Written Answers Nos. 467-484
467. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a written appeal submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied) will be processed without delay; and if the case will be examined with a view to restoring payment and ensuring the applicant qualifies. [39454/18]
View answerThe written appeal submitted by the person named is currently under consideration within my Department. Officials from my Department have been in ongoing contact with the person named regarding the issue under appeal. The person named will be notified of the outcome of the appeal in writing in the coming days.
468. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a transfer of entitlements application can be accepted on grounds of force majeure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/18]
View answerThe person named was party to two applications to transfer entitlements in 2015, as a transferee. My Department has issued a notification to the parties concerned outlining that the applications to transfer these entitlements were deemed unsuccessful. These notifications detailed the reasons that the transfer of entitlements applications were unsuccessful. The applicants were given the option to appeal the decision and following this 2 different options were given to the applicants to allow the processing of the transfer. They did not respond to either of these options and so my Department has no option other than to deem the transfer application unsuccessful.
469. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39479/18]
View answerAn application in this case was submitted under the Young Farmer’s Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II on 8 June 2018. During eligibility checks it was found that the applicant was first set up in farming more than five years before the date of application. The application was rejected on these grounds.
An application under the Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme was also submitted on 8 June 2018, with the same investment items. This application is currently being processed and will be sent to the local office for approval shortly.
It is important to note that as per the terms and conditions of the scheme, "Installation or construction of an investment cannot commence until written approval has been issued to the applicant(s). The commencement of construction or the installation of investment work prior to approval is ineligible. Any sub-investment that has been installed or where work has commenced prior to approval will be rejected from the application." The applicants should not commence building until they receive an approval letter to do so.
470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the issue of further afforestation in areas with poorly buffered soils under new afforestation management and environmental procedures that are applicable for a number of years; the number of applications for planting refused in each of the years 2008 to 2017, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39500/18]
View answerThe Department's afforestation scheme includes a number of measures that ensure that afforestation is carried out on appropriate sites while taking into account any environmental considerations that might exist.
All new forests must be established in compliance with national and EU legislation and the Department’s requirements as set out in the Forestry Standards Manual, Scheme Documents, Code of Best Practice – Ireland and the suite of environmental guidelines including the Environmental Requirements introduced in December 2016, to ensure that the establishment of new forests is carried out in a way that is compatible with the protection and enhancement of our environment, particularly in relation to water, biodiversity, archaeology, soil type and the landscape. This is a basic requirement under environmental legislation and State aid rules underpinning the 2014-2020 Forestry Programme.
The number of applications for planting refused in each of the years 2008 to 2017 are shown in the table.
Afforestation refusals 2008-2017
|
COUNTY |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Totals |
|
Carlow |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
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|
Cavan |
2 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
|||
|
Clare |
14 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
14 |
25 |
19 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
111 |
|
Cork |
2 |
2 |
17 |
17 |
3 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
76 |
|
Donegal |
3 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
|
Dublin |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Galway |
4 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
7 |
1 |
80 |
|
Kerry |
17 |
16 |
27 |
23 |
8 |
33 |
8 |
11 |
5 |
148 |
|
|
Kildare |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
||||||
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|||||
|
Laois |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
|
Leitrim |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
31 |
|||
|
Limerick |
8 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
55 |
|
|
Longford |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
||
|
Mayo |
3 |
10 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
48 |
||
|
Meath |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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|
Monaghan |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Offaly |
1 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
41 |
|
|
Roscommon |
1 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
21 |
9 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
78 |
|
Sligo |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
17 |
7 |
11 |
3 |
54 |
|
|
Tipperary |
5 |
17 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
83 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
|||||
|
Westmeath |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
19 |
||
|
Wexford |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|||||
|
Wicklow |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
|||||
|
Totals |
66 |
76 |
94 |
120 |
96 |
189 |
126 |
116 |
45 |
29 |
957 |
471. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the species of tree used for reafforestation after clear-fell in each of the years 2007 to 2017 in terms of hectares planted; the way in which the higher stocking rate for broadleaf trees compared to conifers compensates for the failure to achieve the broadleaf tree targets.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39501/18]
View answerCurrently there are no targets in place for a broadleaf tree planting at the reforestation stage of the forest cycle which takes place following clearfell. In the Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 a target was set to plant 30% of the area of new forests created annually with broadleaf tree species. The higher stocking rate associated with planting broadleaf trees does not compensate for lower levels of broadleaf tree planting as comparisons are made on an area basis and not on the number of trees planted. In practical terms, a hectare of land planted with 2,500 conifer trees carries the same weight as a hectare of land planted with 3,300 broadleaf trees.
Detailed annual information is not available the years 2007 to 2017. However the third National Forest Inventory completed in 2017 provides the following information on species composition in reforestation sites that are 10 years old and younger. The re-stocking species and figures are contained in the table.
Reforestation re-stocking species
|
Species |
Area (ha) |
Percent Area (%) |
|
Sitka spruce |
36,660 |
60.7 |
|
Norway spruce |
557 |
0.9 |
|
birch spp. |
5,340 |
8.9 |
|
Scots pine |
16 |
0.0 |
|
other pines |
7,939 |
13.2 |
|
Douglas fir |
3 |
0.0 |
|
alder |
1,370 |
2.3 |
|
larch spp. |
1,378 |
2.3 |
|
ash |
1,432 |
2.4 |
|
beech |
66 |
0.1 |
|
sycamore |
156 |
0.3 |
|
sessile & pedunculate oak |
600 |
1.0 |
|
other conifers |
3 |
0.0 |
|
Other short living broadleaves |
3,698 |
6.1 |
|
Other long living broadleaves |
1,085 |
1.8 |
|
Total |
60,302 |
100 |
472. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the specific question of water testing (details supplied); the number of water samples taken; the results in each of the years 2008 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39502/18]
View answerUnder the DAFM / EPA Acid Sensitivity Protocol, afforestation applications within certain defined areas of the country must be accompanied by water sampling at pre-approval stage, to assess the sensitivity of receiving waters to acidification.
