Results 121-140 of 179 for waste management speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Enterprises (12 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...to meet the Food Harvest 2020 targets. We need to use land more productively and encourage more young farmers to make the best use of the land. A recent EU Commission study found that ‘younger[farm] managers tend to perform better than the EU average, with 46% more area and 57% more economic potential for 21% more labour force’ [[1] Commission Staff Working Paper, Impact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Sector (18 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...years. Teagasc has responded well to this demand have introduced new courses to cater for a variety of needs. For example Teagasc has recently launched a new Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management (Level 7) in association with University College Dublin (UCD). Teagasc have also developed recently a new Level 6 Specific Purpose Certificate in Farm Administration course to help meet...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Transfers (13 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...years. Teagasc has responded well to this demand have introduced new courses to cater for a variety of needs. For example Teagasc has recently launched a new Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management (Level 7) in association with University College Dublin (UCD). Teagasc have also developed recently a new Level 6 Specific Purpose Certificate in Farm Administration course to help meet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Expenditure Allocation 2013: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...The Irish Times today which suggests there has been a 40% cut in schemes in the past five years. It is important to answer articles like this so that people understand the reality. If one takes the farm waste management scheme, which was for a specific purpose and cost €413 million, and if one takes out the administrative budget for the cost of delivering these schemes in terms of...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Motion (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...what the Irish dairy industry has achieved since the mid-1980s, when it has been restricted from expansion and growth and achieving economies of scale and all of the other efficiencies Fonterra has managed to deliver in New Zealand. Because we have not been able to increase volume, we have focused on adding value. That is the reason companies, like Carbery Group in Cork, are now...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Services Provision (4 Oct 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...by my Department are cross reported to the Local Authorities. My Department is also working with Cork County Council in preparing an application to the Environmental Protection Agency under the Waste Management Act for a landfill licence in respect of the East Tip of Haulbowline Island. As part of Public Service (Croke Park) Action Plan my Department is examining the scope for broader...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Sep 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...detailing how much food an animal needs to be fed or what type of accommodation it should have, this can be done through codes of practice and updated as necessary without touching the principal Act, a process that would waste the House's time. We have seen the result of that type of thinking. The current proposed approach whereby general requirements are laid down, which can, if...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...practice will be involved. Veterinarians have varying levels of experience and qualifications. If one is to carry out a farm inspection, one needs to understand how farming, livestock management and husbandry work, and one must have an understanding of all the associated regulations. I would like to see veterinary nurses having a role with regard to animal cruelty outside the farm...

Written Answers — Agriculture Scheme Payments: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Jul 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...Premium €2,158.40 Forestry NDP Support Schemes Forest Owners €81,532.14 Grassland Sheep Scheme €547,809.94 Housing/Handling for Alternative Enterprise €26,356.90 NDP-Farm Waste Management €1,344,916.63 RDP Afforestation Programme €2,146,093.53 Agri -Environment Programme €5,679,032.71 Special Beef Premium €2,452.98 SCRAPIE COMPENSATION €5,208.00 Single Farm...

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (10 Jul 2012)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned was an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme and received grant aid in respect of certain investments under the Scheme during the period 2009-2011. However, grant-aid was refused in relation to the completion of a slatted cubicle house as this investment had not been the subject of a grant-aid application when the Scheme closed. The person named appealed this...

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (3 Jul 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...a platform for the advancement of the green economy in Ireland over the medium to longer term. Key areas covered in the Framework include sustainable consumption and production; conservation and management of natural resources; climate change and clean energy; sustainable agriculture; sustainable transport; social inclusion, sustainable communities and spatial planning; education,...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jun 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...IT) 1.1 .20 0.9 Laboratories Backweston 1.5 .16 1.34 Installation Aid - 2000/06 scheme .10 .03 .07 Installation Aid - 2007/13 scheme .05 .12 -.007 Farm Improvement Scheme .30 1.88 -1.58 Waste Processing Facilities Scheme .30 0.00 .30 Dairy Hygiene Scheme .05 .006 .044 Alternative Enterprises .05 0.00 .05 Animal Welfare (pig welfare) Scheme .20 .12 .08 Horticulture Grants...

Written Answers — Harbour Charges: Harbour Charges (17 May 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...to contribute significantly to the provision of port reception facilities in the port, whether any particular ship avails of facilities or not. This obligation to pay charges for disposal of waste ensures that waste is not dumped at sea in an effort to reduce harbour charges. The requirements for management of waste are directed by EC Directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities for...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...12,910 27,076 12,402 3,512 1,250 Dairy Hygiene Scheme 4,654 3,539 375 7 50 Horticulture Grants Scheme 5,628 2,291 1,992 3,013 3,250 Organic Sector Grants Scheme 1,495 1,500 980 541 1,000 Farm Waste Management Scheme 413,738 292,763 298,149 32,640 300 Marketing and Processing Industry Grants Scheme 28,909 37,982 21,647 15,532 18,500 Forestry & Biofuels 125,508 119,080 120,612 116,459...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (10 May 2012)

Simon Coveney: Finding practical and implementable solutions to the wasteful practice of discarding fish is a major priority issue for me. It is an important element of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy which is currently under consideration at the EU Fisheries Council and the EU Parliament. On the 8th of November last , I launched the Irish "discard" atlas, which is a detailed compendium of...

Written Answers — Fishing Discards: Fishing Discards (3 May 2012)

Simon Coveney: Finding practical and implementable solutions to the wasteful practice of discarding fish is a major priority issue for me. It is an important element of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy which is currently under consideration at the EU Fisheries Council and the EU Parliament. Ireland has been to the forefront in the drive to reduce and eliminate discards and has taken a number of...

Written Answers — Phosphorus Levels: Phosphorus Levels (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...place on farms. The overall usage of fertiliser phosphorus in Agriculture in Ireland has decreased from 62,000 tons in 1995 to 29,000 tons in 2010. In relation to the recovery of phosphate from waste water treatment systems, I am advised that it is both difficult and expensive to separate out phosphorus on its own from waste water systems. However as it tends to be bound up in sewage...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (2 Feb 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...the making of the bye-laws to assist the company in controlling unauthorised activities on Coillte property, examples of which included indiscriminate illegal dumping of domestic and commercial waste, damage to security barriers and property and inappropriate operation of All Terrain Vehicles such as quad bikes and motorbike scrambling. In relation to consultation, while Coillte consulted...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2012)

Simon Coveney: 1The person referred to by the Deputy is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. The grant payment in question has been the subject of an appeal to both the Agriculture Appeals Office and the Office of the Ombudsman which have upheld the decision of my Department not to pay the grant amount concerned.

Written Answers — State Veterinary Laboratories: State Veterinary Laboratories (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...of aborted bovine foetuses, which involves dealing with infectious diseases. The Cork and Limerick RVLs were in urgent need of upgrade works to comply with environmental standards for the management of laboratory waste. The total estimated spend on both contracts is €414,000. These works commenced during October 2011, with a 10 weeks completion time, during which time it was not possible...