Results 4,021-4,040 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Apr 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, who has made regulations last December giving legal effect to the provisions of Ireland's action programme. The regulations, which came into legal effect on 1 February 2006, specify the minimum storage capacities for livestock manure required on...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted a 2005 single payment application declaring 27.31 hectares of forage land and received payment for 27.31 entitlements on 1 December 2005. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 single payment scheme national reserve under Category C. Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003,...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: On 24 March I introduced a revised farm waste management scheme in order to assist farmers in meeting the additional requirements arising from the nitrates directive. Under the revised scheme, grant-aid is extended to include, inter alia, the construction of earth-lined slurry-effluent stores. In conjunction with the launch of the revised scheme, my Department published minimum specifications...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An important part of the reform of the CAP leading to the creation of the single payment scheme is the creation of an effective link between EU support for agriculture and measures aimed at protecting the environment and improving the countryside as well as achieving high standards in food safety and in animal health and welfare. Farmers receiving direct aid under the single payment scheme...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2005. During the processing of the application, matters arose which required to be satisfactorily resolved before payment could issue. Correspondence relating to these matters issued to the person named with a view to resolving the matter, but a reply has not been received to date. An official from my...

Written Answers — National Reserve Allocations: National Reserve Allocations (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Some 17,500 farmers submitted applications to the national reserve but when account is taken of the number of farmers who applied under two or more categories over 23,000 files have to be processed. Following the first tranche of allocations, 4,979 letters have issued to applicants who were successful in their application and 6502 letters have issued to unsuccessful applicants. Processing of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2005 single payment scheme was received from the person named on 5 May 2005. However, payment could not issue as the herd number registration details were changed on 16 April 2005, with the addition of the son of the person named. To allow payment of the entitlements established in the sole name of the person named to issue in the joint names of the person named and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category D. Category D caters for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in respect of that scheme year. A formal letter setting out my Department's decision has issued to the...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: A consignment of hobby birds was imported on Friday 14 April through Rosslare Port to a registered importer. The consignment in question originated in another member state and, as such, was not subject to any EU ban, though such importations are subject to spot checks. Consignments of this nature must comply with the requirements of a general authorisation issued under the European...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category D. Category D caters for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in respect of that scheme year. A formal letter outlining my Department's decision on the national reserve...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 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 on a number of occasions. The person named established 36.36 entitlements with a unit value of €192.69 per entitlement, and a total value of €7,532.34. The...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The question of utilising the Mallow plant for bioethanol production is a matter for commercial decision by Greencore. I have been informed that the company has no plans for using the Mallow plant for that purpose.

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (27 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I presume the Deputy is referring to the restructuring aid for the sugar industry provided for under Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006. Arrangements for the operation of this aid scheme cannot be finalised until the EU Commission adopts the relevant implementing rules regulation, which is likely to happen next month.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: It is a requirement of the EU Council Regulations under which the 1994 and 2000 Early Retirement Schemes were introduced that the Early Retirement Pension can be paid only as a supplement to any national retirement pension to which the participant (and his or her spouse or partner in a joint management arrangement) is entitled. The Old Age Contributory Pension is a national retirement pension...

Written Answers — Agrifood Sector: Agrifood Sector (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 354 and 393 together. My Department provides funding for research and development in the food processing and primary agriculture sectors through the Food Institutional Research (FIRM) and Research Stimulus Fund (RSF) measures, and also through the research activities of Teagasc, COFORD and of the Department's own laboratories. The FIRM programme supports...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that Category D of the 2005 National Reserve caters for new entrants to farming after 31 December 2002 and farmers who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in that scheme year. The total income of an applicant in this category may not exceed €40,000 and any off-farm income may not exceed €20,000. Farming qualifications are also required for this...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category A and Category D. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding to a third party during the reference period...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The payment of a pension under the 1994-1999 Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming is conditional on the requirements of the Scheme being met, as set out in the Scheme document and to which the applicant agreed to be bound on joining the Scheme. The primary conditions are that the applicant undertakes to cease commercial farming and transfers his/her land to an eligible transferee for the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the 2001 Special Beef Premium Scheme, the person named submitted four applications in respect of a total of thirteen animals. Under the 2003 Special Beef Premium Scheme, the person named submitted one application in respect of one animal. Following investigations, the identification of eight of the thirteen animals applied on under the 2001 Scheme was not confirmed. The Terms and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration of his circumstances under the Force Majeure measure of the Single Payment Scheme. Having examined the application it was deemed successful with the year 2001 being excluded for purposes of calculating his entitlements. However, this decision was appealed by the person named to the Single Payment Appeals Committee requesting that the...