Written Answers Nos. 227 to 242
227. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied) regarding herd numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2008/16]
View answerThe data requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of new herd applications received in 2015 is set out in the Table. There is no maximum waiting period for an application for a herd number. The length of time required to process an individual application is contingent on a number of factors such as the timely response of the applicant in providing the required documentation and proof that the applicant is entitled to use the lands that are the subject of the herd number application. Under normal circumstances, the average waiting period from the time of receipt of the application to the allocation of a herd number is approximately three weeks.
|
County |
Bovine |
Equine |
Ovine |
Poultry |
Porcine |
Caprine |
Cereals |
Other |
Cervine |
Reps |
Total |
|
CARLOW DVO |
30 |
39 |
35 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
16 |
1 |
|
|
134 |
|
CAVAN DVO |
90 |
54 |
92 |
25 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
273 |
|
CLARE DVO |
86 |
116 |
69 |
15 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
300 |
|
CORK NORTH DVO |
132 |
173 |
34 |
18 |
17 |
6 |
57 |
|
|
437 |
|
|
CORK SOUTH DVO |
132 |
121 |
85 |
47 |
27 |
11 |
29 |
1 |
|
|
453 |
|
DONEGAL DVO |
102 |
100 |
310 |
5 |
13 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
|
550 |
|
|
DUBLIN DVO |
13 |
45 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
110 |
|
GALWAY DVO |
176 |
351 |
201 |
28 |
13 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
|
|
787 |
|
KERRY DVO |
89 |
155 |
111 |
22 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
|
|
398 |
|
|
KILDARE DVO |
49 |
108 |
55 |
19 |
20 |
4 |
14 |
|
1 |
|
270 |
|
KILKENNY DVO |
44 |
85 |
24 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
|
|
|
193 |
|
LAOIS DVO |
58 |
48 |
26 |
12 |
7 |
2 |
21 |
|
|
|
174 |
|
LEITRIM DVO |
67 |
49 |
96 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
223 |
|
|
LIMERICK DVO |
95 |
116 |
29 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
|
|
268 |
|
|
LONGFORD DVO |
57 |
43 |
34 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
148 |
|
LOUTH DVO |
28 |
27 |
23 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
19 |
|
|
|
110 |
|
MAYO DVO |
132 |
225 |
250 |
49 |
12 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
|
687 |
|
|
MEATH DVO |
104 |
143 |
88 |
21 |
20 |
5 |
31 |
3 |
|
415 |
|
|
MONAGHAN DVO |
61 |
31 |
59 |
32 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
185 |
|
|
OFFALY DVO |
76 |
58 |
50 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
21 |
1 |
|
224 |
|
|
ROSCOMMON DVO |
128 |
89 |
132 |
14 |
15 |
5 |
9 |
|
1 |
|
393 |
|
SLIGO DVO |
49 |
67 |
102 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
242 |
|
|
TIPPERARY NORTH DVO |
77 |
67 |
31 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
14 |
|
|
|
209 |
|
TIPPERARY SOUTH DVO |
86 |
90 |
41 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
19 |
|
|
254 |
|
|
WATERFORD DVO |
41 |
67 |
30 |
12 |
7 |
3 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
|
180 |
|
WESTMEATH DVO |
74 |
46 |
65 |
19 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
|
|
221 |
|
|
WEXFORD DVO |
69 |
150 |
78 |
12 |
14 |
9 |
48 |
3 |
1 |
|
384 |
|
WICKLOW EAST DVO |
37 |
60 |
55 |
7 |
9 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
|
182 |
|
WICKLOW WEST DVO |
15 |
21 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
63 |
|
TOTAL |
2197 |
2744 |
2238 |
452 |
269 |
145 |
388 |
27 |
5 |
2 |
8467 |
228. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the young farmer scheme, the single payment scheme, the organic farming scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2011/16]
View answerAn application under the 2015 basic payment/Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 29 May 2015. Payment under the ANC scheme issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 14 January 2016. Under the EU Regulations governing the Organic Farming Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Basic Payment Scheme must take place. It is expected that these checks will be completed shortly. Payment will issue once the application concerned has passed all administrative checks including cross checks.
The person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and values by way of gift from the previous owner of the herd number shown to the person named as the new owner of this herd number. The change of name on the herd number occurred after the submission of the Basic Payment Scheme application. This necessitated the submission of a new Basic Payment Scheme application from the person named. The transfer application is now being processed with a view to issuing payment under the Basic Payment Scheme as soon as possible.
