This document summarizes upcoming reforms to the EU agriculture policy and their implications for Irish agriculture. Key points include:
- The EU agriculture budget for 2014-2020 will remain at 2013 levels despite economic crisis. Ireland receives €1.8 billion, with €1.3 billion for direct payments and €350 million for rural development.
- Direct payments will be redistributed across EU members to reduce disparities, with Ireland's payments per hectare expected to decrease significantly under the new system.
- 30% of the budget will be dedicated to "greening" incentives to protect the environment and climate. This brings new requirements around crop diversification, grasslands, and ecological focus areas.
- Definitions of an "
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3) Realizing commercial synergies by offering integrated solutions to clients.
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4. Conclusions
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Greystones Harbour in Ireland has a long history of silting and wall collapses dating back to 1888. Studies were conducted from the 1980s to 1999 to determine how to repair the harbour. In 2005, plans were approved to build a new harbour that would serve as a focal point for the expanding town. Construction began in 2008 and faced challenges from storms, but the new harbour opened in November 2011. It includes 230 berths, a boardwalk, beach, homes, shops and other facilities, and was completed with little government funding.
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- Some routes will be amalgamated and extended to improve connectivity and efficiency. For example, routes 83 and 19 will be combined into a single route with a 10 minute peak frequency.
- Real-time passenger information and integrated ticketing systems will be implemented to improve the customer experience.
- Marketing campaigns will promote the revised network and encourage ridership.
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Derek Mitchell provides updates on several development projects in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The new harbour has opened, providing boat access and parking. Construction is underway on a new primary healthcare center. Irish Rail is installing fencing along the coastal walk for safety but will work to keep pedestrian access open at Breeches Bridge. A new secondary school will be built for 2014 in response to population growth.
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1) The Greystones Harbour development has unveiled new boat access facilities including slipways and parking, with more areas scheduled to open later.
2) A new secondary school will be built in Greystones by 2014 to address growing demand. Mitchell advocates for an Educate Together model.
3) Traffic congestion at the M11/N11 junction is a serious problem, and Mitchell discusses short and long term plans to improve capacity and merging lanes. However, local opposition has delayed the short term solution.
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2. Challenges
3. Policy Implications
4. Conclusions
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Greystones Harbour in Ireland has a long history of silting and wall collapses dating back to 1888. Studies were conducted from the 1980s to 1999 to determine how to repair the harbour. In 2005, plans were approved to build a new harbour that would serve as a focal point for the expanding town. Construction began in 2008 and faced challenges from storms, but the new harbour opened in November 2011. It includes 230 berths, a boardwalk, beach, homes, shops and other facilities, and was completed with little government funding.
The document summarizes proposed changes to bus routes in the North West area of Dublin. Key points include:
- Routes will be redesigned based on customer demand to provide more direct services and consistent frequencies.
- Some routes will be amalgamated and extended to improve connectivity and efficiency. For example, routes 83 and 19 will be combined into a single route with a 10 minute peak frequency.
- Real-time passenger information and integrated ticketing systems will be implemented to improve the customer experience.
- Marketing campaigns will promote the revised network and encourage ridership.
Derek Mitchell provides updates on several development projects in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The new harbour has opened, providing boat access and parking. Construction is underway on a new primary healthcare center. Irish Rail is installing fencing along the coastal walk for safety but will work to keep pedestrian access open at Breeches Bridge. A new secondary school will be built for 2014 in response to population growth.
Derek Mitchell provides updates on several development projects in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The new harbour has opened, providing boat access and parking. Construction is underway on a new primary healthcare center. Irish Rail is installing fencing along the coastal walk for safety but will work to keep pedestrian access open at Breeches Bridge. A new secondary school will be built for 2014 in response to population growth.
Derek Mitchell provides updates on several infrastructure projects and issues in Greystones and the surrounding areas:
1) The Greystones Harbour development has unveiled new boat access facilities including slipways and parking, with more areas scheduled to open later.
2) A new secondary school will be built in Greystones by 2014 to address growing demand. Mitchell advocates for an Educate Together model.
3) Traffic congestion at the M11/N11 junction is a serious problem, and Mitchell discusses short and long term plans to improve capacity and merging lanes. However, local opposition has delayed the short term solution.
The document summarizes the history of Greystones Harbour from its construction in 1888 to plans for its redevelopment in 2013. It details periods of silting, storms that damaged the harbor, and various plans proposed from the 1960s onwards to redevelop the harbor. It provides updates on construction of the new harbor from 2008 to 2011, highlighting the harbor's completion without government funding and its role as a focal point and leisure attraction for the expanding town.
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The document provides background information and context for developing a framework plan for a 6.28 hectare site located at the junction of Swords Road and Collins Avenue in Dublin. It describes the site's history, demographics of the area, existing open spaces and neighborhood facilities. An analysis of the site and surrounding area will inform the creation of a vision, structuring concept and strategies to guide future development of the lands.
