Results 3,601-3,620 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There is no grant aid currently available from my Department, either nationally or at EU level, for the relocation of livestock marts. Under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, grant aid was available under my Department's capital investment scheme for the marketing and processing of certain agricultural products. Following general calls for applications in 2001 and 2004, which included...

Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The following table shows the number of tuberculosis reactors disclosed between 2002 and 2005. Ireland's bovine tuberculosis eradication programme comprises the comprehensive surveillance of all herds, which are tested annually, and additional risk-based testing in other herds, a proactive wildlife programme in the area of infective outbreaks, the routine application of gamma interferon assay...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for the transfer of single payment entitlements by way of inheritance following the death of his uncle in June 2005. The person named has been requested to submit a copy of the grant of probate. When the requested documentation is submitted my Department can issue the 2005 single payment to the estate of the deceased uncle, who was the applicant under...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I understand the Deputy seeks details of appointments to State bodies under the aegis of my Department from 29 September 2004 to date. The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following schedule. Appointments to Bord Bia Mr. Philip Lynch Mr. Joe Hyland Mr. John Malone Mr. Ray Carolan Ms Angela Kennedy Mr. Mel O'Rourke Ms Marian Byrne ...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The EU regulations governing both the 1994 scheme of early retirement from farming and the early retirement, ERS2, 2000 scheme require scheme participants to cease commercial farming definitively. As work such as selling animals on behalf of a family member at a mart or carrying out work in the farm yard is considered part of normal farming activities, a retired farmer would be precluded from...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The revised farm waste management scheme will be introduced as soon as the required EU state aid approval is received from the EU Commission. Subject to receipt of this approval, the scheme will provide for an increase in the current standard grant rate from 40% to 60%, with 70% being available in the four zone C counties; be extended to include horses, deer, goats, pigs and poultry, and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application requesting consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of her application, she was notified that her application was successful. Payment had already issued in respect of the applicant's existing single payment entitlements and arrangements are being made to issue payment in respect of the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I expect to pay the annual forestry premiums in April of this year, as normal.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Data is not available in the format sought by the Deputy. Information from the quarterly national household survey supplied by the Central Statistics Office to my Department shows that the number of people employed in the food and drinks sector rose by 1,400 to 54,100 in 2004 and decreased by 100 to 54,000 in 2005. Statistics are not yet available for 2006.

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I have not received evidence of any such shipments. In recognition of the rabies free status of Ireland and the United Kingdom, there is free movement of dogs and cats between these two jurisdictions.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There is no record in my Department of an application under the arable aid scheme from the person named. Under the livestock premia schemes, there is no record of any applications being lodged by the person named, other than under the 2003 laughter premium scheme. Under that scheme, three eligible animals were slaughtered under the herd number of the person named. However, payment could not...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The application in this case was received in my Department on 20 January 2006 and is being processed in accordance with the targets in the Charter of Rights for Farmers 2005-07.

Written Answers — Meat Imports: Meat Imports (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 to 409, inclusive, together. The Central Statistics Office is responsible for the collection of statistics in relation to imports of meat and meat products. The table below is compiled from data supplied by that office and the following should be noted — information on imports for 2005 is available for the period up to October 2005, in certain cases the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted applications for consideration in respect of both the new entrant and inheritance measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his applications, he was notified that both were successful but that the inheritance measure would be applied as it was more beneficial. He also applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the 2005 single payment...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has submitted two applications for consideration in respect of the single payment scheme inheritance measure. One application related to lands received by way of gift during the 2000 to 2002 reference period and the other application related to lands received by way of inheritance after the reference period. The person named also submitted a new entrant application for...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted a private contract clause application form under the single payment scheme 2005 for the transfer of 11.95 hectares of land and the respective entitlements by way of sale of lands. This private contract clause was successfully processed in November 2005. As the person named established 21.41 entitlements in accordance with the provisions of the single payment scheme,...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: A total of 122 people or 2.6% of staff working in my Department are known to have a disability. The majority of personnel employed by my Department are recruited from competitions run by the Public Appointments Service, PAS. My Department is committed to the employment of people with disabilities. My Department conducts interviews for the employment of full-time and temporary staff in a small...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named applied to be considered as a new entrant to farming during the reference period 2000-02 governing the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application, he was notified that his application was unsuccessful as he was farming during all of the three reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002. The applicant was advised that if he so wished, he could appeal my...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 27 April 2005 to activate and use his entitlements. He also submitted applications for consideration in respect of the consolidation of entitlements, force majeure and inheritance measures of the scheme. The application to consolidate the applicant's entitlements was initially rejected on 19 October 2005 as there was...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (7 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the recent notification made by BASF to trial genetically modified potatoes at Summerhill, County Meath was made to the Environmental Protection Agency. This notification is in accordance with Part B of EU Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms, GMOs, into the environment but not for entry to the food chain....