Results 4,601-4,620 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The current Installation Aid Scheme was established under the National Development Plan 2000-2006 and provides a once-off grant of €9,523 to farmers under the age of 35 who have been set up in farming for the first time on or after 1 January 2000. In order to apply for Installation Aid a farmer must, inter alia, be set up on a holding of at least 5 hectares of eligible land and be between...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Following direct contact between an official of my Department and the person named, medical evidence is awaited from the person named, following receipt of which an immediate decision will be made regarding the 2005 Single Payment Scheme application of the person named.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The delay in payment in this case was related to the change of ownership of the plantation. In addition there was a problem relating to the actual area claimed. These issues have now been resolved and I expect payment to be made within the next three weeks.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 9 May 2006 an official of my Department on 10 May 2006 contacted the person named. The person named was informed that no request for a review of his entitlements had been received in my Department. To date, this position remains unchanged. If the person now submits a written application for review to my Department, his case will be examined.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: This application was received in my Department on 23rd May 2006 and is being processed. Once processed, payment will issue within the timeframes agreed for the Scheme.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 5 May 2005. Under the EU regulations, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement in order to draw down the full Single Payment. The person named had established 27.76 entitlements, to which a further 18.93 entitlements were added following the acceptance of his Private...

Written Answers — Honey Production: Honey Production (29 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Last year 1,775 tonnes of honey was imported into Ireland, compared to an estimated 250 tonnes produced by Irish beekeepers. The scheme for capital investment in the commercial horticulture sector, which is operated by my Department and funded under the National Development Plan, is intended to assist in the development of the horticulture sector, including beekeeping, by grant aiding capital...

Written Answers — Honey Production: Honey Production (29 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: When Varroa was first identified in Ireland in 1998, infected stocks and those in surrounding areas were destroyed in an effort to contain and eradicate the disease. In 1998 and 1999 a total of €30,000 was paid in compensation to affected beekeepers by my Department. However, Varroa has become widespread throughout the country since then and a policy of continuous monitoring, control and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The Single Payment of each individual farmer consists on the average number of animals on which Livestock Premia and, where appropriate Arable Aid and Dairy Premium, payments were made in the 2000 to 2002 reference years. However, as the person named received no livestock premia during that period, he established no entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme. The person named submitted an...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: A REPS plan must cover all the land which is in the applicant's control. However, payments can be made only on the area recognised as meeting the eligibility criteria at the time the initial application is made. If, at some later stage, land that was deemed ineligible for payment at the outset is found to have met the eligibility criteria all along, then my Department will make backdated...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the provisions of the European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 399 of 2004) I am empowered to grant approval to organisations seeking to maintain a stud-book subject to the applicant satisfying the criteria for approval. Prior to the introduction of SI No. 399 of 2004, such approvals were granted under the European Communities (Equine Stud-Book...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 501, 502 and 524 to 526, inclusive, together. The compensation package negotiated as part of the agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime contains three elements. 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in my reply to the earlier Parliamentary Question regarding this case, given that the slaughter detail initially notified to the Cattle Movement Monitoring System was incorrect, payment of the Slaughter Premium in respect of this animal could not be processed. The person named was advised in writing and requested to have the necessary amendment made. As the required amendment has...

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I am assuming the Deputy is referring to an outbreak of microplasma gallisepticum in a poultry flock in Co. Limerick in November 2005. Following notification to my Department's office in Limerick that some of the poultry in the flock were exhibiting symptoms which might have been associated with avian influenza, inspectors from my Department attended at the premises in question and a clinical...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the new EU Rural Development Policy Framework an advisory service providing advice to farmers on meeting cross-compliance requirements, which are compulsory for those receiving direct payments, must be introduced in Member States by 1 January 2007. The service will provide advice on meeting statutory European requirements in relation to the environment, food safety, animal and plant...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Installation Aid Scheme, deadlines are set down by which the preliminary application (IAS 1) and the payment application (IAS 2) must be received by my Department. As both these applications were submitted outside these deadlines by the person concerned, a penalty of €2,285.52 was applicable.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid in February 2006.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The Single farm payment has been paid in this case. In January 2005 this herd number was transferred to the second person named. However, in May 2005, the Single Payment Scheme application was submitted in the name of the first person resulting in the need to transfer the Single Payment entitlements from that person to the second person named. The application to transfer the entitlements was...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in my reply to an earlier Parliamentary Question regarding this case, an application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 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...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 510 and 511 together. The article referred to is inaccurate. In May 2003, the Retired Farmers' Group for Justice lodged a petition with the European Parliament Committee on Petitions, alleging that Ireland had not implemented correctly the Council Regulations governing the 1994 and 2000 Schemes of Early Retirement from Farming. The Committee requested...