Results 3,621-3,640 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Under the single payment scheme payment amounting to â¬9,983.53 issued on 22 December 2005 based on the 26.44 existing entitlements held by the applicant. The person named submitted a new entrant and inheritance application for the transfer of additional entitlements under the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application, the person named was notified that both applications...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receiving a 2005 single payment application from the person named.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of force majeure exceptional circumstances and consolidation measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of the force majeure exceptional circumstances application, the person named was notified that his circumstances did not fulfil the force majeure criteria laid down in Article 40 of Council Regulation...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I have not yet taken a decision on whether to introduce another early retirement scheme. The EU Council regulation covering the current scheme will expire in December 2006. The Council regulation on rural development for the period from 2007 to 2013 includes provision for member states to operate several schemes, including an early retirement scheme. No decisions have yet been taken regarding...
- Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 421 and 422 together. The 121 appointments to which reference was made in Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 25 January 2006 related to the total number of appointments to the following State boards or bodies, namely, An Bord Bia, An Bord Glas, The Irish National Stud, Coillte Teoranta, the Coford Council, the National Milk Agency and Teagasc. All files...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named is deemed to have been paid his single payment entitlements in full. An initial payment of â¬5,588.22 issued to the person named on 9 December 2005 and a supplementary payment amounting to â¬1,117.53 issued on 19 January 2006.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 424 to 426, inclusive, together. Under the agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime, compensation will be provided to beet growers for the institutional price reductions. In the event of a decision to cease sugar production in Ireland, a compensation fund of up to â¬145 million will also be available under the temporary restructuring scheme to cover the...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department's responsibility for circuses and circus animals is confined to ensuring animals imported for use in a circus are imported in accordance with animal health certification requirements. Licences are issued in accordance with the Rabies (Importation, Landing and Movement of Animals) (Amendment) Orders 1972-76. The Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965 are the principal statutes...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 to 432, inclusive together. My Department has transposed the following directives by their due dates, as set out in the following table: Directive Number Legislative Instrument 2005/6/EC Administrative Note 12 2005/7/EC Administrative Note 11 2005/8/EC SI 556 of 2005 2005/48/EC SIs 106, 107 and 108 of 2006 EU Directive 2005/91/EC will be...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The EU Council regulation covering the current scheme will expire in December 2006 and after that my Department will not be able to admit any further applicants to this scheme. I have not yet taken a decision on whether to introduce another early retirement scheme. The Council regulation on rural development for the period from 2007-13 includes provision for member states to operate several...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I am aware of the concerns expressed by the Irish Farmers Association, and by other farming representatives, about the nitrates directive. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government made regulations in December giving legal effect to Ireland's national action programme under the nitrates directive. This followed a lengthy and comprehensive consultation process to which...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Under a 1998 agreement with the European Commission, eligibility for REPS payments on commonage land or grazing rights can be considered only in respect of owned commonage shares or owned grazing rights. I am aware that there are genuine cases where this condition may be unduly restrictive, and my officials are currently examining it in the context of drawing up proposals for an amended REPS...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (7 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has certain statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals. The legislation governing this is the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes Act 1984 and the European Community (Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes) Regulations 2000. In addition there is specific legislation on pigs, calves and laying hens. Cases which come to notice...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (7 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 first person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 9 May 2005. The ownership details of the herd number changed on 17 July 2002. A proportion of the entitlements were established in the name of the previous owners. A transfer of entitlements form was received in my Department on 18 January 2006. The entitlements established in the names of the previous owners...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 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 — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: All new forests established under grant aid by my Department since 1990 qualify as areas that will contribute to Ireland meeting its emission reduction targets under the Kyoto protocol. Current indications are that forests planted since 1990 will absorb, on average, over 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year over the period 2008-2012. Almost all of this contribution will come from trees...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named is a participant in the rural environment protection scheme. He was late in applying for his second annual payment and was penalised. It is a condition of the scheme that participants have to apply for each annual payment. My Department, as a service to participants, sends out payment application forms in advance of the date but the onus is on the participant to ensure that...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Mar 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 — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category C. Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, sold the milk quota into the milk quota restructuring scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under livestock premia or arable...