Results 6,101-6,120 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1st November 2010 and full payment totalling â¬209.33 issued in respect of 2010. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named has been a participant in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS 4) since June 2008 and has received payment for the first four years of the scheme, the latest payment having issued in December 2011. This payment was reduced to â¬5,679.29 following a penalty deduction of â¬3,223.57 as a result of breaches of the scheme which were discovered at inspection. The farm...
- Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: There were no State agencies abolished or merged since the formation of this government, however, the Government decided that three bodies under the aegis of my Department should be reviewed. 1. National Milk Agency â to consider abolishing or merging with Bord Bia 2. Irish Marine Development Office â to consider subsuming functions into the Marine Institute 3. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)...
- Written Answers — Fish Farming: Fish Farming (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: Applications for aquaculture licences are assessed under the provisions of the 1997 Fisheries (Amendment) Act which provide for extensive consultation with stakeholders, including Inland Fisheries Ireland, and also a period of general public consultation. Licence decisions in each case are made following detailed advice from my Department's scientific and technical advisers. My scientific...
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named has been informed in writing that he was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) with effect from 1st September 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be...
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: Applicants under the Single Payment Scheme are required, inter alia, to declare one eligible hectare for each SPS payment entitlement held; in declaring such land, applicants are required to indicate whether the land is Owned, Rented or Leased. Where the same land parcel is claimed by more than one applicant, on the basis that the land is being leased/rented or a similar type transaction, the...
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: Being particularly mindful of the importance of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, from an economic perspective, contributing as it does to the support of in excess of 100,000 Irish farm families, whose ability to farm is restricted by the physical environment and, in particular, the impact of the prevailing wet cold climatic, I chose to adopt a focused approach when faced with implementing the...
- Written Answers — Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named submitted an application for grant-aid under the Sheep Fencing/Mobile Equipment Scheme during the course of the tranche under that Scheme which closed on 29 February 2012. The application has been selected to proceed to the approval stage and the required pre-approval checks should be completed shortly to allow the approval to issue. Under the terms and condition of the...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: In February 2012 my Department announced details of the 2012 Scheme for the Allocation of Milk Quota to New Entrants to Dairying, with a closing date of 4th May 2012. About 270 applications have been received and examined in my Department for eligibility. All valid applications are currently being distributed to the members of the Assessment Panel for consideration and the Panel hope to be...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: In February 2012 my Department announced details of the 2012 Scheme for the Allocation of Milk Quota to New Entrants to Dairying with a closing date of 4th May 2012. About 270 applications have been received and examined in my Department for eligibility. All valid applications are currently being distributed to the members of the Assessment Panel for consideration and the Panel hope to be...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (19 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: In February 2012 my Department announced details of the 2012 Scheme for the Allocation of Milk Quota to New Entrants to Dairying with a closing date of 4th May 2012. About 270 applications have been received and examined in my Department for eligibility. All valid applications are currently being distributed to the members of the Assessment Panel for consideration and the Panel hope to be...
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: No formal application under the 2012 National Reserve was received from the person named. The person named wrote to my Department on 13 June enquiring about eligibility under the National Reserve. A reply issued to the person named on 18 June. The 2012 National Reserve caters for farmers, who commenced farming after 17th May, 2010. Applicants are required to submit a 2012 Single Payment...
- Written Answers — Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme: Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: The person named registered 32 animals under the 2011 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Payment has issued on 22 of these animals â 6 animals totalling â¬240 paid on 16/12/11, 3 animals totalling â¬140 paid on 20/02/12 and 13 animals totalling â¬520 paid on 12/06/12. There was one set of twins born in 2011 and as there is only one premium per cow paid in any calendar year, the second twin is not...
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 3 May 2011, following processing of which, an advance payment issued on 1 November 2011 with the balancing payment issuing on 1 December 2011. Due to re-calculation of the SPS payment entitlements of the person named, as a result of adjustments made to commonage areas declared, the person named received...
- Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: It is not possible to provide this information in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: This section has attracted a great deal of discussion. It is easy to find examples in which it seems overly restrictive, and equally examples in which it does not go far enough. One member of the House said that 16 was too young, and we should raise the age to 18. Therefore, the current age limit strikes a good balance. However, following suggestions from Senators, this amendment adds a...
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: I acknowledge that a number of suggestions have been received about this section, and I find I am of like mind. Therefore, I am accepting the spirit of a number of the amendments that have been proposed, and I have tried to accommodate them in a new amendment. As I stated during my Second Stage speech, there was never any intention to interfere with the current approach whereby, in...
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: Amendment No. 27a inserts into section 23(2) the phrase: ", without having to seek the consent of its owner or the person in control of it". It permits a competent officer to deal with, for example, an animal which is lying in a ditch after being hit by a truck and which clearly needs to be put down in circumstances where it has been abandoned or its owner cannot be determined. It is a...
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: We have made it clear from the outset that we will not prescribe codes of practice in the legislation but will give the Minister the power to put in place codes of conduct, whether by establishing new codes or adopting codes that have been published elsewhere. Clearly if we put in place a code of practice that affects commercial farming, for example, we would do so in conjunction with...
- Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2012)
Simon Coveney: I will start with the last point. The Bill applies to all animals, wild animals and protected animals, in the control of a person. They may be farm animals or pets. Senator O'Neill left out the words in parentheses, "if any", when reading section 25(4) because there are no codes of conduct for most animals. Standards are imposed on 99% of farms in the farming sector. There are also...