8,000 |
€150,042 |
€324,662 |
|
Roscommon |
€91,938 |
€77,568 |
€283,503 |
€361,000 |
€13,098 |
€110,000 |
€0 |
|
Sligo |
€555,017 |
€553,787 |
€925,555 |
€852,618 |
€0 |
€796,831 |
€750,892 |
|
Tipperary |
€2,727,287 |
€1,431,584 |
€17,755,098 |
€1,875,356 |
€0 |
€2,729,055 |
€3,654,309 |
|
Waterford |
€4,739,590 |
€854,934 |
€1,414,402 |
€115,819 |
€1,722,808 |
€1,938,976 |
€1,867,329 |
|
Westmeath |
€937,110 |
€1,872,257 |
€1,564,401 |
€1,443,232 |
€1,552,832 |
€272,624 |
€1,948,923 |
|
Wexford |
€0 |
€190,078 |
€569,253 |
€3,373,513 |
€1,853,970 |
€934,569 |
€783,794 |
|
Wicklow |
€232,593 |
€791,321 |
€513,000 |
€0 |
€48,328 |
€27,623 |
€43,738 |
Table 2: SFI grants by county.
|
County |
Funding |
|
Carlow |
€5,538,224.85 |
|
Cork |
€169,896,632.95 |
|
Dublin |
€466,400,289.33 |
|
Galway |
€147,170,482.26 |
|
Kildare |
€14,631,508.50 |
|
Limerick |
€105,692,228.82 |
|
Louth |
€830,655.20 |
|
Mayo |
€16,000.00 |
|
Offaly |
€71,000.00 |
|
Sligo |
€584,474.00 |
|
Waterford |
€535,331.90 |
|
Westmeath |
€607,058.00 |
|
Grand Total |
€911,973,885.81 |
Table 3: Approvals to Enterprise Ireland Clients in 2015
|
County |
Capital Grants |
Employment Grants |
Equity Prefs/Ordinary Shares |
R&D Grants |
Small Grants |
Training Grants |
Grand Total |
|
Carlow |
1,220,680 |
220,000 |
400,000 |
470,866 |
2,311,546 |
||
|
Cavan |
325,120 |
784,640 |
375,000 |
380,215 |
294,846 |
93,230 |
2,253,051 |
|
Clare |
653,000 |
130,000 |
50,000 |
1,297,567 |
626,869 |
2,757,436 |
|
|
Cork |
264,854 |
1,036,299 |
2,900,051 |
1,945,564 |
1,719,719 |
366,290 |
8,232,777 |
|
Donegal |
148,573 |
300,000 |
339,839 |
278,011 |
1,066,423 |
||
|
Dublin |
829,123 |
3,669,337 |
10,774,187 |
5,891,961 |
5,039,210 |
402,243 |
26,606,061 |
|
Galway |
854,850 |
648,500 |
1,216,914 |
1,185,352 |
710,970 |
4,616,586 |
|
|
Kerry |
350,000 |
176,910 |
220,725 |
747,635 |
|||
|
Kildare |
47,000 |
125,265 |
1,000,000 |
3,955,990 |
481,556 |
5,609,811 |
|
|
Kilkenny |
100,000 |
598,596 |
70,977 |
769,573 |
|||
|
Laois |
42,194 |
151,250 |
193,444 |
||||
|
Leitrim |
46,800 |
46,800 |
|||||
|
Limerick |
596,103 |
617,118 |
1,130,000 |
499,977 |
667,969 |
3,511,167 |
|
|
Longford |
249,805 |
450,000 |
126,800 |
826,605 |
|||
|
Louth |
558,675 |
934,620 |
400,000 |
924,432 |
502,974 |
3,320,701 |
|
|
Mayo |
250,000 |
380,280 |
630,000 |
65,090 |
437,439 |
131,587 |
1,894,396 |
|
Meath |
74,863 |
943,626 |
896,000 |
94,369 |
421,769 |
98,700 |
2,529,327 |
|
Monaghan |
227,100 |
445,293 |
289,583 |
90,347 |
1,052,323 |
||
|
Offaly |
303,156 |
306,542 |
609,698 |
||||
|
Overseas |
350,000 |
350,000 |
|||||
|
Roscommon |
186,000 |
50,000 |
79,200 |
315,200 |
|||
|
Sligo |
280,800 |
50,000 |
234,224 |
565,024 |
|||
|
Tipperary North |
175,209 |
175,209 |
|||||
|
Tipperary South |
390,000 |
344,800 |
250,000 |
246,262 |
277,575 |
1,508,637 |
|
|
Waterford |
539,000 |
826,000 |
498,551 |
158,445 |
2,021,996 |
||
|
Westmeath |
506,627 |
700,000 |
995,035 |
422,189 |
2,623,851 |
||
|
Wexford |
150,080 |
250,007 |
73,486 |
322,183 |
795,756 |
||
|
Wicklow |
368,600 |
90,000 |
100,000 |
873,471 |
754,187 |
2,186,258 |
|
|
Grand Total |
8,071,909 |
10,876,585 |
23,548,159 |
20,530,154 |
15,288,087 |
1,182,397 |
79,497,291 |
Source: Cognos Report ran 10.11.2015 showing approvals from 1/1/2015 to 09/11/2015 to Enterprise Ireland clients.
