Results 4,101-4,120 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 4 May 2011. The application has now been fully processed with a view to the appropriate payments issuing shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: Applicants under the Single Payment Scheme are required, inter alia, to declare one eligible hectare in respect of each payment entitlement held. Such land being declared for the purposes of the scheme is identified via the unique system of my Department's Land Parcel Identification numbers, rather than using Land Folio ID numbers. However, if the owner of the lands provides proof of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 8 April 2011, following processing of which, the 50% advance payment was issued to the applicant on 25 October.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 415 together. An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2011, processing of which has recently been completed, thereby allowing the 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme to issue on 28 October. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was also issued to the...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 3 in October 2006 and received payments for the first four years of the contract. However, a 100% penalty for the amount of €4824.53 was applied in 2008 for the removal of scrub in a habitat. On 19 July 2010, the Agricultural Appeals Office upheld the decision of the Department to impose the penalty and advised the person named of his right of appeal to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas was received from the person named on 12 May 2011, following processing of which an over-claim on one of the parcels declared by the person named was identified. The person named has been written to regarding the matter and, on receipt of a satisfactory reply, the application will be further processed with a view to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 5 April 2011, following processing of which, a dual-claim was identified on one of the parcels declared by the person named. As this has recently been resolved, payment will issue to the person named shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2011. Payment of the 50% advance of the Single Payment issued on 19 October and the aid due under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued to the applicant on 26 October. The person named registered 95 animals under the 2010 Suckler Welfare Scheme. During the validation...

Written Answers — Veterinary Inspection Service: Veterinary Inspection Service (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: I presume that, since TB reactors are not as a general rule re-tested, the Deputy is referring to re-testing of animals which give an inconclusive reaction to the TB skin test. The position on this issue is that my Department has not discontinued its practice of using its own veterinary inspectors to test inconclusive reactors. However, my Department does not have the resources to conduct...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff numbers in my Department at the end the years referred to by the Deputy were as follows: End- 2005: 4,441 End- 2006: 4,245 End- 2007: 4,300* End-2008: 4,245.1 End-2009: 3,881.0 End-2010: 3,632.2 *The increase in staff numbers in 2007 resulted from the addition of some Fisheries functions and associated staff to the Department's remit during that year. To...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2011. While the person named replied to a query in relation to an over-claim, which had been identified following processing of the application, the resolution of this error has resulted in a further over-claim being identified. The person named has been written to in...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: I introduced the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Agriculture) Regulations 2011 to address a European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgement against Ireland in relation to the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. Ireland was facing significant lump sum and daily fines if Regulations were not introduced to fully satisfy the judgement. The new...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: The herd number was in the joint names of the person named and his late brother. Payment arising from the 2010 Single Payment Scheme is due to the person named and to the estate of his late brother. No application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named in 2011. In March of this year the Inheritance Enquiry Unit of my Department wrote to the person named requesting...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 13th May 2011. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility/Cross Compliance Inspection. This inspection was completed and the results are now being processed. In the vast majority of inspected cases amendments have had to be made to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 5th April 2010. This application was selected for a ground eligibility/cross compliance inspection. During the course of this inspection discrepancies were found that resulted in a claimed area of 23.28ha being reduced to 21.10ha. Under EU Regulations if the total area found...

Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: The European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2009, S.I. 432 of 2009 obliges all feed business operators, including operators of agricultural outlets and depots which supply feed materials such as rolled barley or wheat, to be registered with this Department in accordance with the Feed Hygiene Regulations (Regulation (EC) No 183/2005). This legislation also outlines general...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 14 April 2011, processing of which is now complete, thereby allowing payment to issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 19 May 2011. Based on the details provided by the person named, payment is not possible at present. A letter detailing the absence of sufficient information on stocking density issued on the 1st of November.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in May 2009 and received payments for the first year of their contract. In addition 75% of the second year payment issued on 21st April 2011 for the amount of €5818.20. Following an inspection on 22nd June 2010, a clawback was imposed as a result of a discrepancy in the amount of land drawn down for payment under a particular measure under the scheme...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: At the end of October, €580m of the Department's 2011 Vote remains to be spent. Based on the latest Departmental forecasts, it is anticipated that while some savings will occur, substantial expenditure will take place on schemes and services by the end of the year. The Department will continue to monitor expenditure closely on an ongoing basis.