Results 3,501-3,520 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Agriculture Policy: Agriculture Policy (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Ireland faces a wide variety of competitors on EU and world markets for the range of products we export. The ability to compete on agricultural markets is the based on a number of factors. These include the scale of production, exchange rates, price and the degree of competition within a particular market. The liberalisation of agriculture has made the marketplace for an export-orientated...
- Written Answers — Agriculture Policy: Agriculture Policy (16 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I am satisfied that the most recent CAP reforms allied to the agreement in December last on the financial perspective for the period 2007 to 2013 will provide for a stable and sustainable agricultural sector in the years ahead. The outcome to the negotiations on the financial perspective represented a satisfactory outcome on policy for agriculture and rural development from Ireland's point of...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: 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, Deputy Roche, has recently made regulations giving legal effect to Ireland's national action programme under the directive. The Government is committed to giving the farming community all the practical help necessary. Following from...
- Order of Business. (21 Feb 2006)
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- Order of Business. (21 Feb 2006)
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- Order of Business. (21 Feb 2006)
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- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 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 is received. Subject to EU approval it is proposed, inter alia, to extend the scheme to all small farmers by the removal of the requirement that farmers must have a certain level of on-farm income in order to be able to participate. Farmers should prepare for the...
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The on-farm market valuation scheme, which involves live valuation of reactor animals on the holding before their removal for slaughter, was introduced in 2002 under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness and following discussions between my Department and representatives from the farm organisations. Under these arrangements, farmers receive compensation for cattle removed as reactors...
- Written Answers — Public Procurement Policy: Public Procurement Policy (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The requirement to produce an annual procurement plan arises from the national procurement policy framework, which was issued by the Department of Finance in May 2005. In line with this framework, my Department has undertaken steps to produce a corporate procurement plan in 2006.
- Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to a Department of Finance announcement made in November 2005, which stated that all contracts awarded by Departments over â¬30 million would be subject to review. My Department is not involved in funding any contract which is in excess of â¬30 million.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application on 29 October 2004 for consideration under the force majeure or exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment scheme in regard to the dairy premium. Having assessed the application, the person named was advised by my Department that the circumstances outlined did not fulfil the force majeure criteria laid down in Article 19 of Commission...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named is an applicant for grant aid under the farm waste management scheme. Payment of â¬11,313.48 will be made by my Department to the person concerned shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
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 — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The main statutes governing cruelty to animals in this country are the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965. Responsibility for pursuing complaints under that legislation rests with the Garda SÃochána who may, on receipt of a complaint, investigate and bring a prosecution against any person alleged to have committed an act of cruelty against an animal. Officers of my Department are...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of both the private contract clause and inheritance measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his applications the person named was notified that both applications were successful, and that the entitlements have been transferred to him. Payment amounting to â¬19,386.07 in respect of the single payment...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application, the entitlements inherited from his father were transferred to him. Payment amounting to â¬11,401.05 in respect of the single payment scheme has issued to the person named.
- Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: No grants are available from my Department for pet farming. As the Deputy may be aware, my Department has in recent years made ex gratia payments to a number of organisations which are wholly involved in the delivery of direct care and welfare services to animals. In this regard, some â¬1.2 million was paid to 86 organisations in December last to assist them during 2006 and a provision of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The single payment scheme is applicable to farmers who actively farmed during one or more of the three reference years 2000 to 2002, inclusive, and who received livestock premia and/or arable aid payments in one or more of those years. As the person named did not benefit under any of the premia and arable aid schemes, entitlements were not established under the single payment scheme. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The 2002 area aid application was made in the name of a person other than the person named and payment under the 2002 disadvantaged areas scheme issued in full on 23 September 2002. As the person who made the 2001 area aid application is since deceased, an outstanding supplementary payment under the 2001 disadvantaged areas scheme will be processed on receipt of copy grant of probate.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full single payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the documentation supplied to farmers. While the person named had established 39.38 entitlements during the reference period, the application received from him on 16 May 2005 declared a total of 28.40...