In summary, sampling and analysis by an accredited laboratory must be carried out on at least four separate occasions within the period 1st February to the 31st May inclusive, with each sample taken at least 28 days apart. Where the minimum alkalinity of any one of the four samples taken is <8 mg CaCO3 / litre, no afforestation is permitted. If the result is 8-15 mg CaCO3 / litre, full, partial or no afforestation may be approved, following discussion and agreement between DAFM, EPA and Inland Fisheries Ireland. If the result is >15 mg CaCO3 per litre, afforestation may be licensed.
It should be noted that where landowners or foresters get negative water sample results they may not proceed with potential applications and therefore the amount of sampling conducted may be greater than that reflected in the numbers submitted to the Department.
It should be noted that, since early 2013, water sampling under the Acid Sensitivity Protocol is not required for afforestation applications which relate to native woodland creation, as these are not considered to have the same potential acidifying effect as other categories of afforestation.
The requested water sampling data will be supplied to the Deputy directly.
473. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for grant aid by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39513/18]
View answerThe person named made an application under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS on 12 January 2017. A letter dated 15 February 2017 issued to the applicant advising that the education documents supplied did not meet the educational requirements set out in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme to qualify for the grant of 60% under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme as distinct from the standard grant rate of 40% available under all other TAMS II measures. No further evidence was received.
A claim for payment was submitted on 29 January 2018 and payment of the 40% grant was made on the 29 March 2018. To date no documentary evidence of the educational requirements having being met has been received by my Department. Should such evidence be received the matter will be further considered.
474. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to exclude a person (details supplied) in County Kerry from the GLAS scheme on medical grounds will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39518/18]
View answerThe person named was approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016 and received all payments in respect of scheme year 2016.
GLAS participants with the LESS action are required to submit an annual return for the action. The required form was issued to the person named. Completed forms were required to be returned to the Department by 27 October 2017. The Department issued a number of reminders however in this case a completed form was never received.
The Department has now terminated this GLAS contract due to non compliance. Both the applicant and his adviser ##were informed of the option to appeal this decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office but the Department has no record of notification that such an appeal was made.
475. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 area of natural constraints scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39519/18]
View answerA 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints Application was received in respect of the person named on 15 May 2018. Following the completion of the necessary validation of the application, payment has recently issued to the nominated bank account.
476. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare complaints concerning horses made to his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of complaints that were investigated by animal welfare officers; the number of fines and or prosecutions made following those investigations in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39538/18]
View answerAs you will be aware my Department operates an Animal Welfare Helpline Lo-call 0761 064408 along with a dedicated email address AnimalWelfare@agriculture.gov.ie which facilitates the reporting by members of the public of concerns in regard to the welfare of animals. All calls received are treated in confidence.
The animal welfare hotline exists for the reporting of specific incidents relating to animal welfare in need of urgent attention by an authorised officer of my Department. All complaints received are investigated by officials of my Department.
|
01 January - 31 December 2014 |
|
|
Number of Calls |
|
|
Equine |
290 |
|
01 January - 31 December 2015 |
|
|
Number of Calls |
|
|
Equines |
257 |
|
01 January - 31 December 2016 |
|
|
Number of Calls |
|
|
Equine |
312 |
|
01 January - 31 December 2017 |
|
|
Number of Calls |
|
|
Equine |
321 |
|
01 January - 27 September 2018 |
|
|
Number of Calls |
|
|
Equine |
377 |
|
Cases involving horses/equines 2014 - present |
|
|
Prosecuted |
9 |
|
Before the courts |
7 |
|
Total |
16 |
It should be noted that all these calls do not represent individual welfare events.
The horse welfare situation continues to be kept under close review. Supply and demand are much more aligned and export markets have been quite strong in recent years. The Department continues to work closely with welfare organisations in improving equine welfare. The Department is also engaged with the Local authorities with a view to progressing suitable equine projects that will further enhance horse welfare.
477. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of each seminar held on Project Ireland 2040 up to and including September 2018 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39575/18]
View answerMy Department has not held any seminars specifically on Project Ireland 2040. However, on 13 July 2018 it co-hosted a Project Ireland 2040 themed event in conjunction with the Department of Rural and Community Development. There will be a cost to my Department in relation for the cost of translation of a booklet into Irish - Creating Stronger Rural Economies and Communities/Geilleagair agus Pobail Tuaithe a Neartú which was jointly drafted by both Departments to accompany the event. An invoice is awaited in respect of this.
478. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exports per country of Irish powdered milk in each year since 2011, in tabular form. [39608/18]
View answerIn 2017, Ireland exported dairy products, including dairy powders to 147 countries totalling over €4.6 billion worth of produce. The following table, based on CSO data, outlines details in respect of values and tonnage by country for exports of milk powders.
Irish dairy products have a highly rated and hard earned reputation in terms of quality, safety and sustainability, and this gives them a competitive edge in markets over the world. My Department, in conjunction with other stakeholders, including the Irish dairy companies and agencies such as Bord Bia, are playing a key role in building the market for Irish dairy with intensive Ministerial trade mission programmes and other promotional work. Against the backdrop of our efforts to significantly increase dairy output and grow the sector, export market diversification is of the utmost importance, and this is particularly true in the context of a post-Brexit scenario.
Aggregate dairy exports in 2017 increased by approx 17.6% in value against 2016, indicating another robust performance by the Irish dairy sector in international markets. In view of the volume of statistical data collected as part of agri-food trade statistics, some errors in respect of individual products may occur. Where these anomalies are identified, the Department will liaise with the Central Statistics Office to highlight and amend the information as required.