Table 4: Payments to Enterprise Ireland Clients in 2015
|
County |
Capital Grants |
Employment Grants |
Equity Pref. Shares/ordinary shares |
New Market Research Grants |
R&D Grants |
Small grants |
Training Grants |
Competitive Feasibility Fund |
Grand Total |
|
Carlow |
104,069 |
550,000 |
12,500 |
270,959 |
155,960 |
20,947 |
1,114,436 |
||
|
Cavan |
600,120 |
99,335 |
150,000 |
645,163 |
176,320 |
1,670,937 |
|||
|
Clare |
125,000 |
383,958 |
50,000 |
493,395 |
212,733 |
71,424 |
1,336,509 |
||
|
Cork |
- |
1,054,977 |
1,835,051 |
102,441 |
1,816,230 |
611,136 |
89,644 |
67,069 |
5,576,547 |
|
Donegal |
372,949 |
500,000 |
55,384 |
81,925 |
1,010,257 |
||||
|
Dublin |
47,970 |
1,515,185 |
12,640,137 |
767,832 |
5,147,397 |
2,918,073 |
540,833 |
128,190 |
23,705,617 |
|
Galway |
226,782 |
702,000 |
113,393 |
626,898 |
453,942 |
13,928 |
45,006 |
2,181,948 |
|
|
Kerry |
176,193 |
450,000 |
149,340 |
156,734 |
39,195 |
971,462 |
|||
|
Kildare |
13,617 |
271,488 |
525,000 |
46,115 |
247,677 |
133,400 |
1,237,298 |
||
|
Kilkenny |
3,467,521 |
52,159 |
325,000 |
77,141 |
136,626 |
5,190 |
4,063,638 |
||
|
Laois |
34,400 |
25,000 |
489,349 |
137,305 |
16,765 |
702,819 |
|||
|
Leitrim |
288,991 |
35,925 |
324,916 |
||||||
|
Limerick |
48,427 |
258,282 |
425,000 |
30,158 |
523,684 |
289,766 |
40,443 |
12,279 |
1,628,038 |
|
Longford |
1,728,478 |
142,634 |
475,077 |
59,998 |
2,406,187 |
||||
|
Louth |
338,771 |
275,000 |
947,937 |
288,003 |
155,381 |
10,325 |
2,015,416 |
||
|
Mayo |
130,446 |
280,000 |
367,302 |
252,417 |
1,030,165 |
||||
|
Meath |
25,000 |
644,416 |
571,000 |
369,936 |
259,646 |
24,478 |
1,894,476 |
||
|
Monaghan |
144,985 |
378,264 |
108,749 |
212,035 |
844,033 |
||||
|
Offaly |
25,000 |
85,320 |
99,748 |
210,069 |
|||||
|
Overseas |
175,000 |
175,000 |
|||||||
|
Roscommon |
83,899 |
158,635 |
50,000 |
54,543 |
18,000 |
365,076 |
|||
|
Sligo |
73,853 |
275,000 |
75,762 |
23,050 |
447,665 |
||||
|
Tipperary North |
39,256 |
16,633 |
294,790 |
39,887 |
297,335 |
687,901 |
|||
|
Tipperary South |
900,000 |
220,400 |
150,000 |
16,394 |
171,980 |
137,951 |
1,596,725 |
||
|
Waterford |
221,238 |
1,083,145 |
706,000 |
72,323 |
76,069 |
2,158,775 |
|||
|
Westmeath |
557,960 |
200,000 |
36,029 |
228,646 |
158,706 |
12,617 |
31,800 |
1,225,759 |
|
|
Wexford |
1,033,394 |
185,842 |
200,007 |
129,513 |
98,117 |
1,646,873 |
|||
|
Wicklow |
232,437 |
110,339 |
245,000 |
55,199 |
570,204 |
283,626 |
12,546 |
1,509,351 |
|
|
Grand Total |
8,900,049 |
8,296,501 |
21,329,195 |
1,134,184 |
14,331,303 |
7,604,829 |
1,695,758 |
446,073 |
63,737,893 |
Source: Cognos Payments Report ran 10/11/2015 of Enterprise Ireland clients paid between 1/1/2015 and 09/11/2015.
Note does not include infrastructural clients, Employment Subsidy Scheme Recipients or Community Enterprise Centre Recipients.
70. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the consultation process on zero-hour contracts will commence; how it will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/15]
