Results 41-60 of 89 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Smith

Topical Issue Debate: Syrian Civil War (31 Jan 2013)

Brendan Smith: ...has cost more than 60,000 lives, has driven hundreds of thousands of people out of both their homes and their country and has destroyed the livelihoods of innumerable citizens. I understand that 2 million Syrians have been displaced internally and a further 2 million require urgent humanitarian assistance. These figures alone attest to the awfulness of this situation. The appalling...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 — 2010 (NCIP) which will invest €575 million over 5 years. I understand from enquiries I have made that the service in question applied for interim NCIP staffing funding of €4,800 which was declined last September as their application had not demonstrated sufficient ability to...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: Under the final compromise in the Health Check negotiations, a 5% increase was agreed in the rate of modulation. I would have preferred if no additional modulation were agreed. However, this was one element of the Health Check proposals on which Commissioner Fischer Boel was particularly determined. Nevertheless, I succeeded in co-operation with my colleagues from other Member States, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Brendan Smith: ...so that the people in those areas are not getting anything like the assistance they need. The Chairman rightly pointed out the awful situation in Syria. More than 60,000 lives have been lost, 2 million people have been displaced internally, 2 million are in need of humanitarian aid and huge numbers have been driven not only out of their homes but out of their country. I do not know if...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Feb 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which...

Farm Household Incomes. (17 May 2006)

Brendan Smith: I thank Deputy Crawford for raising this issue and welcome the opportunity to outline the facts. By any measure, 2005 was an exceptional year for the farming sector with the introduction of the single payment scheme. Aggregate farm income reached a record level of €2,765 million. This was a 24% increase on 2004, reflecting a once-off overlap in direct payments, as farmers received over €1...

Written Answers — Beef Industry: Beef Industry (1 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...two weeks after weaning while continuing to provide meal to the calves gradual weaning, i.e. for herds of more than 10 cows the weaning must be carried out in more than one group with at least 5 days between the weaning of each group. Payments to farmers under the Suckler Welfare Scheme is entirely dependent on the participants submitting, on a timely basis, details of the measures...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The deal I secured in the Health Check of the CAP negotiations last November is worth a potential €80 million in additional payments to farmers over the coming years. In addition, the increase in milk quota will deliver some €100 million worth of additional milk production by 2014. This is enormously positive for the sector and, while there are also elements in the package that I do not...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Feb 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years. I understand that, in July 2007, the Group referred to was approved under the NCIP interim staffing support scheme for a start up grant of €3,000 in respect of the period September to December 2007. The interim scheme was...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for child care services. The NCIP came into effect from in January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality child care supports and services,...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...December 2012. Due to our additional production potential, Ireland will benefit greatly from these changes. Including the 2% quota increase already in place for 2008, this means that an additional 500 million litres of milk will be produced in Ireland when these changes come into effect. This was an outstanding achievement given the alignment of forces on the Council. I am particularly...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (30 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...on an application to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board. Aquaculture development will be supported by exchequer funding for the 2007-2013 period. The estimates for 2009 has set aside €5 million to support aquaculture development. In addition support is provided to the sector by Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fiscal Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Smith: ...increasing population throughout the country of all ages. The last census recorded a population increase in every county for the first time in a long time. Our population is now in excess of 5 million people and that is a welcome development. The best way to strengthen our economy and the public finances in the long term is to ensure we have modern, up-to-date infrastructure. That...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (11 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: ...should be noted that the Irish aquaculture industry also has a substantial shell fish farming component, which neither the Scotland nor Norway have. Ireland's shell fish farmers produce between 45,000 to 50,000 metric tonnes of high quality mussels and oysters annually and new species of shell fish like abalone and scallops are also being farmed in increasing volumes. The considerable...

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (15 Oct 2009)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 57 together. Following the recent EU Commission decision granting Ireland officially brucellosis-free status, I announced a series of significant changes to the Brucellosis Eradication Scheme on 8 September 2009 as follows: an increase in the age threshold for annual round testing to 24 months; an increase in the validity period of the pre-movement test...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), the National Childcare Training Strategy and the Early Childcare Supplement. The NCIP is a key component of the National Childcare Strategy and has been allocated €575 million over 5 years, with a target to create 50,000 additional childcare places. The Programme which is Exchequer funded aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...Programme 2007-13 and is subject to different EU Regulations from the preceding versions of REPS. Under REPS 4, all payments are to be made in just two instalments. The first payment, of 75%, can be made only when all administrative checks on all 2008 applications for REPS 4 and the Single Payment Scheme are completed. This is why it has not yet been possible to release payments even to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (25 Jun 2014)

Brendan Smith: ...non-governmental organisations made a presentation here recently on the desperate humanitarian situation in the region. There has been considerable loss of life in the conflict which erupted in December 2013. I believe 1.4 million people have been displaced, and 5 million people are in urgent need of assistance. I believe 5 million is nearly 50% of the entire population. I am open to...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The NCIP came into effect from 1 January 2006, with an allocation of €575 million for the 5 year period of 2006-2010. This Programme aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which are grounded in an...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (1 Jul 2008)

Brendan Smith: Early indications show that planting figures for 2008 should well exceed the 5,000 hectares referred to by the Deputy. It is worth emphasising that my Department has committed a total of €126 million in the current year to further the national afforestation programme. The current suite of Afforestation Grant and Premium Schemes, along with the various support measures, is the most...