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- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: In 2011, Animal Health Ireland (AHI) with strong industry support formed a BVD implementation group (BVD IG) to deliver a programme aimed at eradicating Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD). A voluntary phase of the eradication programme has commenced this month - January 2012 and it is anticipated that this will become compulsory in 2013. The first 3 years of the programme will focus on testing of...
- Written Answers — Fish Stocks Protection: Fish Stocks Protection (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: The Marine Institute advises that Spurdog is a long lived, slow growing and late maturing species and is, therefore, particularly vulnerable to exploitation. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) scientific advice is that the stock of spurdog is depleted and that there should be no targeted fishery for this species and that catches in mixed fisheries should be...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 8 April 2011, payment in respect of which issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 12 December 2011.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Payments Scheme, all Ground Eligibility Inspections must be completed before any payment can issue to any applicant under either scheme, including those not selected for a Ground Eligibility Inspection. In the vast majority of inspected cases amendments have had to be made to the maps in order that the Land Parcel...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2009 and received payments for the first two years of the contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and accordingly is subject to EU Regulation which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. These checks have now been completed and a cheque for...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011. Following processing of this application, over-claims were identified in respect of two land parcels as declared by the person named. The person named was written to in this regard on 21 December and again on 6 January 2012. On receipt of a reply to these over-claims...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 680 and 681 together. Just over â¬30 million was paid under the Suckler Welfare Scheme to participants in the Scheme during 2011 bringing the total amount paid since the inception of the Scheme to almost â¬123 million. Of that total, â¬14.54 million was paid last year in respect of animals born during 2010 and â¬12.28 million for animals born in 2011.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 682 and 683 together. Grant payments under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) are made when documented claims in respect of completed projects have been submitted and verified by my Department. The expenditure for the calendar year 2011 under the Schemes concerned is set out in the following table:- Scheme Amount (â¬m) Bioenergy...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: The total level of expenditure under the REPS Schemes in 2010 was â¬323.8 million. There was no expenditure under AEOS scheme in 2010.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: The level of funding provided for REPS in 2011 was â¬301 million while expenditure was â¬262.9million. The level of funding provided for AEOS in 2011 was â¬36 million while expenditure was â¬14.1 million. The level of funding provided for REPS in 2012 is â¬185 million. To date â¬4.9 million has been spent and it is expected that the full level of funding will be expended by the end of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2011, following processing of which it was discovered that one of the parcels declared had also been declared by another applicant. In keeping with standard procedure, both parties were written to, in response to which the person named accepted that he did not have the right to declare the parcel,...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 4 May 2011, payments in respect of which issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 19 December 2011 and 21 December 2011, respectively.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named commenced REPS 4 in February 2010 and received payments for his first year of the contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and accordingly is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. These checks have now been completed and cheques...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011, following processing of which an over-claim was identified on one of the land parcels declared by the person named. The person named has been written to in this regard and, on receipt of a satisfactory reply, the application will be further processed with a view to the appropriate payment...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011, processing of which has recently been finalised, thereby allowing payment to issue directly to the nominated bank account of the applicant in the coming days.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2011, payments in respect of which issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 1 December 2011 and 5 December 2011, respectively.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2011, payment in respect of which issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 8 December 2011.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: Following communication with the Inheritance Enquiry Unit of my Department in September 2010 and the subsequent receipt of legal documents, payments arising from the Single Payment Scheme (for the years up to and including the 2010 scheme year) issued to the representatives of the father of the person named. Due to an insufficient stocking density no payment became due under the Disadvantaged...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 13 April 2011, payment in respect of which issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 19 December 2011.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jan 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2011. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility/Cross Compliance Inspection. During the course of the inspection a breach relating to the failure to prevent the encroachment of invasive species was recorded which resulted in a 1% reduction...