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2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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|
Country |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€ 000 |
Tonnes |
€000 |
Tonnes |
|
Afghanistan |
427 |
182 |
2,059 |
857 |
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|
Algeria |
16,358 |
5,129 |
1,514 |
576 |
4,622 |
1,231 |
7,508 |
2,174 |
|
Angola |
6,781 |
1,949 |
7,747 |
2,564 |
9,150 |
2,552 |
10,392 |
3,794 |
|
Argentina |
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|
Australia |
9,178 |
1,208 |
1,042 |
88 |
2,454 |
245 |
2,206 |
277 |
|
Austria |
67 |
22 |
82 |
26 |
943 |
254 |
1,321 |
358 |
|
Azerbaijan |
4 |
1 |
||||||
|
Bahrain |
1,723 |
275 |
2,338 |
303 |
1,876 |
253 |
2,188 |
286 |
|
Bangladesh |
1,876 |
800 |
748 |
400 |
1,924 |
537 |
3,468 |
962 |
|
Belgium |
6,000 |
1,982 |
6,023 |
1,977 |
6,378 |
1,761 |
6,699 |
1,948 |
|
Belize |
73 |
22 |
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|
Benin |
1,032 |
344 |
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|
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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|
Brazil |
1,427 |
405 |
1,237 |
435 |
1,339 |
392 |
1,153 |
329 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
74 |
25 |
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|
Bulgaria |
||||||||
|
Burkina Faso |
7,282 |
2,471 |
||||||
|
Burma |
94 |
34 |
126 |
50 |
161 |
50 |
||
|
Cambodia |
829 |
56 |
711 |
92 |
||||
|
Cameroon |
1,763 |
255 |
51 |
5 |
641 |
125 |
1,215 |
377 |
|
Canada |
12,081 |
1,471 |
12,599 |
1,700 |
7,563 |
982 |
5,985 |
855 |
|
Cape Verde |
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|
Cayman Islands |
0 |
0 |
188 |
68 |
||||
|
Central African Republic |
93 |
25 |
42 |
15 |
||||
|
Ceuta |
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|
Chad |
988 |
365 |
||||||
|
Chile |
2,160 |
274 |
3,299 |
373 |
2,839 |
358 |
3,092 |
401 |
|
China (incl Hong Kong) |
105,567 |
11,050 |
149,692 |
12,338 |
218,613 |
20,189 |
365,580 |
40,288 |
|
Colombia |
3,753 |
433 |
3,389 |
355 |
3,629 |
329 |
6,054 |
491 |
|
Congo |
1,816 |
561 |
1,642 |
539 |
2,627 |
763 |
6,588 |
1,989 |
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
13,875 |
4,005 |
9,049 |
2,909 |
3,626 |
1,027 |
15,227 |
5,471 |
|
Costa Rica |
717 |
85 |
918 |
122 |
1,594 |
166 |
4,426 |
1,195 |
|
Croatia |
242 |
88 |
366 |
154 |
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|
Cuba |
||||||||
|
Cyprus |
1,165 |
165 |
698 |
72 |
250 |
35 |
||
|
Czech Republic |
63 |
11 |
1,075 |
270 |
1,742 |
421 |
||
|
Denmark |
970 |
454 |
1,327 |
569 |
546 |
347 |
674 |
333 |
|
Dominica |
||||||||
|
Dominican Republic |
3,050 |
668 |
4,746 |
1,143 |
1,620 |
267 |
3,372 |
867 |
|
Ecuador |
4,756 |
605 |
3,298 |
433 |
2,939 |
409 |
2,165 |
259 |
|
Egypt |
6,885 |
1,078 |
7,929 |
1,009 |
6,804 |
1,050 |
10,656 |
3,441 |
|
El Salvador |
968 |
118 |
1,652 |
209 |
1,866 |
175 |
5,720 |
1,853 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
50 |
16 |
49 |
15 |
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|
Ethiopia |
1,519 |
249 |
1,659 |
247 |
134 |
19 |
508 |
81 |
|
Finland |
||||||||
|
France |
18,395 |
6,645 |
7,357 |
3,165 |
9,709 |
3,331 |
43,469 |
15,618 |
|
Gabon |
260 |
83 |
59 |
23 |
160 |
52 |
910 |
329 |
|
Gambia |
3,615 |
1,344 |
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|
Georgia |
84 |
25 |
40 |
19 |
||||
|
Germany |
13,451 |
5,311 |
8,438 |
3,697 |
9,577 |
2,929 |
112,918 |
40,290 |
|
Ghana |
2,495 |
425 |
1,155 |
196 |
1,923 |
528 |
13,699 |
5,335 |
|
Gibraltar |
22 |
2 |
||||||
|
Greece |
4,013 |
517 |
3,452 |
315 |
4,501 |
308 |
2,165 |
307 |
|
Grenada |
||||||||
|
Guam |
12 |
1 |
||||||
|
Guatemala |
3,445 |
442 |
2,387 |
313 |
3,713 |
395 |
3,696 |
578 |
|
Guinea |
30 |
15 |
96 |
25 |
436 |
180 |
||
|
Guinea Bissau |
||||||||
|
Guyana |
