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Written Answers — Beef Industry: Beef Industry (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My plans for the development of the beef sector can be summarised as follows: Advanced processing methods and product development; Sophisticated and targeted marketing; Efficient farm production with quality assurance; and better scientifically based animal breeding. I recently launched a Capital Investment Aid Scheme for the beef and sheepmeat sectors, directed towards preparing the industry...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The extent to which sugar beet growing for the purposes of sugar production has ceased can be gauged from the number of aid applications submitted under the EU temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry. This is a four-year scheme which came into operation as part of last year's reform of the EU sugar regime. The deadline for applications in the first year was 31 July 2006...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The level of compensation provided under the EU scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry is based on a standard amount i.e. €730 per tonne of sugar quota renounced. The value of the aid to Ireland is approx. €145m. The Government decisions of July 2006 in relation to the allocation of this aid were based on the recommendations of an independent expert following an open...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The European Commission has identified water quality as one of the priorities to be addressed by Member States during the new rural development programming period. In REPS 4, which is part of Ireland's proposed Rural Development Programme, it is proposed that bovines will not be prevented from having access to drinking water at drinking points along watercourses. However, they will be...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (6 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The contracts awarded to the named company by my Department since 2000 are set out in the following table. Contracts Value Advertised € Economic Analysis of Foot and Mouth Disease (2002) 30,734 Restricted tender In 2006 the Government appointed the managing partner of Indecon to act as independent expert on the €145m sugar restructuring aid at an initial contract of €120,000,...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: For reasons of administrative efficiency, the Milk Quota Trading Scheme was managed centrally by my Department. However, the Scheme was operated at co-operative level and the results have been issued to each co-op, who will contact their suppliers directly with the outcome of their applications.

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: For reasons of administrative efficiency, the Milk Quota Trading Scheme was managed centrally by my Department. However, the Scheme was operated at co-operative level and the results have been issued to each co-op, who will contact their suppliers directly with the outcome of their applications.

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: In the circumstances outlined the extension of the family lease is a matter for both parties to the lease to arrange. The Milk Quota Regulations provide for the renewal of leases within a period of 6 months of expiry of the lease.

Written Answers — EU Legislation: EU Legislation (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The following are the projected clearfelling figures in hectares for the area in question for the period 2007-2011 inclusive: Year Hectares 2007 730.4 2008 639.9 2009 488.7 2010 830.6 2011 100.0 Coillte has a general policy of allowing open access to its forests and the recreational opportunities that result are among the many non-timber benefits that Irish forests offer. These...

Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I do not currently have plans to amend the remit of Coillte as set out in its Memorandum of Association in relation to the provision and management of recreational woodland areas. Coillte has a role in the provision of recreational facilities and has produced a revised and updated policy on recreation, 'Recreation Policy-Healthy Forests, Healthy Nation', which I launched in October 2005.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: REPS 4 will form part of the new Rural Development Programme for the period from 2007 to 2013. The Programme was sent to the European Commission in late December, 2006 and has to go through its approval process. I cannot be definite as to how long this process will take but I continue to pursue early approval. My officials are in ongoing contact about it with their counterparts in the...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The measures relevant to my Department in the 2000-2006 National Development Plan did not provide for or relate to individual projects. Instead, they comprised support schemes for the agri-food sector and related research. The table below sets out payments under the various schemes in County Kildare during the period. Scheme Amount â'¬m Compensatory Allowances 6.302 REPS 17.597...

Written Answers — Forestry Regulations: Forestry Regulations (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I am aware that Coillte are encountering problems with unauthorised activities in a number of their forests. Arising from these problems, Coillte have, in accordance with Section 37 of the Forestry Act, 1988, requested me to make bye-laws governing this activity. Draft bye-laws have been prepared and are currently being considered by Coillte.

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (7 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The requirement that all bovine animals over 30 months of age, slaughtered for human consumption, must be tested for BSE is provided for in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (The TSE Regulation). Accordingly I do not have the discretion...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I can confirm that the person named will be re-offered the share that he has already refused on two occasions. There is no record in my Department as to whether rates were paid on these three shares for the fifty years in question. This information would normally be available from the relevant County Council.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 228 together. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category B. 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 20th April 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official of my Department to write to the person named to seek clarification on certain matters relating to the application. Further documentation was received on...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that two applications for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named and another person were submitted on the 1st December 2006. The transfer in this case related to the dissolution of a partnership. The applications were examined and further documentation was required. The further documentation was received on the 16th January 2007 and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2007)

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 before 16 May 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding to a third party during the reference period 2000...