View answerI am pleased to inform the Deputy that the consultation process has commenced. My Department has published on its website a consultation document to assist interested parties in making a written submission in response to the University of Limerick’s study. The consultation process runs for a period of eight weeks from Monday 9th November 2015 to Monday 4th January 2016. In addition to seeking written submissions from all interested parties, I intend meeting with employer representative bodies and worker representative bodies and non-Governmental organisations on 24th November 2015 to hear their initial views first hand.
I know the Deputy has a particular interest in the study from the perspective of seasonal workers, and I would welcome any submissions from seasonal workers or their representatives in response to the study’s findings and recommendations.
71. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his plans to bring forward legislation to facilitate greater participation by the national workforce in the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39686/15]
View answerEncouraging and facilitating suitable people to join the Reserve Defence Forces is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Defence and I have no plans to introduce legislation in this area.
72. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the position regarding the increased minimum wage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/15]
View answerAt all times the Government's policy choices are considered in the context of the impact on jobs. This is at the heart of the Action Plan for Jobs process and has been a central feature of successive Budgets and The Pathways to Work programme. This level of policy focus has helped create an environment where 126,000 extra people are at work, all regions are increasing employment and our economy is the fastest growing in the EU. In the context of the above enterprise and jobs performance it should be noted that one of the first decisions this Government made was to reverse the €1 cut in the national minimum wage implemented by the previous Government. In the context of the minimum wage, the report from the Low Pay Commission which supported the Commission’s recommendations regarding the appropriate rate for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) stated that research indicates that moderate increases in the NMW are unlikely to have a significantly adverse effect on employment.
The Commission recommended that anomalies in relation to PRSI which could adversely affect employer costs should be addressed, and I believe that the adjustments to PRSI which have been provided for by my colleague, Minister Noonan, in the recent Budget, will assist employers in reducing costs, thus ensuring a continuing positive climate for job creation.
Budget Documentation available at the following link www.budget.gov.ie/Budgets/2016/Documents/Budget%20Book%202016%20-%20full%20document.pdf gives the example (Example 6 page B.22) of an individual earning the minimum wage of €8.65 for a 39 hour week in 2015. The minimum wage increase will mean an additional €1,014 per annum for this person, taking their gross income to €18,556 in 2016. Their income tax liability will increase from €208 per annum to €411 per annum due to their additional earnings. They will have a PRSI liability of €160. USC liability reduces from €374 to €317. The net gain for this person is €708 per annum or 4.2%.
