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Written Answers — Installation Aid Scheme: Installation Aid Scheme (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned is ineligible for aid under the Installation Aid Scheme as his initial application (IAS 1) was submitted outside the time allowed under the terms and conditions of the Scheme. The applicant has been advised of his right to appeal the decision concerned to the Agriculture Appeals Office. As far as his single farm payment is concerned, the person named submitted an...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme was submitted on the 20th March 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official from my Department to make direct contact with the person named and request further documentation. The requested documentation was received and the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that payment of €4,452.50 issued on 22 September 2006 in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme 2006. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories B and D. Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories B and D. Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia and /or Arable Aid Schemes would have been...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An amount of €4,452.50 issued on 22 September 2006 in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme 2006. An application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme was submitted on the 15th May 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official from my Department to make direct contact with the person named to seek...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The application by the person named under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme has now been fully processed and payment has issued.

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The EU restructuring aid for the sugar industry, as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, is to cover the economic, social and environmental costs of restructuring, involving factory closure and renunciation of quota. In July 2006, the Government made decisions regarding the percentage of the aid to be reserved for beet growers and contractors and the indicative breakdown of...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The assets of the Irish Sugar Company were transferred to Greencore, which was sold over the period 1991-1993. I understand from the Department of Finance that the total (gross) receipts were €210.65m, which represents the market value of the assets at the time. I am not in a position to comment on the value of Greencore's assets at the time of closure of its sugar manufacturing operations....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named leased in Single Payment entitlements by means of a Private Contract Clause in 2005. During the process of transferring those entitlements, an overpayment for 2005 was incorrectly identified. This led to a systematic recoupment of monies from the payments due to the person named in 2006. The matter has now been fully resolved and all outstanding payments will issue to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid €12,721.16 under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme. He is due a further payment of approximately €2,900 on the Single Payment entitlements that he inherited. This payment will issue to him shortly. He will then have received full payment under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme. Any future payments to the person named, under the Single Payment Scheme, will include...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme was submitted on the 15th May 2006. The application was examined and further documentation was required. An official from my Department contacted the person named and requested the specific documentation. The requested documentation was received and the application has now been fully...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: While the person named submitted an application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme declaring 36.24 hectares, it was subsequently established that the area which the person named was entitled to claim was 9.15 hectares. The regulatory penalty appropriate in such circumstances, as provided for under Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004, is that the applicant is not entitled to payment in...

Written Answers — An Teanga Ghaeilge: An Teanga Ghaeilge (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Ar an mean tógann sé an méid céanna ama freagra a sheoladh i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla.

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: A total of approximately 8,500 hectares was clear-felled by Coillte Teoranta in 2006. All clear-felling of afforested areas by Coillte and others is subject to the licensing conditions as laid down under the Forestry Act 1946. Licences are issued following detailed inspection and approval of the proposed clear felling sites by the Forest Service Inspectorate and following consultation with...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The following is a breakdown in hectares of clear-felling in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains each year for the past ten years: Year Hectares 1996 652.0 1997 505.0 1998 480.0 1999 596.0 2000 561.0 2001 621.4 2002 682.4 2003 552.4 2004 750.9 2005 666.5 2006 776.5 It should be noted that, other than in the most exceptional cases, any area clear-felled must be reforested by the owner.

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I wish to inform the Deputy that legislation governing the cultivation of GM crops in Ireland is based on EU legislation that has been adopted by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament and which, for the most part, is binding on all Member States. Ireland's general position in developing this legislation is informed by the Government's acceptance of the recommendation set out in...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I understand that there is a dispute between the workers and Greencore over the interpretation of the Labour Court recommendation regarding redundancy payments. I have no function in relation to that matter. My colleague Mr Tony Killeen TD, Minister for Labour Affairs, outlining the position regarding the Labour Court recommendation in this House on 25 October, 2006 indicated that the...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is reviewing all current forestry claims, in compliance with EU regulations, using digital imaging to establish the precise location and size of each forest. The established forest size is compared to the size currently on record and, where this varies, clients are informed of the correct forest size for future forestry claims. In all cases clients, such as the person in...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: To be eligible for payment under the 2006 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, an applicant must have a holding with a minimum stocking level of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare. The person named declared 29 hectares of forage area and required 4.35 livestock units (29 x 0.15) to qualify for payment. My Department's records show no evidence in this case of the ownership and possession of...

Written Answers — Forest Service: Forest Service (31 Jan 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Requests for information under national and European legislation vary in terms of complexity and volume. I am satisfied that sufficient resources are available within the Forest Service to ensure that information requests under national and European legislation are processed efficiently.