96 |
25 |
||||||
|
Haiti |
||||||||
|
Honduras |
920 |
110 |
870 |
115 |
743 |
82 |
948 |
82 |
|
Hungary |
9 |
2 |
61 |
9 |
53 |
7 |
||
|
Iceland |
50 |
7 |
17 |
2 |
88 |
10 |
54 |
6 |
|
India |
7,000 |
2,550 |
2,505 |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
Indonesia |
10,443 |
3,923 |
8,198 |
3,212 |
7,414 |
1,990 |
6,297 |
1,557 |
|
Iran |
5,741 |
1,349 |
1,052 |
369 |
733 |
274 |
685 |
179 |
|
Iraq |
1,730 |
250 |
2,717 |
362 |
320 |
49 |
22,617 |
7,894 |
|
Israel |
33,664 |
4,279 |
24,670 |
3,774 |
20,272 |
3,303 |
18,744 |
3,194 |
|
Italy |
2,261 |
880 |
2,356 |
817 |
2,724 |
820 |
3,635 |
1,133 |
|
Ivory Coast |
217 |
82 |
557 |
203 |
86 |
30 |
2,689 |
1,064 |
|
Jamaica |
430 |
225 |
809 |
305 |
82 |
25 |
312 |
113 |
|
Japan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
||
|
Jordan |
15,279 |
2,177 |
16,893 |
2,222 |
21,780 |
2,782 |
28,120 |
4,572 |
|
Kenya |
1,033 |
170 |
630 |
224 |
528 |
230 |
678 |
223 |
|
Kuwait |
28,656 |
3,536 |
26,715 |
3,130 |
20,767 |
2,424 |
22,443 |
2,722 |
|
Latvia |
||||||||
|
Lebanon |
3,994 |
890 |
3,867 |
636 |
3,861 |
777 |
4,979 |
1,385 |
|
Liberia |
497 |
86 |
594 |
94 |
207 |
33 |
388 |
138 |
|
Libya |
344 |
57 |
310 |
47 |
87 |
11 |
298 |
38 |
|
Lithuania |
3 |
2 |
||||||
|
Luxembourg |
1,982 |
258 |
||||||
|
Madagascar |
54 |
17 |
26 |
14 |
||||
|
Malawi |
1,975 |
591 |
2,232 |
699 |
2,959 |
817 |
3,016 |
940 |
|
Malaysia |
11,221 |
3,050 |
11,311 |
2,545 |
17,450 |
2,940 |
37,237 |
7,866 |
|
Maldives |
228 |
61 |
||||||
|
Mali |
358 |
122 |
434 |
154 |
44 |
14 |
25,565 |
10,013 |
|
Malta |
1,776 |
366 |
1,077 |
194 |
689 |
122 |
1,439 |
321 |
|
Marshall Islands |
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|
Mauritania |
159 |
50 |
1,184 |
446 |
||||
|
Mauritius |
0 |
0 |
118 |
17 |
327 |
104 |
||
|
Mexico |
8,384 |
1,415 |
6,798 |
963 |
9,600 |
986 |
46,107 |
12,730 |
|
Mongolia |
792 |
250 |
||||||
|
Morocco |
131 |
44 |
2,409 |
800 |
||||
|
Mozambique |
461 |
142 |
||||||
|
Namibia |
||||||||
|
Nepal |
||||||||
|
Netherlands |
85,890 |
31,685 |
42,568 |
17,040 |
61,979 |
18,719 |
153,124 |
51,219 |
|
New Caledonia |
0 |
0 |
151 |
40 |
||||
|
New Zealand |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
68 |
6 |
20,969 |
5,614 |
|
Nicaragua |
2,525 |
284 |
1,107 |
201 |
168 |
23 |
33 |
14 |
|
Niger |
431 |
159 |
||||||
|
Nigeria |
44,752 |
11,300 |
34,355 |
8,395 |
35,993 |
8,820 |
137,347 |
47,992 |
|
Norway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||||
|
Occupied Palestine |
393 |
58 |
4,677 |
519 |
||||
|
Oman |
5,965 |
752 |
5,968 |
700 |
6,267 |
717 |
7,261 |
760 |
|
Other (Non-EU) |
87 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
77 |
24 |
||
|
Pakistan |
1,471 |
476 |
3,067 |
1,222 |
3,273 |
961 |
8,755 |
3,264 |
|
Panama |
1,012 |
125 |
3,231 |
386 |
2,332 |
256 |
2,609 |
229 |
|
Peru |
4,508 |
615 |
4,088 |
922 |
6,888 |
1,038 |
13,240 |
2,769 |
|
Philippines |
11,084 |
3,663 |
6,221 |
1,346 |
3,444 |
336 |
4,989 |
1,095 |
|
Poland |
2,850 |
915 |
3,955 |
1,422 |
1,242 |
415 |
68,753 |
24,978 |
|
Portugal |
3,848 |
721 |
3,822 |
735 |
2,105 |
523 |
2,218 |
729 |
|
Qatar |
4,675 |
624 |
5,817 |
724 |
4,789 |
627 |
6,094 |
780 |
|
Romania |
15 |
2 |
246 |
61 |
476 |
130 |
||
|
Russia |
801 |
300 |
217 |
62 |
35,692 |
12,795 |
||
|
Rwanda |
0 |
0 |
36 |
14 |
||||
|
Saint Barthélemy |
201 |
72 |
||||||
|
Sao Tome & Principe |
90 |
30 |
||||||
|
Saudi Arabia |
85,434 |
12,180 |
85,093 |
11,033 |
67,062 |
7,567 |
101,499 |
13,523 |
|
Senegal |
535 |
191 |
1,593 |
588 |
881 |
280 |
51,045 |
19,604 |
|
Seychelles |
110 |
13 |
80 |
11 |
67 |
10 |
95 |
15 |
|
Sierra Leone |
221 |
36 |
248 |
38 |
122 |
19 |
||
|
Singapore |
11,483 |
1,772 |
8,879 |
1,104 |
17,647 |
2,081 |
22,558 |
3,077 |
|
Slovakia |
117 |
21 |
98 |
19 |
107 |
19 |
115 |
20 |
|
Slovenia |
||||||||
|
Somalia |
570 |
78 |
568 |
73 |
450 |
60 |
238 |
30 |
|
South Africa |
12,222 |