The person named also submitted an application under the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. This application is currently being processed and once finalised the applicant will be notified in writing of the decision with a view to payment shortly thereafter.
229. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2032/16]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Entitlements Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and reference values by Change of Registration details from two individuals who previously held the above herd number in joint names, to the person named who now holds the above herd number in his sole name. On 15 October 2015 my Department wrote to both the transferors and transferee under this application requesting further information which is required in order to process the transfer application. No reply has been received to date. My Department will contact the parties again with a view to clarifying the outstanding issues.
The person named also submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. Once payment under the Basic Payment Scheme has been made, the applications to the National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme will be processed.
The person named commenced their AEOS 1 contract on 1 November 2010 and has been paid for the 2010-2014 scheme years.
Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. As it is their final scheme year re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be processed. It is expected that these checks will be completed shortly.
231. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farmers over 40 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2035/16]
View answerUnder the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy farmers over forty years of age may apply for an allocation of Basic Payment Scheme entitlements through the New Entrant priority category of the National Reserve and also through the Scottish Derogation. In order to be eligible under the ‘new entrant to farming’ category of the National Reserve, an applicant must:
- Be participating in the Basic Payment Scheme in the year in which s/he applies to the National Reserve;
- Have commenced the present agricultural activity in 2013 or later, and not have had any agricultural activity in his/her own name and at his/her own risk in the five years preceding the start of the present agricultural activity;
- Have successfully completed a recognised course of education in agriculture at FETAC Level 6 or its equivalent, or have commenced such a course in the year of application;
- Have a gross off-farm income that does not exceed €40,000 in either of the most recent tax years.
Successful applicants to the National Reserve will receive an allocation of new entitlements on the basis of one entitlement for one hectare. Applicants who already hold existing entitlement which are below the national average value will receive a top-up whereby the value of those entitlements will be increased to the national average value.
The provision known as the Scottish Derogation allows for the allocation of entitlements to persons who never held Single Payment entitlements but who actively farmed during the 2013 scheme year and can provide verifiable evidence of agricultural production. Such allocation is available to eligible farmers who ‘produced, reared or grew agricultural products’ in 2013 in the beef, dairy, sheep and arable sectors.
There is no upper age limit for qualification for an allocation of entitlements under these two measures/schemes.
232. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the single payment scheme. [2049/16]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and reference values by Change of Registration details. This application has been fully processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme issued on 19 January 2016. The person named also submitted an application under the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. This application has been processed and payment will issue shortly.
233. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2051/16]
View answerAn application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes was received from the person named on 7 May 2015. Processing of the Areas of Natural Constraint application has recently been finalised and payment will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.
My Department also received applications under the ‘new entrant’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme from the person named. These applications have been processed. Payment under the National Reserve has issued on 19 January 2016 and payment under the Young Farmers Scheme will follow shortly.
234. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/16]
View answerFollowing an inspection in 2014 the Forest Service inspector reported that 1.21ha of this plantation was not up to the required standard. A declaration, signed by the applicant in January 2015, stated that all remedial works had been completed and the site was up to standard. A subsequent inspection by the Forest Service inspector found that there had been no significant improvement in the problem areas and that the spruce trees were chlorotic and stunted. The forest owner is advised to consult with her forester as no further payments will be made until the plantation is declared by the Forest Service inspector to be up to standard.
235. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [2057/16]
View answerThe person named commenced their AEOS 1 contract on 1 September 2010 and has been paid for the 2010-2014 scheme years.
Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. As it is their final scheme year re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be processed.
It is expected that these checks will be completed shortly.
236. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/16]
View answerAn application under Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May, 2015. Processing of the application under both schemes is currently in progress. On completion of this process, the application will be further reviewed with a view to payment issuing directly to the nominated bank account of the person named at the earliest possible date.
237. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a flat rate payment will be used in the allocation of compensation for pig producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2061/16]
View answerI am currently giving consideration to the mechanism for distribution of this payment to pig farmers and expect to be making an announcement on the proposed distribution in the very near future.
238. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [2062/16]
View answerThe person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 May 2015 and has received payment in full for the 2013-2015 scheme years.
Payment for the 2015 scheme years issued in two parts, a first instalment of 85% in the amount of €2,576.97 on 15 December 2015 and the remaining 15% in the amount of €454.73 on 17 December 2015.
239. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal of a farm payment decision by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2102/16]
View answerAn application from the person- named was received by my Department under the first tranche of GLAS. The applicant selected two actions, i.e. Low Input Permanent Pasture (LIPP) and Traditional Orchards.
Following the pre-approval validation checking process, the Low Input Permanent Pasture action was deemed ineligible as there was no record of a grazing enterprise of owned animals on the holding, as required by the scheme specifications. Without this action, the application did not meet the minimum required score of 16.3 and was therefore deemed ineligible for participation in the scheme. The person named was notified of this decision and the option of appeal to GLAS section was given.
The option of an appeal was taken and following a review of the application the original decision was upheld. On the 14 December 2015, a letter issued to the person named notifying him of this decision and of his right to appeal this further to the Agriculture Appeals Office.
240. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was refused entry to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the options available to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2103/16]
View answerAn application from the person-named was received by my Department under the first tranche of GLAS. The applicant selected two actions, i.e. Low Input Permanent Pasture (LIPP) and Traditional Orchards.
Following the pre-approval validation checking process, the Low Input Permanent Pasture action was deemed ineligible as the parcel had not been declared as forage for the previous eight years as required under the GLAS scheme specifications. Without this action, the application did not meet the minimum required score of 16.3 and was therefore deemed ineligible for participation in the scheme. The applicant is free to seek a review of this decision, or to appeal it to the Agriculture Appeals Office. While I understand that he did not apply again under the second tranche of GLAS which closed before Christmas, the option is always there to make a new application under the next tranche of the scheme, and choosing actions that will improve his chances of success.
241. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick under the organic farm scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2108/16]
View answerThe person named commenced their Organic Farming Scheme contract on 1 June 2012 and has been paid for the 2012-2014 scheme years.
Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. It is expected that these checks will be completed shortly following which the file will be processed for payment.
242. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht, don bhliain 2015, faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta, faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrianta Nádúrtha, agus faoin Scéim um Chaomhnú an Chomhshaoil faoin Tuath (REPS), le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo); cén fáth go bhfuil moill ar an íocaíocht seo agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2142/16]
View answerFuarthas iarratas faoin Scéim Buníocaíochta/Scéim na Limistéar faoi Shrian Nádúrtha ón duine a ainmnítear i mo Roinn an 8 Bealtaine 2015.
I ndiaidh próiseála a dhéanamh, sainaithníodh ró-éileamh maidir le dáileacht talún amháin a dearbhaíodh. Eisíodh litir don duine a ainmnítear maidir leis an gceist seo agus próiseáladh a iarratas ar an Scéim Buníocaíochta (an SBI) lena íoc. Meastar go n-eiseofar íocaíocht an SBI go gairid don chuntas ainmnithe bainc.
Cuireadh san áireamh sa phróiseáil a dhéantar ar an iarratas ar Limistéir faoi Shrian Nádúrtha an ró-éileamh thuas agus tugadh an phróiseáil chun críche le déanaí. Eiseofar an íocaíocht seo do chuntas ainmnithe bainc an duine a ainmnítear go gairid.
Chuir an duine a ainmnítear tús lena gconradh faoin Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaol Talmhaíochta an 1 Samhain 2010 agus íocadh é do bhlianta 2010-2014 na scéime.
Faoi Rialacháin an AE a rialaíonn an Scéim agus scéimeanna eile íocaíochta limistéarbhunaithe, is gá seiceáil chuimsitheach riaracháin a chríochnú, cros-seiceálacha san áireamh leis an gCóras Aitheanta Dáileachtaí Talún. Mar gheall gurb é seo a mbliain deiridh scéime, ní mór athsheiceálacha ar íocaíochtaí a rinneadh do gach bliain scéime a chríochnú sular féidir íocaíocht deiridh a phróiseáil.
Tá na seiceálacha seo tugtha chun críche anois agus meastar go n-eiseofar íocaíocht go luath.
An application under the Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 8 May 2015. Following processing, an over-claim was identified in respect of one land parcel declared. A letter has issued to the person named regarding this matter and his BPS application has been processed for payment. It is expected that the BPS payment will issue shortly to the nominated bank account.
Processing of the Areas of Natural Constraint application has taken account of the above over-claim and has recently been finalised. This payment will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.
The person named commenced their AEOS 1 contract on 1 November 2010 and has been paid for the 2010-2014 scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. As it is their final scheme year re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be processed. These checks have now been completed and it is expected that payment will issue shortly.
