Results 4,401-4,420 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has received considerable correspondence since December 2005 from my Department in relation to the special discounted buy out scheme introduced by me on 1st January 2006. This discounted scheme provides Land Purchase annuitants with the opportunity to buy out their annuities at a reduced price. The person named received circa 36.78 acres of agricultural land from the Land...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The Land Annuity Capital Discounted Buy-out Scheme is open to all land purchase/reclamation annuitants. When the Scheme commenced on 1st January 2006 there were some 2150 annuitants. To date some 614 have elected to participate. On 9 June 2006 my Department issued a final reminder to each annuitant, the last in a series of 5 communications designed to inform, encourage and facilitate...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has 8.52 Single Payment entitlements with a value of €2,207.53. In order to be eligible for payment of entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme, the applicant must declare at least the same number of eligible hectares as his/her number of entitlements. The person named did not declare any land on his 2005 Single Payment Scheme application. Payment cannot, therefore, be...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The make up of the Interview Boards, of which there were four, was as follows: Dublin Board 1. A private HR Consultant who acted as Chairperson and two Assistant Principal Officers in my Department, one in the Beef Export Refunds Division and one in the Staff Training and Development Unit. Johnstown Castle Board. A private HR Consultant who acted as Chairperson, an Assistant Principal Officer...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The premium due in this case required to be adjusted and the correct amount has now been paid. My Department will write to the forestry owner shortly to provide details of the adjustment made.

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (15 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The land in question is in an area that has been identified by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as a proposed special protection area for the hen harrier. That Department has set up a working group to establish the most appropriate management regime for these areas in so far as forestry is concerned. Representatives of this Department, along with...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The records of the animals submitted by the person named under the suckler cow premium and special beef premium schemes and those animals slaughtered from the herd number of the person named under the slaughter premium scheme are being examined with a view to identifying those that may be eligible for payment. Eligibility under the livestock premia schemes required, inter alia, that the...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: To date 24 Bord Bia staff members have indicated a willingness to relocate to Enniscorthy. Applications have been made by 47 persons from outside Bord Bia for positions in Enniscorthy under the decentralisation programme, of whom 19 are based in Dublin. Issues relating to the transferability of staff between State Agencies and between the Civil Service, Public Service and State Agencies...

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The question of categories for the 2006 National Reserve will be decided in due course following consultations with the Single Payment Advisory Committee which comprises of representatives from the farming bodies, Teagasc, and officials from my Department. It should be noted that the only mandatory category for 2006 will be Category A which caters for farmers who inherited land or received...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The conversion of existing structures may be eligible for grant aid under either the Scheme of Investment Aid for Farm Waste Management or the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Improvement of Dairy Hygiene Standards provided the estimated cost of conversion to the relevant Specification does not exceed 70% of the cost of an equivalent new structure. Where conversion is the only feasible option...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The EU Regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme make no provision for the application of Force Majeure in circumstances where land has not been available to an applicant for at least a 10-month consecutive period in the year of application.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named applied to the Department in 2002 for a Flock Number. Following an inspection dated 31st March 2003 it was decided that the application could not be processed as it was not in compliance with Article 7 of Regulation EC 1259/1999. The Department were also not satisfied that the applicant's flock was managed independently and therefore the allocation of a Flock Number in this...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I presume that this Question relates to the compensation package available under the agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime. There are three elements to the compensation package. The first element is the compensation to beet growers of up to 64% of the reduction in the minimum price for beet. This compensation, which will be incorporated in the existing Single Payment Scheme and will be...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named established 131.47 standard entitlements at a net value of €11.25 each during the Single Payment Scheme reference period. Full payment of €1,434.67 in respect of these entitlements issued to him on 1 December 2005. Prior to 2 August 2000, the herd number was in the name of the late brother of the person named. In accordance with the provisions of the Single Payment...

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: In April the Council of Agriculture Ministers adopted Regulation 679/2006 which provides a legal basis for exceptional market support measures for the poultry sector where there are serious market disturbances directly attributed to a loss in consumer confidence arising from the avian influenza situation. I submitted a proposal to the Commission requesting co-funding and approval for a range...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There were 203 staff working in my Department's Cavan Office on 1 January 2000. Currently, two hundred and twenty eight people work in my Department's office in Cavan, including 57 job sharing staff. These staff are fully engaged in work on Accounts, Legal and Land Services, Livestock Breeding, Integrated Controls, BSE, Scrapie Medicines, District Veterinary Operations, Feed Fertiliser Grain...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government announced on 18 May 2006 that he had sent proposals for amendments to the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters Regulations 2005 to the European Commission for consideration. The proposals, which the Minister has outlined, were developed in conjunction with my Department and with the input of Teagasc and address...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payment 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. My Department requested additional information from the applicant, but there...

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 to 371, inclusive, together. Community rules have been established to ensure the protection of animal and public health in the importation of animal products into the EU. These harmonized controls are applied at the main points of entry into the EU at approved Border Inspection Posts (BIP). Importers are required to demonstrate compliance with the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 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...