3,215 |
13,003 |
3,204 |
13,654 |
2,381 |
12,772 |
4,492 |
|
South Korea |
1,026 |
400 |
185 |
35 |
18 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
|
Spain |
6,319 |
2,039 |
4,845 |
1,594 |
1,960 |
610 |
3,950 |
1,232 |
|
Sri Lanka |
0 |
0 |
59 |
16 |
2,101 |
550 |
||
|
St Vincent & Grenadines |
||||||||
|
Sudan |
1,470 |
174 |
1,424 |
180 |
770 |
177 |
515 |
57 |
|
Surinam |
||||||||
|
Sweden |
7 |
2 |
127 |
44 |
||||
|
Switzerland |
5 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
69 |
18 |
348 |
88 |
|
Syria |
3,557 |
613 |
2,578 |
390 |
||||
|
Taiwan |
6,440 |
728 |
7,195 |
855 |
7,094 |
834 |
17,668 |
1,415 |
|
Tanzania United Rep |
361 |
125 |
802 |
217 |
2,586 |
1,005 |
||
|
Thailand |
5,134 |
1,319 |
5,043 |
1,535 |
4,349 |
848 |
22,400 |
5,655 |
|
Togo |
16,479 |
6,408 |
||||||
|
Trinidad & Tabago |
8,087 |
2,939 |
10,896 |
3,344 |
9,193 |
2,965 |
10,840 |
3,006 |
|
Tunisia |
1,120 |
363 |
968 |
350 |
381 |
52 |
849 |
240 |
|
Turkey |
2,202 |
333 |
3,094 |
530 |
1,916 |
354 |
4,636 |
975 |
|
Uganda |
568 |
92 |
123 |
19 |
||||
|
Ukraine |
||||||||
|
United Arab Emirates |
22,612 |
3,920 |
20,564 |
3,665 |
19,586 |
3,493 |
43,952 |
9,410 |
|
United Kingdom (incl GB and NI) |
203,187 |
64,399 |
215,740 |
65,596 |
216,836 |
66,629 |
207,102 |
56,675 |
|
United States |
1,969 |
398 |
55 |
4 |
2,623 |
403 |
46 |
6 |
|
Unknown (Non-EU) |
791 |
220 |
||||||
|
Uruguay |
486 |
73 |
445 |
58 |
621 |
80 |
136 |
17 |
|
Venezuela |
9,098 |
952 |
10,778 |
2,153 |
12,249 |
1,841 |
1,797 |
196 |
|
Vietnam |
10,489 |
2,565 |
13,058 |
3,219 |
29,062 |
4,132 |
34,459 |
3,689 |
|
Yemen |
4,432 |
1,227 |
4,098 |
699 |
4,100 |
780 |
2,905 |
309 |
|
Zambia |
554 |
166 |
697 |
200 |
1,304 |
538 |
||
|
Zimbabwe |
1,877 |
734 |
||||||
|
Grand Total |
953,037 |
224,916 |
889,212 |
191,583 |
967,403 |
187,708 |
1,924,835 |
480,949 |
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Jan-Jul 2018 |
|||||
|
Country |
€000 |
Tonnes |
€000 |
Tonnes |
€000 |
Tonnes |
€000 |
Tonnes |
|
Afghanistan |
2,996 |
1,861 |
4,815 |
3,012 |
6,329 |
3,096 |
3,283 |
1,807 |
|
Algeria |
9,424 |
4,546 |
16,093 |
7,635 |
26,468 |
9,819 |
11,065 |
4,818 |
|
Angola |
5,596 |
2,910 |
4,692 |
2,674 |
6,817 |
3,311 |
2,928 |
1,509 |
|
Argentina |
6,272 |
2,553 |
2,371 |
935 |
||||
|
Australia |
6,427 |
750 |
5,444 |
530 |
402 |
11 |
112 |
0 |
|
Austria |
5,997 |
2,478 |
5,853 |
2,413 |
4,641 |
1,390 |
4,197 |
1,285 |
|
Azerbaijan |
77 |
9 |
||||||
|
Bahrain |
2,031 |
237 |
1,663 |
200 |
1,601 |
125 |
481 |
46 |
|
Bangladesh |
2,322 |
1,138 |
1,739 |
959 |
7,921 |
3,664 |
5,370 |
3,577 |
|
Belgium |
6,428 |
1,885 |
7,450 |
2,442 |
9,791 |
3,347 |
6,822 |
2,497 |
|
Belize |
52 |
21 |
||||||
|
Benin |
566 |
223 |
1,935 |
1,033 |
3,153 |
1,572 |
142 |
93 |
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
0 |
0 |
||||||
|
Brazil |
918 |
276 |
777 |
208 |
233 |
74 |
1,699 |
582 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
407 |
239 |
||||||
|
Bulgaria |
305 |
95 |
490 |
143 |
||||
|
Burkina Faso |
5,285 |
2,505 |
5,734 |
3,204 |
9,612 |
4,472 |
6,481 |
3,621 |
|
Burma |
1,394 |
800 |
4,269 |
1,475 |
1,039 |
501 |
||
|
Cambodia |
830 |
111 |
1,617 |
113 |
275 |
24 |
||
|
Cameroon |
674 |
258 |
520 |
234 |
1,485 |
535 |
270 |
106 |
|
Canada |
7,222 |
893 |
7,960 |
787 |
7,208 |
733 |
4,072 |
498 |
|
Cape Verde |
290 |
100 |
195 |
75 |
458 |
152 |
487 |
150 |
|
Cayman Islands |
||||||||
|
Central African Republic |
50 |
28 |
23 |
14 |
||||
|
Ceuta |
80 |
52 |
||||||
|
Chad |
1,394 |
732 |
1,762 |
1,028 |
1,199 |
650 |
535 |
364 |
|
Chile |
5,006 |
510 |
5,634 |
592 |
4,758 |
625 |
2,452 |
295 |
|
China (incl Hong Kong) |
457,616 |
38,155 |
614,475 |
47,060 |
632,089 |
48,564 |
308,955 |
37,690 |
|
Colombia |
11,369 |
1,819 |
16,842 |
1,851 |
8,360 |
1,064 |
5,819 |
879 |
|
Congo |
3,319 |
1,006 |
4,035 |
1,367 |
8,520 |
3,352 |
2,708 |
1,497 |
|
Congo (Dem Rep) |
