Results 5,141-5,160 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (21 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that Single Payment Entitlements may be sold with or without land but may only be sold without land when at least 80% of the entitlements have been used in one calendar year. The regulations also set out provisions for a claw-back on the sale of entitlements (with and without land) that Member States may apply in order to replenish the National Reserve. In this context the...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (21 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Approval to commence the investment works was issued by my Department to the applicant on 1 November 2006.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Compensatory Allowance Scheme was received from the person named on the 18th April 2006. The application was selected for an on-the-spot ground eligibility and cross-compliance inspection that was carried out on the 9th of October 2006. The applicant was not present at the time of inspection. The...

Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (21 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I presume that the Deputy is referring to the EU restructuring aid for the sugar industry, which in Ireland's case is worth €145 million approximately. The aid, as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, is to cover the economic, social and environmental costs of restructuring the sugar industry involving factory closure and renunciation of quota. In July 2006 the Government...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has an outstanding amount in the region of €3,300 due to him under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme. This outstanding amount will issue to him shortly. The balance of the payment due under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme will issue to the person named in early December. In addition, the person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named received full payment of €16,349.09 in December 2005 under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme. Full payment under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme will issue to the person named in early December.

Written Answers — Radon Gas Levels: Radon Gas Levels (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Some 90 of my Department offices have been notified in regard to carrying out radon tests. To date 35 of these tests have been completed and the remainder are in the process of being tested.

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The compensation package negotiated in the context of the reform of the EU sugar regime is worth over €310m to Ireland. It comprises three elements. The first element is the sugar beet compensation being incorporated into the Single Payment Scheme with effect from 2006. It will be worth approximately €123 million to Irish beet growers over the next seven years. The second element is the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Applications for the Transfer of Single Payment Entitlements to the persons named have been received in my Department. The applications were examined but could not be processed as copies of deeds of transfer were not included. An official from my Department contacted the persons named and requested the specific documentation. The outstanding documentation has since been received but...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: In the 12 month period to 20 November 2006 the total energy costs to my Department were some €3.8 million. The main suppliers of energy to my Department are ESB, An Bord Gáis, FloGas and Texaco. I would add that my Department is also examining the question of renewable fuels, and in fact is converting its Wexford headquarters to a woodchip heating system. The new system has been...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Water is supplied to my Departments offices by the various Local Authorities in each county. My Department also avails of bottled water and filtering facilities from a number of companies. The total cost, including water charges, to my Department, in the 12 month period to 20 November 2006, is some €200,000.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned submitted an application for payment (IAS 2) under the Installation Aid Scheme to my Department on 8 September 2006. However, additional information was required from the applicant and this is currently being examined. The applicant will be notified of the outcome of the application as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in an earlier reply to the Deputy, the person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category A. 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 before 16 May, 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category A. 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 2000 to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Full payment under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme will issue to the person named in early December.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of an application from the person named for an annual REPS payment.

Written Answers — Veterinary Inspection Service: Veterinary Inspection Service (23 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department currently employs 343 staff in the Veterinary Inspector grades, 220 Agricultural Inspectors, 35 Forestry Inspectors and 1087 Agricultural Officers. These officers work in Food Safety, Research, District Veterinary Offices, Agricultural Environment and Structures, Single Farm Payment and Disadvantaged Areas, Seed Certification, Dairy Produce, Feeding Stuffs, Fertiliser, Grain,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2006. While the person named declared 257.50 hectares, payments under the Scheme are restricted to a maximum of 45 hectares. However, following computer validation, an issue in relation to the required minimum stocking level was identified, on foot of which the person named was written to 26...

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (23 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The EU legal basis for the TB and Brucellosis schemes is primarily Directive 64/432/EEC, which governs trade of bovine animals. Other EU legislation which includes provisions relating to these diseases are Directives 64/433/EEC, 92/46/EEC, Regulation No. 2004/853/EC and legislation governing Community co-financing of eradication programmes (Directive 77/391/EEC and Decision 90/424/EEC) and...

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (23 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. The herdnumber of the person mentioned has been suspended and his holding has been restricted because he has failed to have conducted the tests required to maintain the health status of his herd and has further refused to comply with notices issued by my Department to have his herd tested for Bovine Tuberculosis and Bovine Brucellosis....