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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The following table shows the breakdown of the numbers in my private and constituency office. Grade Number of Posts Salary Scale Special Adviser 1 €65,848-€82,338 Assistant Principal Officer scale + 10% Private Secretary 1 €42,180-€53,541 Higher Executive Officer scale + 18,015 allowance Personal Assistant 1 €42,180-€53,541 — Higher...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The details sought by the Deputy in relation to the value of advertising placed by the Department each year since 2002 are set out in the table. Advertising (including display/general advertising and Statutory Notices) 2002-2006 Year € 2002 638,440 2003 442,887 2004 648,543 2005 913,167 2006 646,927 The Department's...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 378 together. I do not intend to comment on newspaper reports concerning the expectations of interested parties in relation to the allocation of the EU aid for restructuring of the sugar industry. The restructuring aid will be implemented strictly in accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU regulations. Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: According to the figures provided to my Department, there are 87 applications to the Central Applications Facility (CAF) for relocation to Macroom across the Civil and Public Service. The Decentralisation Implementation Group (DIG) in its report to the Minister for Finance in June 2005 indicated that construction of my Department's laboratories in Macroom should start by the end of 2007 and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named did not submit a 2005 Single Payment application. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations the entitlements will be surrendered to the National Reserve. With regard to the 2005 Single Payment Scheme the person named applied for consideration for an allocation of entitlements from the National Reserve under category C. Category C caters for...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme are calculated using the average number of animals (hectares in the case of Arable Aid Schemes) on which payment was made in the 2000 to 2002 reference years, multiplied by the 2002 payment rate. The person named submitted an application on 29 October 2004 for consideration of his circumstances under the 2nd tranche of the Force Majeure/Exceptional...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (6 Jul 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 are progressing with the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned submitted an application for payment (IAS 2) under the Installation Aid Scheme to my Department on 16 May 2006. Additional information in relation to that application has, however, been requested from the person concerned and the application cannot be further progressed until that information is received.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: 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 Scheme from 2006, is worth approximately €123m to Irish beet growers over the next...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: â'¬18.6 million in modulated funds is available this year. I have decided that this funding should be used in 2006 as a top up payment under the compensatory allowance scheme. Farmers in the disadvantaged areas, which account for 75% of the country will, therefore, benefit from a once-off payment under the scheme this year. Payments will commence in September and will involve some 100,000...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: At a public meeting on 24 April 2006 my Department facilitated an agreement on the apportionment of land between rights holders. The necessary legal documentation to give effect to this agreement has been with a local solicitor acting on behalf of the farmers concerned and has already been signed by the majority of the farmers concerned. It is expected that the remainder will sign the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Funding to non-Governmental agencies and organisations. 2004 2005 2006 (year to date) â'¬ € € Forestry Development Association Co-Operative Society Ltd 72,000 59,343 44,000 Western Forestry Co-Operative Society 90,000 64,000 — Irish Timber Growers Association 41,600 32,000 26,000 Crann 12,800 6,200 3,000 ...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take questions 494 and 497 together. 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Following a review of this case, it has been determined that the New Entrant measure is more beneficial to the person named. A supplementary payment reflecting this position will issue to the applicant shortly. My Department has no record of receipt of an application form for the National Reserve measure of the single payment scheme from the person named.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receipt of an application form for the National Reserve measure of the Single Payment Scheme from the person named.

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Botulism is not a notifiable disease under the Diseases of Animals Acts. However, samples from animals may be submitted for testing to my Department's Central Veterinary Laboratory or Regional Veterinary Laboratories at the discretion of a Private Veterinary Practitioner or on request by a herd owner through a Private Veterinary Practitioner. Bovine Botulism can be contracted through contact...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: According to my Department's records the person named has not submitted an application under the Early Retirement Scheme. In the absence of further details, it is not possible to comment on his potential eligibility for the Early Retirement Scheme.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 and 509 together. My Department is currently working on the inclusion of the sugar beet compensation in the 2006 Single Payment Scheme. The task of establishing the number of additional entitlements for each producer is almost complete. Work will shortly commence on establishing the additional amount of compensation to be added to the Single Payment. When...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories A & 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 — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (6 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 503, 510, 511 and 516 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 Scheme and will be...