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1. EU agriculture policy reform:
Implications for Irish agriculture
Mairead McGuinness MEP
Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary.
March 8, 2012
2. Content of presentation
• EU Budget 2014-2020
• Proposal for reform of Direct Payments
• Rural Development
• Market Measures
• Key areas of concern for Ireland
• Process/timing
3. Budget
• Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
• Difficult negotiations
• Agriculture budget set at 2013 levels-proposal
• Economic crisis backdrop
• Agriculture 40% EU Budget, 0.5% EU GDP
4. Budget 2
• Ireland: €1.8 billion from CAP budget
• Direct Payments: €1.3 billion
• Rural Development: €350 million
5. Budget 3
• Additional funding for agriculture under
research and innovation budget, food
safety, food for deprived persons
• European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
• Crisis reserve in agriculture sector
6. Redistribution of Direct Payments
• Fairness between Member States
• Closing the gap: Commission proposal to
bring Member States below 90% of the EU
average payment one third of the way to
90%
• By reducing funds to Member States
above 100% of EU average
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11. Direct Payments post-2013
• Current entitlements abolished December
2013
• New entitlements established in 2014
based on hectares farmed in 2014 - linked
to 2011 application
• Value established by complex formula
12. New entitlements
• National envelope
- Greening 30%
- Young farmers 2%
- Recoupling 5%
- Areas of natural constraints 5%
- National reserve 3%
- Small farmer scheme
- Basic payment
13. Convergence
• Flat-rate payment per hectare by 2019
• Greening payment
• Further 40% flattening
• Massive redistribution between farmers
• Impact on production
14. Greening of CAP
• 30% of budget
• 3 greening criteria:
- Crop diversification – 3 crops, min. 5%,
max. 70%
- Maintenance of permanent grassland
- Ecological focus areas = 7% eligible area
i.e. field margins, hedges, trees, fallow
land, buffer strips, landscape features
• Extra bureaucracy
15. Active Farmer Definition
• Defined at EU level: Court of Auditors
• Does not apply where Direct Payments are less
than €5,000
• No payment where:
• Direct Payment makes up 5% of total
receipts in most recent fiscal year
• Do not carry out minimum activity
16. Capping of Direct
Payments
• Maximum Single Farm Payment - €300,000
• Amounts reduced as follows:
– 20 % between €150,000 and up to €200,000
– 40 % between €200,000 and up to €250,000
– 70 % between €250,000 and up to €300,000
– 100 % for amounts in excess of €300,000
– salaries paid are subtracted when establishing
the threshold payment
• Excludes greening payment
17. Rural Development
• Six EU-wide priorities:
– knowledge transfer and innovation
– enhancing competitiveness
– food chain organisation and risk
management
– focus on ecosystems
– resource efficiency and climate friendly
agriculture
– promoting social inclusion and economic
development in rural areas
18. Rural Development projects
• European Innovation Partnership (EIP)
• Farm Advisory Services
• Young farmers:
– Start-up grants
– Training and advisory services
• Business start-up for small farmers
• Risk management: animal disease mutual
fund, weather and crop insurance.
19. Funding
• Co-financing:
– Training & advisory services
– 50% in regions for most payments (85% - outermost
regions)
• Higher co-financing rate - up to 80% for:
– Training, advisory services, knowledge transfer and
information actions
– Start-up for young farmer and producer groups
– LEADER
• Up to 100% co-financing for innovative actions - financed
with funds from capping in Pillar I
• Minimum of 5% to be spent on LEADER
• Minimum of 25% for climate change mitigation and adaption
and land management measures
20. Market Measures
• Measures as a safety net
• New safeguard clause for all sectors - enables
Commission to take emergency measures
• Crisis reserve fund (existing outside the CAP)
• Sugar regime expires September 2015
• Milk quota abolition
• Recognition of Producer Organisations and inter-
branch organisations extended to all sectors
21. Irish position
• Maintain share of CAP Budget
• Timeframe for convergence
• Flexibility
• Greening
• Active farmers
• Market measures
22. Approximation
• Based on Commission approach to
redistribution between Member States
• Irish model: maximum gain of 25%, maximum
loss of 15%
– highest gains for those on lowest
payments
– highest losses for those on highest
payments
23. Negotiating Process
• Co-decision
• Timeframe – Council
and Parliament digesting
proposals
• Response by summer
• Agriculture Committee of EP vote on position
in autumn
• Negotiations with Council early 2013 – Irish
Presidency
24. “Long term prospects for agriculture will not
improve if farmers cannot reverse the
steadily decreasing trend in their share of the
value added generated by the food supply
chain. Indeed, the share of agriculture in the
food supply chain has decreased from 29%
in 2000 to 24% in 2005, while over the same
period the share of the food industry,
wholesale and the distribution sector have all
increased”
Source: European Commission Communication on the CAP