Results 4,041-4,060 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Since 1 January 2004 Coillte Teoranta has sold 5.5 hectares of land in the Laragh area. It is not possible to provide the remaining information requested by the Deputy as the details are a day-to-day operational matter and the responsibility of Coillte Teoranta, which was established as a commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988.

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 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. This case has been processed to completion and the person named has now been...

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for the transfer of entitlements by way of inheritance under the Single Payment Scheme. The application was successful, and payment amounting to €6,442.09 will issue shortly.

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the Single Payment Scheme on 16 May 2005 and also applied to have her entitlements consolidated under the Consolidation measure of the Scheme. The person named had established 29.16 entitlements and declared 18.54 eligible hectares on her 2005 Single Payment Scheme application. As some difficulties have arisen in relation to the application to...

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the Single Payment Scheme on 10 May 2005. Full payment amounting to €4,432.78 in respect of 17.59 entitlements issued on 1st December 2005. An application to transfer 6.65 entitlements from herd number U1261513 to the current herd number T 1670232 was received on 10 May 2005. This application was processed on 24 January 2006 following receipt...

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application to the 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 reference period 2000- 2002. Investments can include...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: In March I announced my intention to move to a more open market system for transferring milk quotas, which will come into effect on the 1st April 2007. I made this decision because the current restructuring model will not meet the future needs of the industry and a more effective response is required in order to meet future competitive pressures. My Department and I have completed the first...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The disposal of waste materials generally is covered by the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2005, which apply to all sectors of society including the agricultural sector and is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, manufacturers and importers of farm plastics, that is, silage bale wrap and...

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The requirement that all bovine animals over 30 months of age, slaughtered for human consumption, must be tested for BSE is provided for in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Accordingly I do not have discretion to raise this age...

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

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the Inheritance measure of the Single Payment Scheme. The applicant has been notified that he has been successful, and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the provisions of The European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004, SI 399 of 2004, I am empowered to grant approval to a person, an international association or organisation for the purposes of maintaining a stud-book subject to compliance with the requirements of the relevant legislation in force. Weatherbys Ireland GSB Limited is the organisation approved...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 and 389 together. Under the terms of the EU restructuring scheme for the sugar industry, the processor must fully dismantle the sugar production facilities in order to qualify for the full rate of restructuring aid. The scheme also provides for payment of a reduced rate of aid of up to 75% in the event of partial dismantling and use of the remaining...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: In response to my approach to Greencore about the possibility of utilising the Mallow plant for bioethanol production, I was informed that the company does not intend to use the plant for this purpose.

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Production: Sugar Beet Production (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has had no discussions with Greencore about the distribution of the sugar restructuring fund. The fund in question is to compensate for the economic, social and environmental costs of restructuring of the sugar industry involving factory closure and renunciation of quota. It is subject to the submission by the processor of a detailed restructuring plan for the industry following...

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

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that an application for financial support under the scheme of grants for forestry development 2006 was received by my Department from the person named. The application is one of sixty six applications for support received following a Call for Proposals by the Forest Service in late 2005. My Department is currently examining all of the applications received and a decision is...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 to 381, inclusive, together. On Friday 14th April 2006, a consignment of hobby birds was imported through Rosslare Port to a registered importer. The consignment in question originated in another Member State (the Netherlands) and, accordingly, is subject to intra-community trade rules, which does not include a quarantine requirement. Consignments of this...

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

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person concerned on 15 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 to farmers. While the person concerned had established 53.15...

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

Mary Coughlan: My Department has provided grant aid to commercial egg packers for the cost of providing new equipment for grading and packing of eggs and for the modernisation or construction of packing premises under the Capital Investment Scheme, (2001 to 2006), for the marketing and processing of agricultural products. The Scheme applied to approved egg-packing centres with an annual throughput of at...

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

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2005. The person named also submitted an application for the transfer of entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme. However, as the entitlements were established in the joint names of the herd owner and his brother, it was necessary to make contact with the brother of the person named....

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (3 May 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The Standard Costings used by my Department for the calculation of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme are currently under review. Pending the outcome of that review, my Department's current Standard Costings are being used.