Results 2,001-2,020 of 18,449 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL) of my Department routinely monitors TB in wild or domestic species submitted to it and, in recent years, TB has been diagnosed in farmed Alpaca, goats, domestic sheep and in wild species. However, in the majority of wild species where TB has occasionally been detected, such as rabbits, rats and foxes, these animals are considered to be merely...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The herd of the person concerned was restricted on 22 May 2008. To date 24 animals have been removed as reactors and compensation amounting to approximately â¬30,000 is due under the On Farm Market compensation scheme. In addition, the person concerned may also be eligible for payment under the Income Supplement and Hardship Grant Schemes. Under the TB and Brucellosis Eradication Scheme...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: My Department has accepted tenders electronically for a number of tendering procedures and I expect the level of usage to increase significantly over the coming years.
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Since my appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the 7 May 2008 I have not used public transport while on official business.
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Expenditure for my Department since the 1st January 2008 on public transport is as follows. Bus Ferry Taxi Train Airfares â¬10,108.59 â¬2,061.09 â¬64,703.95 â¬61,452.54 â¬563,768.50 Of the total expenditure for airfares, refunds totalling â¬188,929.25 were received from the EU relating to flight costs for official EU business.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The person named is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership Agreement, Towards 2016.
- Written Answers — Installation Aid Scheme: Installation Aid Scheme (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Only fully completed applications made under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme and received up to and including 14 October 2008 will be processed by my Department.
- Written Answers — Installation Aid Scheme: Installation Aid Scheme (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Only fully completed applications made under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme and received up to and including 14 October 2008 will be processed by my Department.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Additional documentation has been requested from the person concerned. Until this documentation is received, the application cannot be processed any further.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: My officials have asked the person named to submit her REPS record sheets for examination. This is a normal requirement. The initial request by my officials was made on 19 September last but not all of the required documentation was submitted. My Department wrote again to the person named on 28 October and I understood that the outstanding documents are to be submitted this week. The...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (11 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The original Government decision on the decentralisation of the Department was that some 600 headquarters posts would move to Portlaoise; some 100 posts in the Cork local offices would move to Fermoy; and that some 100 posts in laboratories in Cork and Limerick would move to Macroom. The decision regarding Bord Bia was that it would move to Enniscorthy involving some 80 posts. The Fisheries...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 12th May 2008. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing these Schemes, this application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The file is currently being processed and payment...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Early Retirement Scheme has been suspended for new applications, but it has not been closed, and the decision to suspend entry to the scheme will be reviewed as soon as the current budgetary constraints allow.
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The development in question is divided into a number of phases. One of the phases relates to the proposed construction of a training wall. The Marine Licence Vetting Committee, which advises my Department on scientific/environmental matters, has recommended an alternative approach to the construction of the training wall and this matter is being examined by my Department. However as the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Where a valid application has been submitted, advance payments of 75% under the EU regulations governing the Organic Farming Scheme can issue only when all administrative checks on all 2008 applications for REPS, the Organic Farming Scheme and the Single Payment Scheme are completed. This work is still ongoing with a view to beginning payment this month. The balancing 25% payment will...
- Written Answers — Fallen Animal Collection Scheme: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: In the aftermath of the EU ban in November 2000 on the feeding of MBM to cattle, the Exchequer supported the livestock and meat sector by subsidizing the rendering and destruction of the product (costing â¬146m between 2001 and 2003), as did most other EU countries. The costs of dealing with MBM have since largely been passed back to industry. The storage of MBM cost the State â¬25.3m in...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: Advance payments of 75% under the EU regulations governing REPS 4 can only issue when all administrative checks on all 2008 applications for REPS 4 and the 2008 Single Payment Scheme are completed. This work is still ongoing with a view to beginning payment this month. The balancing 25% payment will follow when all 2008 REPS on-farm inspections have taken place.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 12th May 2008. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing these Schemes, this application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The file is currently being processed and payment...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 15th May 2008. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing these Schemes, this application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The advance payment under the Single Payment...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2008)
Brendan Smith: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received in this case on the 24th April 2008. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing these Schemes, this application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The file is currently being processed and payment will...