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Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (10 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The food and drinks sector exhibits a wide regional spread. This is seen prominently in data for the Border region (Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal) where 111 food and beverages manufacturing units are situated (10 more than the Dublin region). As such, approximately 17% of food and drink units are located in the Border region. The most recent county breakdowns available...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (10 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The pier at Brandon is the property of Kerry County Council and responsibility for its repair and upkeep rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. Each year my Department invites proposals from all Local Authorities for inclusion in the annual Fishery Harbours and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. No application was made by Kerry County Council in respect of the above...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. Payment of the initial 40 per cent to farmers approved for payment has commenced and will continue as claims...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The provisions of Section 7 of the Finance (No.2) Act 2008 introduced an exemption from an income tax charge under section 118 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in respect of a benefit in the form of a bicycle or associated safety equipment provided to a director or employee by his or her employer, where the bicycle/associated safety equipment is used by the employee or director mainly for...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. Payment of the initial 40 per cent to farmers approved for payment has commenced and will continue as claims are...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person named was approved for payment in respect of five months in 2008 and the first phase of his payment issued on 5 March 2009. The balance will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 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 — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The Pigmeat Recall Scheme introduced by my Department in December allows for the making of payments to primary and secondary processors of eligible pigmeat products affected by the dioxin incident. The scheme, which is partly co-funded by the EU, provides for verifiable destruction of affected product. In recognising that the logistics involved in bringing all product to destruction would...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 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 Mar 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 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: No decision has been taken to date on the recoupment of forestry premium from Coillte as this issue is being considered within my Department in the context of Coillte's proposed strategy for the period 2008-2012. Consideration of this matter has taken some time because a number of important inter-related issues arose over that time which impinged on Coillte such as the Bacon Review and the...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The Farmers' Market at Howth Fishery Harbour Centres is operated and managed by an independent market operator licensed by my Department. A licence for an initial period of six months was issued in 2005 and a further licence for a three year period to 31 December 2008 was issued in 2006. The award of the licence was not subjected to the tender process. When the licence expired the licensee...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The operation and management of the Farmers' Market at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre is the responsibility of Mr Seán McArdle the current licence holder. Decisions with regard to the allocation of stalls at the Farmers' Market are made by the licence holder. The holder of the licence to operate the Farmers' Market has the discretion to run the market as he/she deems appropriate and it is not...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The licence to operate the Farmers' Market at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre expired on 31 December 2008. The licensee was legally entitled to the option to renew the licence and chose to exercise that option. As a result the licence was renewed for a further term of one year and the issue of the licence being put to tender did not arise. The current licence holder is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Compulsory Retirement Age: Compulsory Retirement Age (11 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The provisions of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 2004 apply to all personnel who have taken up appointment as public servants on or after 1 April 2004. There are currently 336 civil servants employed in my Department who were hired on or after 1 April 2004. However, a small number of these, who were previously employed in public sector bodies, have been...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas' Scheme was received from the person named on the 15th May 2008. This application was selected for a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. During the inspection discrepancies were found in relation to parcels Y16520034, Y16520056, Y16520022, Y16520023, Y16520025, Y17001029, Y17002018, Y17002037, Y17107024 and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: According to the information submitted by the person named, all animals were weaned on the same date. The scheme requires that the animals must be weaned gradually. Therefore they may not all be eligible for payment. My Department has written to the person named informing him of the situation.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016.