Results 561-580 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason farmers are not entitled to draw a non-contributory pension in conjunction with the farm retirement pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13898/05]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason farmers are not entitled to draw a contributory pension in conjunction with the farm retirement pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13899/05]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a farmer must inform the Department of Agriculture and Food of his or her social welfare entitlements; her plans to automate this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13900/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a breakdown of the calculation of their SFP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13754/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a result to a [i]force majeure[/i] application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13755/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive notification of SFP entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive notification of SFP entitlement as an inheritance case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13757/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive notification of SFP entitlement with a correct PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13758/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a State aid package for those ineligible under the terms of the current CFP scheme; if she will increase the level of grant aid available under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13883/05]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the current EU support for the CFP scheme will cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13884/05]

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she is taking under the CAP reform agreement to introduce an advisory package for farmers; the additional funding set aside for these proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/05]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he is taking to complete a nationwide groundwater study to provide a baseline for the implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13886/05]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (28 Apr 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an early settlement top up payment and a per acre top up payment for the sale of his or her bog to the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13901/05]

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to secure a derogation for Irish farmers from the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14246/05]

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: With regard to the proposals submitted to Brussels, the nitrates directive is to be implemented as and from 1 January next. Is the Minister confident a derogation will be in place by 1 January? What will be the implications if a derogation is not in place by that date? Is she aware it could take 12 months to introduce a derogation given the procedures involved? What steps have she and her...

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Farmers will carry the can.

EU Directives. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: The derogation will involve a complex nutrient management system for those farmers who will have to put it in place. Would it not have been easier to seek a derogation had we started to implement the nitrates action plan already? What are the implications of the 1 January implementation date if we do not have a derogation in place from 1 January 2006?

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: I was telling him to keep quiet.

Land Prices. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister circulate her initial response to the National Roads Authority because what that authority offers people for land purchased by CPO is a gross insult to them? With regard to the issue of leasing, has the Minister had any discussions with her colleague, the Minister for Finance, regarding tax relief on intra-family leases? There is no exemption on these although the majority...

Land Prices. (4 May 2005)

Denis Naughten: There is no financial incentive for leasing.