13,302 |
7,041 |
12,066 |
7,054 |
14,025 |
7,365 |
6,686 |
4,087 |
|
Costa Rica |
4,467 |
1,613 |
4,027 |
1,388 |
3,591 |
965 |
2,248 |
736 |
|
Croatia |
373 |
111 |
955 |
254 |
||||
|
Cuba |
3,082 |
1,340 |
||||||
|
Cyprus |
12 |
1 |
||||||
|
Czech Republic |
2,143 |
507 |
1,903 |
482 |
2,065 |
544 |
2,190 |
500 |
|
Denmark |
182 |
169 |
1,310 |
926 |
1,168 |
826 |
1,086 |
754 |
|
Dominica |
168 |
88 |
342 |
326 |
||||
|
Dominican Republic |
3,069 |
761 |
3,716 |
584 |
2,894 |
415 |
2,617 |
590 |
|
Ecuador |
2,650 |
352 |
3,850 |
367 |
1,871 |
208 |
948 |
119 |
|
Egypt |
8,704 |
2,792 |
8,929 |
3,190 |
8,136 |
3,675 |
4,982 |
2,548 |
|
El Salvador |
5,934 |
2,458 |
3,383 |
1,159 |
3,427 |
916 |
1,579 |
354 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
||||||||
|
Ethiopia |
355 |
59 |
550 |
148 |
729 |
80 |
205 |
24 |
|
Finland |
143 |
35 |
||||||
|
France |
53,453 |
18,570 |
63,057 |
21,963 |
76,634 |
27,942 |
46,779 |
15,104 |
|
Gabon |
553 |
299 |
426 |
249 |
1,769 |
860 |
589 |
369 |
|
Gambia |
1,273 |
654 |
1,378 |
802 |
3,481 |
1,738 |
1,693 |
938 |
|
Georgia |
155 |
69 |
178 |
97 |
46 |
21 |
||
|
Germany |
119,991 |
41,585 |
141,553 |
49,745 |
149,408 |
52,749 |
73,493 |
26,392 |
|
Ghana |
15,461 |
8,593 |
16,158 |
9,644 |
19,223 |
10,168 |
8,724 |
5,733 |
|
Gibraltar |
4 |
0 |
||||||
|
Greece |
1,282 |
185 |
1,611 |
446 |
1,904 |
599 |
1,381 |
543 |
|
Grenada |
45 |
16 |
||||||
|
Guam |
1 |
0 |
||||||
|
Guatemala |
4,290 |
761 |
9,206 |
1,501 |
8,584 |
1,912 |
4,367 |
931 |
|
Guinea |
767 |
368 |
1,216 |
656 |
2,984 |
1,484 |
3,114 |
1,742 |
|
Guinea Bissau |
35 |
15 |
||||||
|
Guyana |
94 |
50 |
311 |
100 |
77 |
25 |
||
|
Haiti |
0 |
0 |
||||||
|
Honduras |
591 |
49 |
809 |
406 |
75 |
6 |
||
|
Hungary |
39 |
6 |
35 |
6 |
52 |
7 |
45 |
9 |
|
Iceland |
95 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
||||
|
India |
0 |
0 |
47 |
25 |
||||
|
Indonesia |
7,397 |
2,868 |
7,106 |
2,876 |
3,833 |
1,347 |
3,319 |
1,129 |
|
Iran |
998 |
350 |
80 |
48 |
66 |
28 |
||
|
Iraq |
27,661 |
13,563 |
35,507 |
15,840 |
44,258 |
18,208 |
35,644 |
16,638 |
|
Israel |
22,230 |
3,259 |
25,060 |
2,788 |
24,087 |
2,816 |
15,230 |
1,850 |
|
Italy |
16,995 |
4,247 |
7,078 |
2,991 |
5,235 |
2,202 |
3,287 |
1,630 |
|
Ivory Coast |
2,593 |
1,404 |
5,308 |
3,058 |
10,922 |
5,490 |
5,918 |
3,593 |
|
Jamaica |
132 |
66 |
1,108 |
473 |
464 |
241 |
||
|
Japan |
282 |
170 |
45 |
22 |
130 |
65 |
||
|
Jordan |
20,667 |
3,757 |
19,462 |
3,644 |
15,130 |
2,997 |
11,270 |
2,817 |
|
Kenya |
1,409 |
675 |
622 |
285 |
2,405 |
1,356 |
563 |
281 |
|
Kuwait |
21,841 |
2,471 |
21,837 |
2,174 |
14,294 |
1,421 |
6,932 |
784 |
|
Latvia |
1,290 |
323 |
||||||
|
Lebanon |
5,921 |
1,811 |
7,362 |
2,534 |
6,820 |
1,898 |
3,296 |
1,117 |
|
Liberia |
797 |
447 |
1,245 |
765 |
1,108 |
563 |
652 |
378 |
|
Libya |
277 |
30 |
89 |
48 |
135 |
10 |
2,001 |
199 |
|
Lithuania |
1 |
0 |
||||||
|
Luxembourg |
||||||||
|
Madagascar |
359 |
190 |
465 |
167 |
||||
|
Malawi |
2,791 |
1,181 |
3,469 |
1,833 |
4,260 |
1,818 |
2,833 |
1,163 |
|
Malaysia |
35,407 |
9,185 |
32,004 |
9,107 |
27,205 |
11,411 |
19,478 |
9,396 |
|
Maldives |
||||||||
|
Mali |
21,680 |
11,695 |
23,783 |
14,116 |
29,099 |
15,742 |
19,714 |
12,966 |
|
Malta |
743 |
241 |
580 |
212 |
788 |
299 |
233 |
111 |
|
Marshall Islands |
402 |
208 |
||||||
|
Mauritania |
320 |
129 |
664 |
382 |
3,115 |
1,692 |
2,601 |
1,463 |
|
Mauritius |
101 |
45 |
665 |
301 |
1,256 |
448 |
1,038 |
378 |
|
Mexico |
10,910 |
2,015 |
27,199 |
9,307 |
5,759 |
1,005 |
3,841 |
1,280 |
|
Mongolia |
||||||||
|
Morocco |
146 |
84 |
498 |
341 |
140 |
75 |
34 |
24 |
|
Mozambique |
200 |
112 |
76 |
42 |
190 |
98 |
||
|
Namibia |
455 |
150 |
||||||
|
Nepal |
94 |
50 |
||||||
|
Netherlands |
193,876 |
68,221 |
205,733 |
73,455 |
237,420 |
81,925 |
133,241 |
49,534 |
|
New Caledonia |
||||||||
|
New Zealand |
4,958 |
1,744 |
4,857 |
2,934 |
173 |
31 |
468 |
