Results 3,021-3,040 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure-exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 submitted an appeal to the single payment appeals committee. Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the single payment appeals committee made a...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category B. Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under livestock premia and/or arable aid schemes would have been payable during the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme inheritance category. This application has been successfully processed and his entitlements have been consolidated to the number of hectares submitted on his 2005 single payment application form. Payment will shortly issue to the person named.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2005, with a declared area of 50.65 hectares. While the person named had been advised that he had been allocated four entitlements, based on the farming activity during the reference years, a further 47.17 entitlements were also transferred to the person named, giving a total of 51.17 entitlements. In...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 9 May 2005, with a declared area of 13.83 hectares. The person named had been advised that he had been allocated 3.48 entitlements, based on his farming activity during the reference years. The application of the person named has already been processed on this basis and payment will issue this week. As the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: Following an unsuccessful application and appeal under the force majeure or exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment scheme, the person named was invited in August 2005 to submit an application for consideration under the national reserve measure of the scheme. My Department, however, has no record of receipt of an application form from the person named.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for inheritance under the single payment scheme. My Department has been in contact with him regarding documentation needed in order to process his application. The required documentation has not been received to date. On receipt of this documentation my Department will process his inheritance application.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person in question submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under categories A and D. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May 2005 and who had leased out his or her holding to a third party during the reference...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person in question has been registered as keeper for all purposes related to the herd since the end of August 2005, but notification did not issue to him because of a difficulty regarding registration as herdowner for the purposes of payment. The person's wife has been registered as the herdowner. The parties involved have now been informed of the decision and have consented to it.

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 to 265, inclusive, and 272 to 274, inclusive, together. The recent political agreement by the Council of Agriculture Ministers for the reform of the EU sugar regime was the culmination of a protracted and difficult negotiating process. During the negotiations, I availed of every opportunity to highlight the serious repercussions the reform proposals would...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: While an application under the single payment scheme was received in this case on 6 May 2005, no payment is due, as no entitlements were established during the reference period.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The Department of Agriculture and Food has been in contact with the person in question in connection with an inheritance application. On receipt of additional information from the individual, this case can be processed by the Department.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The applicants established 36.36 hectares entitlements for 2005. A single payment scheme application form was received on 4 May 2005 declaring a total of 33.97 forage hectares and 7.61 hectares for forestry. Under EU legislation, an applicant, in order to draw down his or her full single payment, must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under categories B (i), (iii) and D. Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under livestock premia and-or arable aid schemes would have been...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: A response on the three cases in question has issued. With regard to one of the cases my Department has agreed in principle to arrange for full depopulation of the flock which was the preferred option of the flockowner. In the other two cases the specific arrangements sought by the flockowners concerned are not possible within the terms of the agreement on scrapie. However, I have decided to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: A single payment scheme application was received from the person named on 5 May 2005, declaring a total of 42.7 hectares of forage lands. The person named had been advised that they had been allocated 52.07 entitlements, based on the farming activity during the reference years. To qualify for full payment under the single payment scheme an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (14 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The general food labelling legislation, as set out in EU Directive 2000/13/EC and implemented in this country by the European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) 2003 regulations, S.I. 483/2002, requires that the labelling of foodstuffs must not mislead the consumer as to various properties of the food including origin. There is, therefore, a legal prohibition...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (15 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I have received the correspondence in question and a reply will be issued shortly. In the meantime, I can confirm that a REPS payment to the person named issued on 9 December. This payment is a refund of a penalty, and follows a decision by the agriculture appeals office in favour of the person named. The appeals office issued its decision in September 2005, and since then my Department has...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (15 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The flock owner referred to above was restricted under the scrapie programme on the 31 May 2005. Following the genotyping of his flock the susceptible animals were sent for slaughter and the flock owner was paid compensation in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The top-up payment in respect of the breeding ewes cannot be paid to the flock owner until such time as only category 1 and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under categories A and D. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May 2005, where the land in question was leased to a third party during the reference period...