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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An official of my Department has been in direct contact with the person named, following which the documentation necessary to allow transfer of entitlements has been received. Payment under the single payment scheme will issue shortly, following processing of this documentation. While the entitlements established by the person named were established under the old herd number, the 2005 SPS...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The new IFORIS system for the processing of forestry grant and premium applications will incorporate many on-line features such as the submission of digital maps and the automatic calculation of areas which will help streamline and simplify the application process. Form 2 and form 3, which are the application forms for first and second instalments of grants respectively, will be issued...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The test programme referred to is the subject of an application to the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Part B of EU Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release of GMOs into the environment as transposed into Irish legislation by the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2003. The EPA is designated by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: In relation to the membership of the State boards which come under the aegis of my Department, all representatives of the farming organisations, whether nominated or elected, are male.

Written Answers — Departmental Services: Departmental Services (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: E-services is the electronic service of the Department of Agriculture and Food. There are a number of e-services available to clients at present which can be accessed via the Department website at www.agriculture.gov.ie. IMap/SPS provides access, from 2001 onwards, once the applications are fully processed, to the single payment scheme or area aid scheme information, including: summary...

Written Answers — Disease Eradication Schemes: Disease Eradication Schemes (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department completed the roll out of a new animal health computer system in February 2005. The system is operational in all of the Department's district veterinary offices, relevant laboratories and headquarters. This new computer system is an essential element in supporting the Department's various animal health and welfare activities and brings the benefits of modern technology to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There is a provision in the national reserve, category C, which 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 aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002. My Department...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 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 their 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...

Written Answers — Farm Household Incomes: Farm Household Incomes (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There are a number of approaches to examining farm incomes and these, along with recent trends, are explained in the Annual Review and Outlook for Agriculture and Food 2004-2005 which is available on my Department's web-site at www.agriculture.gov.ie. The table shows the two most common approaches to examining farm income: operating surplus — which measures aggregate farm income at national...

Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's function in the transport of livestock by sea is to approve vessels based on statutory requirements regarding the protection of animal welfare. The actual provision of such services is a commercial matter. Approval for the carriage of livestock on roll-on roll-off vessels is considered on a case-by-case basis, having regard to the characteristics of the individual vessel,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under EU legislation, in order to draw down the 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 on a number of occasions. While the person named established 19.25 entitlements, the single payment scheme application form received on 13 May 2005 declared 19.19 forage...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: As there is no record of the receipt of an application form from the person named under the 2005 single payment scheme, an official of my Department has been in direct contact with him in an attempt to clarify matters.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is not the registered herd owner in this case. An application under the 2005 single payment scheme was received from the registered herd owner on 11 May 2005. 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department recently wrote to over 10,000 holders of entitlements under the single payment scheme who did not appear to have applied under the scheme in 2005 in an effort to ensure that any such person did not lose the entitlements to the national reserve, without first being afforded a final opportunity to use them. The letter from my Department, addressed to the late uncle of the new...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the force majeure measure of the 2005 single payment scheme. Following processing of this application, including the medical circumstances outlined, force majeure was granted and the reference year 2002 was omitted from the calculation of the single payment. However, this measure would only be applied where it proved beneficial to the value of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 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 (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application requesting consideration under the inheritance provisions of the single payment scheme. Following processing of her application she was requested on 16 March 2006 to submit supporting documentation — a copy of the grant of probate, or letters of administration. Upon receipt of this documentation, my Department will be in a position to notify the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named successfully applied under the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. The payment, which issued to her on 1 December 2005, reflected the amended position after the transfer by way of inheritance. My Department is now arranging to transfer the remaining entitlements to her Tipperary herd number as requested by the person named.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted a private contract clause application by way of a lease agreement under the 2005 single payment scheme. This private contract clause has been successfully processed and entitlements concerned have been transferred out.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2005 single payment scheme was received from the person named on 14 April 2005. However, as the SPS entitlements established during the reference period were established in the joint names of the person named and her late husband, it was necessary that an administrative transfer be effected, in order to record the entitlements in the sole name of the person named,...