Results 3,361-3,380 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (15 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The personal import into the EU for one's own consumption of meat, meat products or milk products by passengers coming from third countries has, since January 2003, been prohibited under Community law. Transport operators who bring passengers from third countries into the EU are required to bring the ban to the attention of passengers. Bins have been provided in the main airports for the...
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: In the event of a decision to cease sugar production in Ireland, a restructuring fund of up to â¬145 million becomes available for the economic, social and environmental costs of restructuring the Irish sugar industry. The fund is subject to the submission of a detailed restructuring plan for the industry involving factory closure and the renunciation of sugar quota. Since the necessary EU...
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy has three.
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: What is attributable to a spokesperson is not necessarily what is printed. Under the package put forward there will be a single farm payment, which will be made available to the farmers. There will be a special fund of â¬44 million for farmers for diversification. At least 10% of the â¬145 million will be available to the contractors and farmers. There is nothing specific about workers....
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: No.
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I did not say farmers who purchased quota were a special case. I said farmers put forward a case for â¬106 million and have employed a specialist to do that on their behalf. The proposal will be evaluated in due course. Equally, Greencore has put together an evaluation of its view of its entitlements, which will also be determined in due course.
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: More.
- Sugar Industry. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The entitlement will be determined in a fair, balanced and transparent way under certain procedures and with permission from the Commission. The Commission is not buying back quota but asking sugar manufacturers to renounce quota, so taking the quota out of the system altogether. There is over-production of sugar and there are pricing problems and, as the Deputy knows, a WTO panel decision...
- Beef Exports. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is welcome in Fianna Fáil at any time.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The implementation of the nitrates directive is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, who recently introduced regulations to give legal effect to Ireland's national action programme under the directive. In the context of the nitrates directive, it is not possible to talk in terms of the disposal of surplus manure. An...
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy has raised a number of issues. I appreciate the problems in the Cavan-Monaghan area, although that is not to detract from the other parts of the world that have issues with the pig and poultry sector. The Minister of State and I have met the Monaghan people on a number of occasions. There are a number of problems, the first of which is a lack of information. This is a major problem...
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: We are doing our bestââ
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: That will depend. The people in the Deputy's county have met us on a number of occasions. We have also met the Northern Ireland authorities.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: There is undoubtedly an opportunity for cross-Border initiatives for that industry and that is the way forward. I have the money, will and support and they are also to be found in Northern Ireland. I believe we can work together and look after the people in Monaghan.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I will let the Deputies fight among themselves. The Ceann Comhairle is above all that. He must keep order.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The revised farm waste management scheme will be introduced by my Department as soon as the required EU state aid approval has been received. A formal application seeking Commission approval for the revised scheme was submitted on 30 September last. The application has been the subject of ongoing negotiations between the Commission and my Department in the intervening period. A number of...
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is jealous.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I will not be political. It is not like me, so I will rise above it.
- Farm Waste Management. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I am often more political than Deputy Naughten. Farmers with fewer than 20 livestock units will be included in the scheme. I have seen the forms and the supplementary information, which have been simplified to the best of our ability. I agree with Deputy Crawford that people should not have to pay an exorbitant sum of money to have small jobs done. The documents are ready for the printers,...
- EU Directives. (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The implementation of the nitrates directive is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The Minister has recently made regulations giving legal effect to Ireland's national action programme under the directive. The fact the Minister made the regulations enabled Ireland to begin the formal process of seeking approval for a derogation...