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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 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 (25 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Out of 12,292 applications received up to 31 December 2008, 6,194 have been paid and 6,098 are being processed. Information in respect of applications received since 1 January 2009 is not to hand as the closing date for these applications is 15 May.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007–13 and is subject to different EU Regulations from the preceding versions of REPS. Under REPS 4, all payments are to be made in just two instalments each year. The first payment, of 75%, could be made only when all administrative checks on all 2008 applications for REPS 4 and the Single Payment Scheme were completed....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Details of payments issued in each county are set out in the table. The information relating to the number of applications in each county is being collated and I will write to the Deputy as soon as possible. County Number paid to 24 March 2009 Carlow 54 Cavan 187 Clare 483 Cork 687 Donegal 725 Dublin 7 Galway 648 Kerry 237 Kildare 72 Kilkenny 137 Laois 210 Leitrim 54 Limerick...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Information relating to the number of applications in each county is being collated and I will write to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The information sought is set out in the table below: County Number paid to 24 March 2009 Carlow 54 Cavan 187 Clare 483 Cork 687 Donegal 725 Dublin 7 Galway 648 Kerry 237 Kildare 72 Kilkenny 137 Laois 210 Leitrim 54 Limerick 322 Longford 161 Louth 52 Mayo 345 Meath 106 Monaghan 207 Offaly 113 Roscommon 358 Sligo 204 Tipperary 391 Waterford 94 Westmeath 167 Wexford...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 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 — Circus Animals: Circus Animals (25 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 and 198 together. The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The names of the circuses involved have been withheld due to the commercial nature of the information sought. Date Number and Species *Origin 15/01/2008 3 African Elephants Germany (via France) 9/12/2008 2 Sea Lions Spain *The only information available to DAFF is...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (26 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Just think of all the huffers and puffers.

Written Answers — Grant Applications: Grant Applications (26 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 (31 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 23 March.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 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 (31 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 (31 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: I presume the Deputy is referring to the Uplands Sheep Payment, which I announced last week. This payment will be made to hill sheep farmers in December of this year, from the extra funds available under the National Reserve in 2009, following on from the recent CAP Health Check, which allows Ireland to fund measures that are targeted at specific sectors in need of assistance. In reaching...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (31 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: My Department currently engages five single individuals on fixed contracts on a full time basis. Each of the five individuals are engaged in Information Technology projects within my Department. The question of the engagement of individuals of the type mentioned by the Deputy by Semi-State Bodies under the aegis of my Department is a day-to-day operational matter for each Body, and as such,...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Information in the format sought by the Deputy is not readily available as in many instances the same staff are involved in the administration of EU funded, EU co-funded and nationally funded schemes. In 2008 my Department spent some €2.7 billion on programmes supporting the rural economy, the environment, structural change, markets and direct payments to farmers. These programmes...

Written Answers — Foreshore Applications: Foreshore Applications (31 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Following confirmation by the Valuation Office that it would not be in a position to supply a valuation service in respect of activities on State foreshore, my Department sought approval from the Department of Finance for the use of valuers from the private sector. A number of applications for foreshore consents currently on hand cannot be progressed without valuation. The Department of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 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 (31 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 (31 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....