24 |
|
Nicaragua |
1 |
0 |
63 |
5 |
||||
|
Niger |
46 |
26 |
2,723 |
1,557 |
9,659 |
4,918 |
3,357 |
2,012 |
|
Nigeria |
93,120 |
46,804 |
67,667 |
36,747 |
94,485 |
45,578 |
40,549 |
23,712 |
|
Norway |
||||||||
|
Occupied Palestine |
6,624 |
592 |
8,376 |
757 |
6,462 |
585 |
4,492 |
455 |
|
Oman |
7,460 |
1,068 |
9,846 |
849 |
10,809 |
1,108 |
5,616 |
728 |
|
Other (Non-EU) |
||||||||
|
Pakistan |
11,497 |
5,734 |
7,404 |
3,620 |
12,074 |
6,109 |
6,812 |
3,961 |
|
Panama |
4,222 |
351 |
4,518 |
349 |
4,310 |
457 |
2,684 |
228 |
|
Peru |
8,404 |
1,284 |
11,151 |
1,062 |
12,845 |
2,243 |
4,701 |
405 |
|
Philippines |
7,015 |
1,857 |
5,564 |
1,136 |
17,315 |
6,000 |
8,580 |
4,534 |
|
Poland |
93,834 |
32,354 |
97,757 |
29,673 |
83,574 |
31,292 |
39,316 |
14,487 |
|
Portugal |
2,203 |
587 |
2,525 |
673 |
2,225 |
590 |
1,538 |
393 |
|
Qatar |
5,000 |
562 |
4,998 |
470 |
5,317 |
453 |
2,724 |
269 |
|
Romania |
679 |
181 |
732 |
187 |
1,514 |
409 |
695 |
180 |
|
Russia |
31,093 |
10,244 |
46,160 |
14,755 |
46,108 |
13,260 |
12,556 |
4,220 |
|
Rwanda |
214 |
150 |
||||||
|
Saint Barthélemy |
||||||||
|
Sao Tome & Principe |
||||||||
|
Saudi Arabia |
128,180 |
13,122 |
96,851 |
10,772 |
102,972 |
12,439 |
48,944 |
5,601 |
|
Senegal |
39,605 |
20,016 |
46,582 |
25,906 |
51,099 |
24,525 |
28,446 |
16,460 |
|
Seychelles |
110 |
11 |
164 |
19 |
54 |
5 |
50 |
6 |
|
Sierra Leone |
308 |
74 |
281 |
158 |
||||
|
Singapore |
15,577 |
2,874 |
14,383 |
3,852 |
16,868 |
6,977 |
11,451 |
4,984 |
|
Slovakia |
116 |
21 |
71 |
13 |
33 |
6 |
||
|
Slovenia |
600 |
173 |
739 |
198 |
||||
|
Somalia |
396 |
44 |
585 |
107 |
648 |
73 |
570 |
65 |
|
South Africa |
6,657 |
3,390 |
8,211 |
4,633 |
10,026 |
5,243 |
6,849 |
3,873 |
|
South Korea |
50 |
23 |
240 |
111 |
968 |
332 |
469 |
97 |
|
Spain |
8,151 |
2,912 |
7,299 |
2,729 |
9,872 |
3,638 |
5,874 |
2,257 |
|
Sri Lanka |
13 |
5 |
||||||
|
St Vincent & Grenadines |
38 |
16 |
||||||
|
Sudan |
1,429 |
545 |
348 |
29 |
900 |
244 |
499 |
216 |
|
Surinam |
144 |
8 |
1,189 |
368 |
1,118 |
346 |
||
|
Sweden |
2 |
1 |
78 |
1 |
52 |
0 |
||
|
Switzerland |
2,636 |
639 |
2,358 |
558 |
2,845 |
733 |
1,860 |
550 |
|
Syria |
195 |
50 |
263 |
150 |
395 |
112 |
116 |
15 |
|
Taiwan |
15,950 |
1,585 |
19,309 |
1,607 |
19,096 |
2,042 |
10,404 |
1,188 |
|
Tanzania United Rep |
2,957 |
1,582 |
2,377 |
1,358 |
3,319 |
1,686 |
1,085 |
641 |
|
Thailand |
25,822 |
7,105 |
4,536 |
1,975 |
13,329 |
4,908 |
13,024 |
4,986 |
|
Togo |
12,329 |
6,543 |
11,165 |
6,507 |
11,752 |
5,916 |
7,990 |
4,824 |
|
Trinidad & Tabago |
10,519 |
2,986 |
7,156 |
2,498 |
7,906 |
2,756 |
3,152 |
1,119 |
|
Tunisia |
562 |
117 |
1,140 |
264 |
599 |
202 |
583 |
360 |
|
Turkey |
7,258 |
1,414 |
9,281 |
1,514 |
26,086 |
4,091 |
20,566 |
3,735 |
|
Uganda |
||||||||
|
Ukraine |
157 |
81 |
0 |
0 |
||||
|
United Arab Emirates |
27,605 |
7,894 |
32,670 |
12,908 |
51,156 |
19,184 |
18,108 |
7,186 |
|
United Kingdom (incl GB and NI) |
210,917 |
59,670 |
182,476 |
61,892 |
198,531 |
60,759 |
107,021 |
36,371 |
|
United States |
68 |
7 |
6,856 |
1,351 |
16,267 |
2,666 |
10,225 |
1,783 |
|
Unknown (Non-EU) |
259 |
27 |
1 |
1 |
119 |
13 |
||
|
Uruguay |
155 |
42 |
158 |
80 |
||||
|
Venezuela |
2,413 |
307 |
315 |
15 |
||||
|
Vietnam |
29,107 |
3,274 |
40,439 |
4,774 |
19,469 |
2,575 |
5,756 |
1,011 |
|
Yemen |
718 |
190 |
3,196 |
1,579 |
5,561 |
2,207 |
739 |
276 |
|
Zambia |
1,782 |
942 |
1,143 |
621 |
1,321 |
743 |
1,312 |
574 |
|
Zimbabwe |
1,073 |
554 |
919 |
555 |
1,421 |
756 |
765 |
460 |
|
Grand Total |
2,001,778 |
519,983 |
2,186,646 |
568,544 |
2,376,853 |
636,025 |
1,252,504 |
387,819 |
479. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in 2018, by month and company engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39631/18]
View answerMy Department does not employ External Public Relations firms. Public Relations advice is provided by my Department’s Press Office.
