Results 2,121-2,140 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The son of the person named has been notified that the circumstances outlined in his application for force majeure-exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 did not satisfy the criteria for that measure. He has also been advised that he can appeal my Department's decision to the single payment appeals committee who will carry out a full review of the...

Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested has been forwarded to the Deputy. As can be seen from the following tabular statement, while there is some variation at county level, overall the incidence of TB has fallen consistently since 1998 from 4.2 reactors per 1,000 to 2.6 in 2004. The progress made is due to a number of factors, including the continued co-operation from all parties with the eradication...

Written Answers — Women in Agriculture: Women in Agriculture (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: In 1999, my predecessor established an advisory committee to advise on the role of women in agriculture and rural communities. Membership of the advisory committee was drawn from a wide variety of relevant governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. The advisory committee's report, published in September 2000, contained 36 recommendations in total, covering a very broad range of policy...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is currently in the fourth year of his REPS 2 contract. The question relates to his REPS 1 contract, which commenced on 1 September 1995. A penalty imposed on him following an inspection meant that his entire fifth year payment should have been withheld. However my Department issued the payment in error. The payment was then cancelled, but through an oversight my Department...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has occasionally given a small measure of financial support to assist organisers of agricultural shows, and is prepared to continue to consider further requests on a case by case basis.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The details of the companies in question are contained in the following schedule: 2000 South Western Services Group Mullinahone Co-Op Coillte Teoranta Animal Sciences Group Farm Relief Services Deloitte & Touche Irish Dairy Board IBS Consulting Services PricewaterhouseCoopers 2001 Premier Proteins Western Proteins NBP Cashel Munster Proteins Slaney Proteins Monnery...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The named person is an applicant for grant aid under the farm waste management scheme. Documentation in support of his application for payment has been requested from the applicant by my Department. Payment will issue when it is established that the investment works concerned meet all the conditions and requirements of the scheme.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: It was a requirement of the 1994 scheme of early retirement from farming that an applicant have practised farming as a main occupation for the ten years before his-her retirement. For the purposes of the scheme, farming as a main occupation was interpreted as deriving at least half of total income from the farm, with off-farm work taking up less than half of all working time. The person made...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application on 28 October 2004 for consideration of his circumstances under the second tranche of the force majeure-exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment scheme. The single payment unit informed him that the circumstances outlined did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure-exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC)...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland, ACBI, certificate award has not been placed on the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland's — NQAI — framework. In the absence of this ACBI certificate being placed on the NQAI's national framework of qualifications, it cannot be used to assist in meeting the qualification requirements set out for young trained farmers' stamp duty relief.

Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: While the existing wildlife strategy has contributed to a reduction in the incidence of bovine TB, it is accepted that the development of a vaccine for badgers is as a prerequisite if eradication of tuberculosis from the cattle population is to be achieved. In view of this, drawing on the latest national and international developments in immunology and molecular biology, a badger vaccine...

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Bovine viral diarrhoea, BVD, is a disease of cattle caused by a pestivirus. The severity of disease depends on the age of the animal at the time of exposure to infection and may range from being mild or inapparent to causing reproductive failure in pregnant females or to being highly fatal in some persistently infected animals. BVD vaccines are available and vaccination programmes are an...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The rate of pension payable under the 1994 scheme of early retirement from farming is the maximum amount provided for by the EU Council regulation under which the scheme was introduced. My Department's original proposals for the current early retirement scheme, which commenced on 27 November 2000 and is one of the measures in the CAP rural development plan for the period 2000-06, included...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Payments under the single payment scheme are scheduled to commence on 1 December 2005. A single payment application form has been received from the registered herd owner together with an application to consolidate his entitlements. A statement of provisional entitlements issued to the registered herd owner on 6 August 2004, indicating that he has 48.04 entitlements with a total net value of...

Written Answers — Noxious Weeds: Noxious Weeds (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 857, 859 and 864 together. The Noxious Weeds Act 1936 provides for the control of the spread of the following six weeds, including ragwort: thistle, ragwort and dock — 1937 order; common barbery — 1958 order; male wild hop plant — 1965 order; wild oat — 1973 order. Under this Act, it is an offence not to prevent the spread of certain weeds, which are...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application for premium on 36 animals under the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme was lodged under the above herd number on 28 April 2004. The advance payment of €4,841.64 issued on 18 October 2004. The applicant died on December 9th 2004. The balancing payment of €3,227.76 issued on 13 September 2005 to the representatives of the deceased person's estate, care of his solicitors. These...

Written Answers — Veterinary Inspection Service: Veterinary Inspection Service (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The number of veterinary inspectors employed by my Department in County Mayo during the years in question is as follows. Year Number 2001 9 2002 9 2003 10 2004 10 2005 10

Written Answers — Abattoir Closures: Abattoir Closures (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Of the abattoirs approved for export trade and which come under the operational responsibility of my Department there were three such abattoirs operating in each of the years 2001 and 2002. This number increased to four in 2003 and has remained at that level since with no closures. Other abattoirs in County Mayo which supply to the domestic market only are licensed and controlled by that...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: In response to the original provisional statement of entitlements under the single payment scheme, which issued to the person named detailing 36.18 entitlements, with a single payment value of €8,979.88, the person named contacted my Department pointing out that one application under the special beef premium scheme, lodged in 2000, was not taken into account on the statement. Having...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Appeals require individual examination and are dealt with in the order in which they are received. This appeal was received in the agriculture appeals office on 5 September 2005 and was assigned to an appeals officer on 13 September 2005. The appeals officer will be in contact with the appellant shortly to arrange an oral hearing. It is not expected that there will be any undue delay in...