S.I. No. 106/2011 - Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th March, 2011.

I, BRENDAN SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 (2) of the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (No. 29 of 2001) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2007 (No. 705 of 2007)), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011.

2. The Schedule (as amended by the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 169 of 2008 )) to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (No. 29 of 2001) is amended—

(a) by inserting before “Animal, Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds” the following:

“Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme

Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS)”,

(b) by inserting after “Animal, Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds” the following:

“Bio Energy Scheme

Burren Farming for Conservation Programme

Dairy Efficiency Programme

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme”,

(c) by deleting “Bio Energy Scheme (excluding Willow)”,

(d) by deleting “Disadvantaged Areas Compensatory Allowances Scheme”,

(e) by deleting “Farm Improvement Programme (FIP) Horticulture”,

(f) by inserting after “Farm Improvement Scheme” the following:

“Forest Environment Protection Scheme (FEPS)

Forest Road Scheme

Grassland Sheep Scheme”,

(g) by deleting “Hygiene Standards (introduced May 1999)”,

(h) by deleting “Landslide Damage Relief Scheme for the Pullathomas Area of County Mayo”,

(i) by deleting “National Scheme of Installation Aid (SIA) (introduced December 1998)”,

(j) by deleting “National Scheme of Investment Aid for the Control of Farm Pollution (introduced June 1999)”,

(k) by deleting “National Scheme of Investment Aid for the Improvement of Dairy”,

(l) by inserting after “Installation Aid Scheme (IAS)” the following:

“Native Woodland Scheme

Neighbourwood Scheme”,

(m) by inserting “Reconstitution of Woodland Scheme” after “Organic Farming Scheme”,

(n) by deleting “Scheme of Grant-Aid for Investment in Alternative Enterprises”,

(o) by deleting “Scheme of Grant-Aid for Investments in Agri-Tourism”,

(p) by deleting “Scheme of Installation Aid (SIA)”,

(q) by deleting “Scheme of Investment Aid for the Control of Farm Pollution (CFP)”,

(r) by deleting “Scheme of Investment Aid for upgrading of On-Farm Dairying Facilities, and

(s) by inserting at the end of that Schedule ” the following:

“Sow Housing (Animal Welfare) Scheme

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS), including—

(a) the Dairy Equipment Scheme

(b) the Poultry Welfare Scheme

(c) the Sheep Fencing/Mobile Handling Equipment Scheme

(d) the Sow Housing Scheme, and

(e) the Water Harvesting/Conservation Scheme

Upland Sheep Payment Scheme

Woodland Improvement Scheme

Young Farmer’s Installation Scheme”,

and, for convenience of reference, the Schedule, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE

SCHEDULE

Schemes

Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme

Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS)

Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds

Bio Energy Scheme

Burren Farming for Conservation Programme

Dairy Efficiency Programme

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme

EU Area Aid Scheme (including the Arable Aid Scheme)

EU De-seasonalisation Slaughter Premium Scheme

EU Ewe Premium Scheme

EU Extensification Premium Scheme

EU Slaughter Premium Scheme

EU Special Beef Premium Scheme

EU Suckler Cow Premium Scheme

Farm Improvement Scheme

Forest Environment Protection Scheme (FEPS)

Forest Road Scheme

Grassland Sheep Scheme

Installation Aid Scheme (IAS)

Native Woodland Scheme

Neighbourwood Scheme

Non-valuation aspects of the On-Farm Valuation Scheme for TB and Brucellosis Reactors

Organic Farming Scheme

Reconstitution of Woodland Scheme

Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS)

Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming

Scheme of Grant-Aid for the Development of the Organic Sector

Scheme of Grant-Aid for Improvements in Animal Welfare Standards (Sow Housing)

Scheme of Investment Aid for Farm Waste Management (FWM)

Scheme of Investment Aid for the Improvement of Dairy Hygiene Standards (DHS)

Scheme of Investment Aid in Alternative Enterprises (Housing and Handling Facilities) (AES)

Scheme of Investment Aid for Demonstration On-Farm Waste Processing Facilities

Single Payment Scheme, excluding Article 37(2), 40 and 42 of Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003

Sow Housing (Animal Welfare) Scheme

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS), including—

(a) the Dairy Equipment Scheme

(b) the Poultry Welfare Scheme

(c) the Sheep Fencing/Mobile Handling Equipment Scheme

(d) the Sow Housing Scheme, and

(e) the Water Harvesting/Conservation Scheme

Upland Sheep Payment Scheme

Woodland Improvement Scheme

Young Farmer’s Installation Scheme

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 March 2011.

BRENDAN SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011

These Regulations, entitled as above, amend the Schedule to the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 . The Schedule to the Act specifies the Schemes that are covered by the Act. It is now necessary to amend the Schedule to the Act to include new schemes being administered by the Department.