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- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial Action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007â13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. Payments have issued to those whose applications required no further examination following the administrative checks. However queries arose on a significant number of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Payment issued to the person named on 1 February 2010.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The position regarding penalties that may be applied in respect of the application of the person named under the 2009 Single Payment Scheme has yet to be finalised; an official of my Department will shortly be in direct contact with the person named in this regard.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial Action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. The application for grant-aid under the Scheme is currently being examined and a decision will be made as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial Action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007â13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. Payments have issued to those whose applications required no further examination following the administrative checks. However queries arose on a significant number of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Payment will issue to the person named within ten working days.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Due to industrial Action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named has nine animals for consideration under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. To date, aid amounting to â¬38.80 has been paid for one of the animals. Queries have arisen in the case of the remaining eight animals, and the person named will be written to in due course by my Department, with a view to having them resolved.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007â13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. Payments have issued to those applicants whose applications cleared the administrative checks. The administrative checks are carried out manually in the Department's local...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Drafting of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill, which gives effect to commitments in the Programme for Government and the Renewed Programme for Government on issues relating to animal health and welfare is ongoing in my Department. The legislation will amend and consolidate legislation in the area of animal health, particularly to reflect the changed disease status of our animals. Existing...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007â13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. Payments have issued to those whose applications required no further examination following the administrative checks. However queries arose on a significant number of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department has been operating the Cycle-to- Work scheme since June 2009 and, to date expenditure on the scheme is â¬57640.81 for 81 applications. This will be recouped from the salaries of the participating officers.
- Written Answers — Timber Products: Timber Products (10 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Trade in certain tropical timber products is regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora â (CITES for short). In Ireland the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government issue CITES permits - the authorisation to import such timber. For all other timber and timber...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the 2009 Single Payment Scheme, 123,389 applicants have been paid a total of â¬1.25 billion, to date. This represents in excess of 99.5% of the payments due under the 2009 Scheme. Payments continue to issue as individual cases are cleared.
- Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (10 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations governs the transport of live animals, with certain aspects implemented by European Communities (Animal Transport and Control Post) Regulations 2006 SI No 675 of 2006. My Department implements this legislation in regard to the transport of live dogs. In that context my...
- Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (10 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under Regulation (EC) No. 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the movement of pet animals there is free movement of pets (dogs, cats and ferrets) between Ireland and the UK, a rabies free zone. Apart from exports to the UK, all dogs exported from Ireland, both commercial and non-commercial, must be accompanied by a pet passport. This passport is issued by my Department...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 Feb 2010)
Brendan Smith: Payment will issue to the person named within ten working days.