Results 6,101-6,120 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The applicant in this case submitted an amended plan to indicate an increase in the area of his holding which he uses for commercial quarrying. My officials decided that it would be necessary to examine the situation on the ground before the application could be processed. This examination has taken place. The processing of the application will now be completed and payment will issue within...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. No proposals to alter the approved structures have been received from the person concerned. Applicants may only proceed with alterations to approved structures following receipt of prior written approval from my Department.

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations is in operation in its entirety in all Member States since 5 January 2007. Its purpose is to harmonise and improve the standards for the welfare and protection of all vertebrate animals during transport by setting down the requirements and conditions for the protection of animals during...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (21 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Government procurement procedures provide for advertising or direct invitation in relation to tenders. The above procedures were followed by my Department in all cases for contracts or procurements over the last 12 months, as set out in the table, with the exception of the appointment by the Government of the managing partner of Indecon to act as independent expert on sugar restructuring...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The site in question is in an area which the Department of Environmental, Heritage and Local Government has identified as one of a number of areas around the country which are important for the survival of the Hen Harrier, which is a protected species. The European Commission has expressed the gravest concern at any further planting within these areas until it is possible to fully assess the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The persons named submitted separate Applications in respect of the 2004 Area Aid Scheme. Following the processing of these applications it was established that both applicants over declared their areas. In accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations, both applications were subject to a 100% penalty. They appealed these decisions to the Agriculture Appeals Office, but the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: 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 Arable Aid schemes would have been payable during the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. The required written evidence of full planning permission for the proposed works was received by the Department from the applicant recently. A decision will be made in respect of the application as soon as possible.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: It is not possible to provide the Deputy with this information in the time available and I will issue a response direct to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Applications for aid under the 2000-2006 Installation Aid Scheme, which applies to young farmers set-up for the first time in farming on or before 31 December 2006, will be considered in accordance with the terms and conditions of that Scheme. The Installation Aid Scheme to be applied in Ireland as part of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme will be introduced as soon as EU approval is...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: As I indicated in my reply to a similar question tabled by the Deputy on 19 October 2006, the advancement of legislation to replace the 1845 Act under which the GSI was set up is in abeyance. My Department is, separately, considering whether there is a case for converting the GSI from a division of the Department into a stand-alone agency. I believe that it is important to form conclusions...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is in receipt of such an application and it is being considered in the context of finding a resolution to an outstanding dispute over the property.

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme in 2005 brought the new concept of Payment Entitlements into the direct payments system. Payment entitlements are not attached to land but are the property of the farmer who was farming during the reference period and was in receipt of direct payments under one or more of the Livestock Premium and/or Arable Aid schemes....

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that my Department has no record of having received an application from the person named to sell his entitlements. The Regulations governing the transfer of entitlements allow that Single payment entitlements may be transferred without land only if the transferor has used at least 80% of his entitlements. A person uses entitlements by submitting one hectare of land per...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on 28 December 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was 16 May 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official of my Department to write...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme-Disadvantaged Area Compensatory Allowance Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2006. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was randomly selected for and was the subject of a cross compliance inspection on 4 November 2006. During the course of...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: While the person named established no Single Payment Scheme Entitlements during the reference period in his own name, he has received two sets of entitlements under the entitlements transfer process of the Scheme. The person named has been fully paid in respect of these entitlements, as follows: payment of €16,901.62, issued on 14 December 2006; a second payment, containing Dairy Premium...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application to transfer entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme on 1 December 2006 following the dissolution of a partnership. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was 16 May 2006. The application was fully processed on 6 February 2007. The person named also submitted an...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on 20 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 outstanding documentation relating to the application. The requested documentation was received and...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Proposals for a new Early Retirement Scheme, with a maximum annual pension payment rate of €15,000, have been included in the draft Rural Development Programme for the period 2007-2013. The draft Programme was sent to the Commission in late December to begin the approval process. I cannot be definite as to how long this process will take but I continue to pursue early approval and my...