Results 2,521-2,540 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named had completed three years in REPS 2 and was selected for a compliance inspection in his fourth year. Following the inspection, he was notified on 3 November 2004 that he was to be penalised for not spreading lime as required in his farm plan. This was because he could produce no record of having bought lime. He appealed the penalty locally and at the end of November 2004 he...
- Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The gross output of the poultry industry is in excess of â¬150 million. There are approximately 1,000 commercial poultry farms in Ireland and 40% of these farms are based in County Monaghan. While there are no official statistics for the numbers employed directly and indirectly in the service industry, it is estimated that there would be roughly up to 6,000 people involved in the production,...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Official data on deer farming is available from the census of agriculture which is carried out by the Central Statistics Office roughly every ten years. The first and so far only census of agriculture that included deer was in June 2000. This stated that there were farmed deer on 266 farms. Teagasc has estimated that the number of farms involved in deer production peaked in the mid-1990s at...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: According to the Teagasc survey, the number of mushroom producers in Ireland in 1997 was 576. The latest information available from Teagasc is that the number of producers has now fallen to 135. However in the same period, the level of production has increased from 57,000 tonnes of mushrooms in 1997 to 65,059 tonnes in 2004 due to the increasing scale and production output of farms remaining...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The 2004 area aid application of the person named was fully processed with an area determined for payment purposes of 18.17 hectares. Payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme issued on 17 September 2004. His 2005 application has also been fully processed with an area of 18.17 hectares. His grant under the 2005 scheme will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 450 and 451 together. The person named has established 57.66 entitlements with a total net value of â¬6,423.90 under the single payment scheme. The person named submitted an application for consideration of force majeure-exceptional circumstances in respect of his entitlements under the scheme. The circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria...
- Written Answers — Dairy Sector: Dairy Sector (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 460 together. Finance Ministers will conduct their second reading of the preliminary draft budget for 2006 later this month following which it will be sent to the European Parliament for its final reading. I will endeavour to ensure that the budget for 2006 is sufficient to provide for the full range of market and other supports, direct payments and...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare Bodies: Animal Welfare Bodies (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has in recent years made ex gratia payments to a number of bodies involved in the actual delivery of animal care and welfare services throughout the country. The funding available to any individual organisation is dependent on resources available and the level of demand and is therefore intended only as a contribution to the overall costs of the organisations. Until 2004, these...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid his 2004 disadvantaged areas grant on 17 September 2004. His grant under the 2005 scheme was paid on 24 October 2005.
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has taken a range of measures aimed at minimising the risk of the introduction of avian influenza into the country. The Department is constantly reassessing the level of risk and will continue to introduce such measures as are proportionate to that level of risk. To date, bans have been placed on the importation of live birds and specified poultry products from countries...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: No contracts for public relations projects have been awarded by my Department since December 2004.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The following table gives a breakdown of staff employed in my constituency office. Minister's Office Staff Grade Number Salary Scale Personal Assistant 1 â¬43,000-â¬53,191 HEO Higher Scale Personal Secretary 1 â¬20,186-â¬38,948 + 10% Higher Duty Allowance CO Higher Scale Clerical Officer 2 â¬21,121-â¬33,436 CO Higher Scale Clerical...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be sent to him as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The following table gives a breakdown of staff employed in my press office. Press Office Grade Number Salary Scale Assistant Principal Officer 1 â¬57,630-â¬71,859 + â¬7000 Allowance AP Standard Scale Higher Executive Officer .5 â¬40,543-â¬51,463 HEO Standard Scale Executive Officer 2 â¬26,618-â¬42,238 EO Standard Scale Executive...
- Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 all employers are required to prepare or have prepared a safety statement that specifies how the safety health and welfare of employees is to be managed. The safety statement must be based on the identification of the hazards as well as the risk assessment for the place of work, that is, the farm. The Act also provides in section 60 that...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: My Department requested additional information to support the application from the persons named on 10 February 2005 for the transfer of entitlements by way of inheritance. The requested information was not submitted to my Department and, therefore, the persons named were informed on 10 August 2005 that my Department could not process the application as the information had not been submitted....
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Under the existing arrangements, the main compensation scheme for farmers whose herds are affected by TB or brucellosis is the on-farm market valuation scheme, which provides for compensation to be paid on the basis of market value. Under the scheme, market value is the equivalent price that might reasonably have been obtained for the animal, at the time of determination of compensation, from...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: As part of my Department's decentralisation implementation plan, a risk assessment and management analysis was carried out. The document outlines the risks of decentralisation and the mitigating actions necessary. It is not possible to estimate at this stage the cost of these mitigating actions. The Department is satisfied that any costs arising can be met from its existing administrative...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: My Department's offices on the north side of Dublin are as follows: Horticulture Inspector's office, Bow Street, Dublin 1; Horticulture Inspector's office, Swords; Border inspection post, Dublin Port; Border inspection post, Dublin Airport; and Abbotstown laboratories and farm. My Department's laboratories situated in Abbotstown are in the process of being transferred to Backweston, County...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Nov 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Details of the number of farmers in County Kerry in receipt of EU subsidies or premia in 2003 are set out in the table below: Scheme Number of recipients Area based compensatory allowance 7,435 Suckler cow premium 3,162 Ewe premium 2,115 Extensification premium 4,420 Slaughter premium* 4,871 Special beef premium* 6,473 Arable aid 183 * The figures shown refer to the...