The vast bulk of my Department's advertising is in respect of press notices in the specialised farming press, provincial and national newspapers. This expenditure includes the publication of Statutory Notices that are required to comply with various national and EU legislative requirements. Decisions on the placement of notices are made on a case by case basis, depending on the nature of the advertisement and the target audience.
Detail requested by the Deputy of amount spent in 2018 to date is outlined in the table.
|
Name of Company engaged |
Amount spent € Online advertising |
Amount spent € Public awareness campaign |
|
Agriland |
2,460(1) |
1,230 |
|
Mediavest(2) |
1,000(3) |
110,955 |
|
Irish Farmers Monthly |
5,226 |
1,464 |
|
Recruit Ireland Ltd |
183 |
|
|
Irish Rural Link Co-operative Soc. as lead for the consortium running National Rural Network(4) |
16,809 |
|
|
Crann |
850 |
|
|
Durrow Communications Ltd |
3,690 |
|
|
FARM TV |
5,550 |
|
|
Forestry Yearbook |
1,218 |
|
|
Irish Timber Growers Association |
2,546 |
|
|
Millstreet Country Park |
750 |
|
|
Select Media |
3,296 |
|
|
Distilled SCH Classifieds (Done Deal) |
6,089 |
(1) Amount refers to online advertising for a Public Awareness Campaign
(2) In the main, the Department advertises through MediaVest, who hold the central Government contract for the provision of advertising services, but occasionally the Department deals with the service provider directly.
(3) Amount refers to online advertising for a Public Awareness Campaign
(4) Co-funded with the EU as a technical assistance measure under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020.
480. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to prohibit the use of shock collars for dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39659/18]
View answerUnder the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 a person is prohibited from causing unnecessary pain or suffering or endangering the health and welfare of any animal. The Act also provides that a person having possession of an animal must ensure that the animal is kept in a manner that safeguards its health and welfare.
SI No. 108 of 2014 provides for a ban on electro-immobilisation by means of any electrical equipment of an instrument which applies a sustained electric current or impulse directly to a live animal. Electrical stimulation or shock collars for training dogs are designed to produce lower stimuli lasting milliseconds rather than produce a sustained electric current.
The Deputy will be aware that I recently launched a consultation process for an Animal Welfare Strategy. The issue raised by the Deputy can be examined as part of this process.
481. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an areas of natural constraint scheme payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39660/18]
View answerAn application under the 2018 Basic Payments Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2018. Application for the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme is integrated into the Basic Payments Scheme application form and in order to apply for the ANC scheme applicants must tick the appropriate box on the online application form. My Department's records show that in the case of the person named no such tick or indication of application for the ANC scheme was made.
Following a review of the case, an application for the ANC scheme will now be accepted in this case.
482. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under GLAS will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39676/18]
View answerThe person named was approved under the GLAS 2 scheme with a contract start date of 1 January 2016.
The application was terminated on 11 January 2018 as the applicant failed to submit the required documentation to comply with GLAS requirements in relation to his commonage claim. The applicant appealed this decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office but the appeal was disallowed with the provision that it should be referred to the Commonage Implementation Committee (CIC). The case was referred to the CIC who advised that it had no role in the matter concerned.
483. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39677/18]
View answerAll applications for aquaculture licences are considered by my Department under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act, the 1933 Foreshore Act and applicable EU legislation. The legislation provides for a period of public and statutory consultation.
All applications in ‘Natura 2000’ areas i.e. areas designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and/or Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are required to be appropriately assessed for the purpose of environmental compliance with the EU Habitats and/or Birds Directives. The obligation to undertake an Appropriate Assessment derives from Article 6(3) and 6(4) of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC as transposed into Irish legislation by the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011. West of Ardara/Maas Road has been designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service as a Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive. An Appropriate Assessment report has been completed by the Marine Institute in respect of aquaculture applications located in or adjacent to the West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC and considers the risks posed by the proposed activities to the conservation features of the Natura 2000 site. The assessment process complies with best scientific practice.
My Department has prepared a draft Appropriate Assessment Conclusion Statement which outlines how it is proposed to manage aquaculture in the West of Ardara/Maas Road Special Area of Conservation in compliance with the Habitats Directive. This draft Conclusion Statement is available on my Department’s website at: Conclusion Statement
The Appropriate Assessment Conclusion Statement, which is currently in draft form, supplements the Appropriate Assessment report and should be read in conjunction with it. The Conclusion Statement will be finalised taking account, if appropriate, of any written submissions or observations made to my Department during the public and statutory consultation phase for aquaculture applications as they relate to the conservation features in the West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, and any other relevant information. The statutory and public consultation phase for aquaculture licence applications in this SAC is now concluded.
My Department is continuing to examine the aquaculture licence applications in the West of Ardara/ Maas Road SAC in accordance with the applicable legislation and full account is being taken of the engineering, scientific, environmental, legal and public policy aspects relevant to each application. Aquaculture projects in this SAC can only be authorised if they (individually or in combination with other plans or projects) do not give rise to significant adverse impacts on the integrity of the West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, having regard to its Conservation Objectives.
As the aquaculture licence applications in this Special Area of Conservation are under active consideration as part of a statutory process it would not be appropriate to comment further on the matter at this time.
484. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a balancing payment on a TAMS grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/18]
View answerThe person named made an application under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS on 12 January 2017. A letter dated 15 February 2017 issued to the applicant advising that the education documents supplied did not meet the educational requirements set out in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme to qualify for the grant of 60% under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme as distinct from the standard grant rate of 40% available under all other TAMS II measures. No further evidence was received.
A claim for payment was submitted on 29 January 2018 and payment of the 40% grant was made on the 29 March 2018. To date no documentary evidence of the educational requirements having being met has been received by my Department. Should such evidence be received the matter will be further considered.
