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Written Answers 14 May 2015 Written Answers. The following are questions tabled by Members for written response and the ministerial replies as received on the day from the Departments [unrevised]. 14/05/2015WRA00100Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, answered orally. 14/05/2015WRA00450Ash Dieback Threat 14/05/2015WRA005007. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of ash trees that have been destroyed as a result of ash dieback since January 2013; and the number that were hedgerow, privately owned or planted under the rural environment protection scheme. [16838/15] 14/05/2015WRA00600Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): To date, ap- proximately 693 hectares of ash forestry plantations have been cleared and replanted with alter- native species. A high proportion of the areas cleared were plantations which were associated with infected imported batches but which were not necessarily infected. These associated plan- tations were destroyed on a precautionary basis. Out of a total of 59 findings in forestry planta- tions, all were privately owned apart from one Coillte site. Infected ash has also been destroyed in privately owned non-forestry locations such as horticultural nurseries, gardens and farm / agri-environment plantings. There have also been findings in ash planted along roadsides which have been subject to eradication measures. In relation to ash planted under the Rural Environ- ment Protection Scheme the data is not available specifically for ash trees. We do know how- ever, that 23 cases of Chalara have been found on Farm planting/Agri-environment sites. With regard to hedgerows I can confirm that 4 cases of infection in hedgerows have been identified, all of which are associated with sites planted with infected imported material. Questions Nos. 8 and 9 answered orally. 14/05/2015WRA00750Bovine Disease Controls 14/05/2015WRA0080010. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is committed to introducing a national plan to eradicate infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. [18582/15] 14/05/2015WRA00900Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): My Depart- ment is aware of moves by certain member states toward the introduction of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) Eradication Programmes. In this regard, I have requested Teagasc to un- dertake an appropriate cost benefit analysis of the impact of the introduction of an IBR control/ eradication programme in Ireland. This analysis will cover a number of areas, including (i) the costs associated with the loss of the live export trade in calves and weanling to EU markets and (ii) the on-farm losses associated with reduced output on farms. I am hopeful that this study 87 Questions - Written Answers will be completed in 2015. In view of the importance attached to the live export trade, Animal Health Ireland has developed a series of information leaflets providing veterinary practitioners, farmers and their advisers with up to date information on IBR and its control. I would urge all concerned to adopt the advice in this leaflet with a view to minimising the impact of this disease. Questions Nos. 11 and 12 answered orally. 14/05/2015WRA01050GLAS Administration 14/05/2015WRA0110013. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has, at this late stage, introduced a marking system for the evaluation of applications under tier 3 of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; his views that it is proportion- ate; if he acknowledges the burden it is placing on applicants and their planners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/15] 14/05/2015WRA01200Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): The use of ranking for selection has always been a requirement of the GLAS Scheme. The ranking system itself has not changed – it remains the case that Tier 1 receives priority over Tier 2 and Tier 2 over Tier 3. The Terms and Conditions of the Scheme have always made specific reference to the use of selection criteria in the ranking process and the most recent communications, which were included in a circular to all advisors, simply makes it clear that for Tranche 1 their use will be confined to Tier 3 applications. This is the minimum required under the terms of the agreed Rural Development Programme. The selection criteria in question are included in the RDP and were discussed with the RDP Monitoring Committee some weeks ago, which includes representatives of the various stake- holder interests. I am happy that what has been proposed is both fair and proportionate. I do not accept that it lays an undue burden upon applicants or their advisers: in that regard, my Depart- ment has provided all advisers with a ready reckoner to allow them to predict the scores for the various applications they have prepared very quickly. This will allow them to confirm that each exceeds the required pass-mark and will also help them decide whether they should make any changes before submission. For example, the selection of key actions that guarantee promotion from Tier 3 to Tier 2 is an established and well-recognised feature of GLAS, and one which both the Department and the Minister have consistently encouraged as a means of significantly increasing the probability of selection in this Tranche. As we approach the closing date for GLAS it is important that farmers and their advisors critically review their applications to ensure that the best possible projects are presented to the Department. 14/05/2015WRA01250Fish Quotas 14/05/2015WRA0130014. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the representations his Department has made to the European Union in respect of bluefin tuna quotas, with permission to develop a catch-and-release angling tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18628/15] 14/05/2015WRA01400Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): My Depart- ment has been in communication with the European Commission on this subject since Sep- tember of last year. The unequivocal advice we have received from them is that a recreational fishery for bluefin tuna is not legally possible in the absence of a national bluefin tuna quota. 88 14 May 2015 We do not have such a quota and it is extremely unlikely that we could obtain one as it would involve reducing the share of the Total Allowable Catch of those Member States that do have quota and for whom bluefin is an important commercial fishery. There would be no support from any quarter for any action by Ireland that might lead to an increase in bluefin mortal- ity. The only possible option remaining would be a tag and release programme that would not impact on mortality and would contribute to the overall scientific knowledge of this species. A case would have to be made in the first instance at EU level and only if successful there could it be pursued with ICCAT. Even the most scientifically robust case will be difficult to progress at EU level given the sensitivities around this stock, with those Member States for whom this is an important commercial fishery completely opposed to any activity that could even possibly impact on the stock. Consequently, careful consideration needs to be given to how a case can be put together to, in the first instance, reassure our EU colleagues that there would not be any negative impact on the stock. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, who have re- sponsibility for angling, are currently examining the proposal from the Irish Big Game Angling Association and I look forward to hearing their views. My Department will continue to liaise closely with DCENR and relevant stakeholders on this matter to consider who would be in a position to undertake the detailed work required to prepare a case on how a possible tag and release scheme might work in practice which will need to cover issues such as the possible scope of the scheme in terms of seasons and numbers, how fish are handled etc. 14/05/2015WRA01450Skills Development 14/05/2015WRA0150015. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine re- garding the research carried out by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, which found there is a need to upskill young persons to facilitate the 10,000 new jobs to be created by 2020, the supports he will put in place to facilitate new entrants in the marine economy; if he will increase supports for those on the new farmer’s scheme in aquaculture, in view of the fact that according to new entrants, the €25,000 currently allocated to them is not sufficient to facilitate new farm- ers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18631/15] 14/05/2015WRA01600Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney): Under the Action Plan for Jobs 2014, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs committed to undertaking an assessment of the profile and diversity of the occupations and skills requirements of enter- prises in the different sectors that make up the Marine economy. Its April 2015 report – ‘A Study of the Current and Future Skills Requirements of the Marine/Maritime Economy to 2020’, notes that in the seafood sector in particular, the workforce is ageing and this will present a skills dif- ficulty unless measures are put in place to attract and upskill younger workers. On 27 March 2015, I announced plans for a new €241 million development programme for the seafood sector for the period up to 2020, co-funded by the EU through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
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