Due to the budget changes introduced the employer will pay PRSI at 8.5% and not move to the previously higher rate of 10.75% when paying the additional €1,014 per annum. This reduces the additional PRSI paid by an employer to €86.19 per annum.
PRSI changes (New PRSI relief of €12 per week for employees and increase in employer threshold).
Application where someone earns the new NMW of €9.15 per hour (39 hour week = €18,556 per annum).
The maximum PRSI relief is €12 a week, applied on wages of €352 a week. So instead of paying €14.08 a week PRSI the person will pay €2.08 a week.
The PRSI relief is gradually reduced as wages rise to €424 a week - for every €12 rise in weekly wage the relief is reduced by €2.
|
Weekly wage |
Hourly rate |
Old PRSI |
Relief |
New PRSI |
Old Annual PRSI |
New Annual PRSI |
|
|
352.00 |
9.03 |
14.08 |
12.00 |
2.08 |
732.16 |
108.16 |
|
|
356.85 |
9.15 |
14.27 |
11.19 |
3.08 |
742.04 |
160.16 |
NMW |
|
364.00 |
9.33 |
14.56 |
10.00 |
4.56 |
757.12 |
237.12 |
|
|
376.00 |
9.64 |
15.04 |
8.00 |
7.04 |
782.08 |
366.08 |
|
|
388.00 |
9.95 |
15.52 |
6.00 |
9.52 |
807.04 |
495.04 |
|
|
400.00 |
10.26 |
16.00 |
4.00 |
12.00 |
832.00 |
624.00 |
|
|
412.00 |
10.56 |
16.48 |
2.00 |
14.48 |
856.96 |
752.96 |
|
|
424.00 |
10.87 |
16.96 |
- |
16.96 |
881.92 |
881.92 |
- |
Annual PRSI Cost to Employee on new NMW (working 39 hours p.w.) without the proposed change would be €742.04 (€18,556 * 4%), giving a saving of €581.88 even with the new payment of €160.
Employer impact - increase in threshold for change of rate from 8.5% to 10.75% from €356.01 to €376.01
|
- |
Weekly NMW |
PRSI rate |
Weekly cost |
No of weeks |
Annual Cost |
|
Increase of rate to €376 before 10.75% applies |
356.85 |
8.50% |
30.33 |
52 |
1,577.28 |
|
Cost to employer prior to Budget change |
356.85 |
10.75% |
38.36 |
52 |
1,994.79 |
|
Difference |
8.03 |
52 |
417.51 |
Annual PRSI Cost to Employer without the proposed change would be €1,994.79, giving a saving of €417.51.1
1.(There is an additional saving to Employer also for employees earning up to €9.64 per hour/€376 p.w., who previously would have invoked the 10.75% rate - annual saving to the employer of €439.92 for an employee earning €376 per week).
73. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his plans to extend the registration date beyond 26 November 2015 for farmers to register as professional users of pesticides, given that a number of farmers may not have completed an approved pesticide course by the deadline due to illness or the unavailability of space on a locally-organised course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/15]
View answerThe Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive establishes a framework for European Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides by setting minimum rules to reduce the risks to human health and the environment that are associated with pesticide use. It also promotes the use of integrated pest management. The Directive is designed to further enhance the high level of protection achieved through the entire regulatory system for pesticides.
Implementation of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive relies heavily on the training of the various people involved at all levels of the industry, including Professional Users i.e. any individual who applies professional use Plant Protection Products.
Anybody who applies professional use plant protection products, regardless of quantity or method of application, is deemed to be a professional user and, as such, is required to be appropriately trained and registered with DAFT.
After 26th November 2015, there is an obligation on an individual to be appropriately trained as a professional user and registered with DAFM before they apply/spray professional plant protection products, in order to be compliant with the provisions of the Sustainable Use Directive (SUD).
In practice, only those farmers who intend to apply plant protection products immediately after the 26th November date will have to complete their training and registration by that date. The vast majority of farmers who will not be applying plant protection products until the spring/summer of 2016 will have some further time to be trained and registered but they must complete this requirement before they apply/spray professional plant protection products.
