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- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: My Department has responsibility for foreshore functions under the Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2005. When considering applications under the Foreshore Acts, including offshore energy projects, the role of my Department is to ensure the protection of the environment and the sustainability of developments on the foreshore. Foreshore consents for offshore wind developments already granted from 2002...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: Arklow Harbour Commissioners applied in February 2007 for a Dumping at Sea permit to facilitate dredging at Arklow Harbour and the application was circulated to my Department's consultees in the normal way. My Department was advised by the Marine Institute that the results of a chemical analysis of samples from the proposed area to be dredged showed high levels of contamination, principally...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: This Government remains committed to the maintenance of an active and substantial forestry programme, evidenced by the almost â¬125 million that has been allocated to the forestry subhead for 2009. Over â¬100 million of this allocation has been assigned to the afforestation programme, which is in line with the financial commitment given to forestry in 2008. There have been no reductions in...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....
- Written Answers — Fishing Fleet: Fishing Fleet (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The EU Fisheries Councils in November and December 2008 adopted a new Cod Recovery Plan, as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1342/2008 and Annex IIa of the 2009 TAC and Quota Regulation (EC) No 43/2009. These Regulations are applicable to the fishing fleets of all Member States fishing with specified fishing gears in the relevant sea areas. Under these Regulations, Ireland and other...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: My Department has no record of a REPS 4 application for the person named.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The construction of an offshore electricity generating station on the foreshore is governed by the Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2005. When considering applications under the Foreshore Acts, including offshore energy projects, the role of my Department is to ensure the protection of the environment and the sustainability of developments on the foreshore. Applications for offshore electricity...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....
- Written Answers — World Trade Talks: World Trade Talks (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The current position in regard to the WTO negotiations is that talks are stalled following the failure to reach agreement at the Ministerial meeting last July and the decision to defer indefinitely a second Ministerial meeting planned for last December. The World Economic Forum at Davos last month provided no new momentum for the negotiations and the next key event will be the G20 meeting in...
- Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: The Government fully supports the EU commitments to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions to at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, and to scale up this reduction to as much as 30%, as part of a new global climate change agreement when other developed countries make comparable efforts. The Government also supports the commitment to increase the share of renewables in energy use to 20% by...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: Bord Bia closely monitors food exports and has recently published a Strategy to boost food exports for the period 2009-2011. The strategy sets out the Bord's six key priorities to be addressed including enhancing the industry's position on its home market to capitalise on the potential for growth and expansion of exports with a particular emphasis on the Eurozone markets. My Department in...
- Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (11 Feb 2009)
Brendan Smith: My Department is responsible for the operation of EU controls on imports of products of animal origin and fresh fruit and vegetables under its service contract with the FSAI and in compliance with Community rules for the hygiene of food and feed. The EU rules stipulate that food products of animal origin imported from an EU source must be from approved food business establishments and be...