Results 3,181-3,200 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: No payment is due to the REPS participant as she indicated that she wished to terminate her REPS contract and retire from farming. Her daughter's application has been processed and payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2006)
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. Having assessed the application the single payment entitlements unit informed the person named that the circumstances outlined did not fulfil the force majeure criteria laid down in...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: One of the persons named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 14 May 2005. He also included an application to consolidate his entitlements under the consolidation measure of the scheme. Following an initial examination of the consolidation application, it was noted that the person named declared 0.6 hectares for growing potatoes and/or fruit-vegetables on his 2005...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 16 May 2005. The herdowner also applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the 2005 scheme consolidation measure. This application has been processed and payment amounting to â¬8,844.68 in respect of the scheme issued to the person named on 27 January 2006.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The application under the 2005 single payment scheme for the person named has been fully processed and payment has issued. Payment in full under both the 2004 slaughter premium scheme and the 2004 special beef premium scheme have also issued to the person named. However, I have arranged for an official of my Department to contact the person named directly to clarify matters as regards these...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 12 May 2005. While the person named established 38.42 entitlements, the single payment scheme application form declared a total of 24.58 forage hectares. Payment amounting to â¬6,788.70 in respect of the scheme issued on 20 December 2005 based on the declared forage area of 24.58 hectares included on her application...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the disadvantaged areas scheme-single payment scheme, which declared 47.05 hectares, was received from the person named on 15 May 2005. The person named had established 38.93 entitlements, each with a unit value of â¬62.66, during the reference period. As part of the control procedures under relevant EU legislation, the application was randomly selected for and was the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2005. Payment issued to the person named on 13 January 2006.
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441 and 442 together. The agreement of December 2001 with the Irish Farmers Association did not contain a commitment on the part of my Department to meet costs related to restocking in years 4 to 6 following flock depopulation as a result of scrapie. However, following consideration of a technical report on possible additional costs that could arise in those...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: A provisional statement indicating 4.69 entitlements worth â¬384.55 each and amounting to â¬1,803.54 issued to the person named. These entitlements reflect the average of the premia paid to the person named during the reference period 2000-02 under the premia and arable aid schemes. My Department has no record of an application from the person named for a review of these entitlements or for...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named has submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following the processing of his application, the person named was notified on 26 January 2006 that his application was successful. Payment in respect of the single payment scheme is scheduled to issue to the person named shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted a single payment application to activate his single payment entitlements on 16 May 2005. He also submitted an application to transfer his entitlements by sale to another farmer by private contract clause. The EU regulations allow farmers for whom entitlements have been established and who, before 16 May 2005, have sold their land to another farmer, to also sell the...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Farmers' markets represent a real growth opportunity for farmers and small-scale food producers. There are now more than 100 of these markets in operation throughout Ireland, reflecting the increased demand for fresh locally produced foods. With changing consumer preferences, there is potential for further growth in the quantity and variety of produce sold through these markets. I am very...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of this application, the person named was requested to submit details of the transfer of the holding. The supporting documentation requested by my Department on two occasions, was never submitted. This resulted in my Department notifying the person named on 11 August 2005...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted four applications in respect of a total of 49 animals under the 2004 special beef premium scheme. As animal passports were not submitted in respect of seven animals, only 42 animals were potentially eligible for payment. Following computer validation of these applications, it was found that seven animals were not recorded on the CMMS database as being in the herd of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category D. Category D caters for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in respect of that scheme year. In addition, the farmer must have either purchased or inherited land. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 9 May 2005. His application to consolidate his entitlements was fully processed and payment amounting to â¬9,481.59 was issued by my Department on 29 December 2005.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The application under the 2005 single payment scheme for the person named has been fully processed and payment has issued.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: It is the policy of my Department to fully comply with the terms of the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 and with the regulations on combating late payment in commercial transactions. There are procedures in place to meet their requirements and there is ongoing monitoring to ensure compliance with their provisions. The total interest paid during 2005, resulting from late payments made to...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named established entitlements during the reference years. In 2005, he entered into a partnership with his son. In order to receive the entitlements, an application to transfer entitlements into both names as a result of a change in ownership of the herd number must be submitted. This application was not received in my Department. An application form has now been sent out to the...