Results 6,121-6,140 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: A new District Superintendent has recently been appointed to the Limerick AES office.
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person named made application under the Consolidation Measure of the Single Payment Scheme. Outstanding correspondence from the person named has been received in my Department and the application is now processed. Payment will issue in the coming days.
- 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 16 November 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...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 489 and 490 together. The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme between the persons named was submitted on 17 May 2006. Officials from my Department have been in contact with the parties concerned requesting specific documentation relating to the application and on receipt of this documentation my...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 5 April 2006; the person named had established 38.03 entitlements, to a total value of â¬2,605.06, during the reference period. The application was fully processed and payments issued as follows: First instalment: 16 October 2006, â¬1,250.43. Payment cashed on 24 October 2006. Second instalment: 1...
- Written Answers — Bovine Herds: Bovine Herds (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: According to ERAD testing statistics, the number of active bovine herds in Co Sligo for each of the last ten years is as follows: Year No. of bovine herds in County Sligo 1997 4,828 1998 4,706 1999 4,547 2000 4,390 2001 4,253 2002 4,100 2003 4,063 2004 4,005 2005 3,999 2006 3,922
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: As the Deputy will be aware, I recently introduced revised procedures in order to speed up the process of issuing approvals under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. 1,397 applications were received from farmers in County Sligo by my Department under the Farm Waste Management Scheme by the closing date of end-December 2006. This figure includes incomplete applications (e.g. missing the...
- Written Answers — Farm Inspections: Farm Inspections (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The policy towards on-farm inspection has been to give advance notification of up to 48 hours in all cases. This policy of systematic preannouncement of inspections was questioned by the European Commission in July 2006 and its unacceptability was conveyed to my Department in a formal communication in August. As a result my Department was obliged to agree to a proportion of Single Payment...
- Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department, working in co-operation with COFORD (the National Council for Forest Research and Development) and Teagasc, is actively encouraging the development of the wood-energy sector on a national basis through a range of support measures aimed at creating an effective and efficient supply chain from producer to end user. [In addition I introduced recently a new establishment grant...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The technical specification for farm buildings operated by my Department for the purposes of the Farm Waste Management Scheme requires the installation of adequate arrangements for the separation of clean and dirty water as part of the conditions of any new investment. This would include rainwater. In addition, I extended the terms of that Scheme in March 2006 to include the provision of...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The maximum rate of pension under the 1994-1999 Early Retirement Scheme is payable to retired farmers who released 24 hectares or more of land into the Scheme. A total of 67 Scheme participants in County Sligo qualified for the maximum rate of pension. The maximum rate of pension payable under the Scheme was â¬12,075 per annum up to 31 October 2006 and was increased to â¬14,075 with effect...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Native Woodland Scheme was received from the person in question in December 2006. As all schemes under the last Rural Development Programme closed on 31 December 2006 it was not possible to have the application processed before that date given the statutory requirements for consultation and assessment. A new Rural Development Plan covering the period 2007-2013 has...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements by way of lease under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 5th April 2006. During processing of the Transfer application it was found that the entitlements concerned were not yet registered in the name of the transferor. The entitlements must firstly be transferred by inheritance to the...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme and my Department's commitment in the Charter of Rights for farmers to ensure maximum integration of inspections has resulted in a drop in annual on-farm inspection levels from 18,000 under the coupled regime to less than 8,000 in 2006. I agree that the inspection requirements linked to cross-compliance are complex and I am...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The criteria for Force Majeure/Exceptional Circumstances are laid down in Article 40 of Council Regulation EC No. 1782/2003. Force Majeure provides for circumstances on the holding of a nature that can best be described as sudden, unforeseen and beyond the control of the applicant â the consequences of which in spite of the exercise of all due care, could not have been avoided except at the...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: In accordance with EU and national milk quota regulations, milk quota is allocated at Milk Purchaser, or Co-operative, level. The records of individual producers' quotas are thus held by Milk Purchasers. My Department does not maintain such records. Producers wishing to increase their quotas can do so primarily by applying to the new Milk Quota Trading Scheme, which was run for the first time...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The first Milk Quota Trading Scheme was run at the end of January. My Department supplied Milk Purchasers with the results for their areas shortly thereafter, and Milk Purchasers have in turn informed their suppliers as to whether they were successful or unsuccessful. The person referred to should therefore contact their Milk Purchaser if their query relates to the first scheme. Applications...
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Issues relating to wild deer are primarily the responsibility of the Parks and Wildlife Divisions of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. My Department does not operate an official programme for the eradication of tuberculosis in deer and therefore does not routinely test or sample deer herds for TB. It does, however, provide on-going advice to keepers on disease...
- 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 the 3rd January 2007. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was the 16th May 2006. During processing of the application it was necessary for an official of my Department to...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Farm Improvement Scheme will be introduced as soon as EU approval is received for the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. It is proposed that the Scheme will provide grant-aid for the construction of equine stables, including the conversion of existing buildings.