Results 601-620 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the independent single payment...
- Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The Government's position on genetically modified organisms has been consistent from the outset. This position was adopted arising from the report of the interdepartmental group on modern biotechnology, published in October 2000, which recommended a positive but precautionary approach towards genetically modified organisms and biotechnology in general. While I acknowledge the potential...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 640 and 673 together. The recent decision by Greencore Group plc â Irish Sugar Limited to close its sugar plant in Carlow and to consolidate all of its sugar manufacturing in Mallow was a commercial decision taken by the board. The company made the decision in the light of the increasing competition in the sugar market and taking account of the reality that...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the independent single payment...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Allocations of milk quota from the milk quota national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal is a body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The named person has submitted an application for...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: An application for consideration under the force majeure or exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment regulations was submitted by the person named 6 February 2004. The person named has been notified that the circumstances outlined by him do not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 644, 659 and 660 together. To date 131,806 farmers have received notification of their provisional single farm payment entitlement. This leaves a balance of 9,611 farmers who have not yet been notified. These farmers are awaiting processing of applications under various measures of the single payment regulations such as force majeure, new entrant and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: There are no plans to provide for oral hearings under the decision process for the allocation of entitlements from the single payment national reserve. Applicants who are not happy with my Department's decisions on the national reserve may seek to have the decisions reviewed within the Department and if unhappy with the outcome of the review, they may appeal to the single payment appeals...
- Written Answers — Sugar Quota: Sugar Quota (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Under the EU sugar regime, which runs until 30 June 2006, there is no provision for the buying and selling of sugar quotas and therefore the question of quota ownership does not arise. The EU regulations stipulate that the national sugar quota must be allocated to the sugar manufacturing enterprises in the member state. Accordingly, the entire Irish sugar quota has been used by Irish Sugar...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: An application for consideration under the force majeure or exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment regulations was submitted by the person named on 22 January 2004. The person named has been notified that the circumstances outlined by him do not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named having been notified that the circumstances outlined in his application did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, appealed this decision and submitted additional medical evidence in support of his case. My Department has, following the re-examination of the circumstances outlined,...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Allocations of milk quota from the milk quota national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal is a body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The named person has submitted an application for...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: Since I replied to Question No. 343 of 23 November 2004, payments have issued under both the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme and the 2004 area based compensatory allowance scheme. A 60% advance instalment in respect of three animals applied on under the suckler cow scheme amounting to â¬403.47 issued on 29 December 2004. Payment of full entitlement under the area based compensatory allowance...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the independent single payment...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: It is a requirement of EU Council Regulation 1257/1999, under which the early retirement scheme operates, that the early retirement pension may only be paid as a supplement to any national retirement pension payable. This means that any national retirement pension to which a participant becomes entitled, whether before or after entry to the scheme, must be deducted from the early retirement...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The herd number system is an administrative arrangement under the disease eradication schemes and is designed primarily for the purposes of disease control. The criteria used in assessing applications for a herd number principally include independent management of the holding, separate housing and fodder, the availability of adequate testing facilities and without the possibility of...
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has received confirmation from the European Commission that farmers who have benefited under any of the measures introduced as part of the single payment scheme such as force majeure can apply to consolidate their entitlements provided they satisfy the provisions set out in the relevant EU Regulations.
- Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has been in contact with the European Commission with a view to clarifying certain aspects of the single payment scheme regulation, including the question raised by the Deputy and we are awaiting a reply at present. The Deputy will appreciate that Ireland took the lead in Europe in setting up the single payment scheme and, consequently, certain technical and legal issues were...
- Written Answers — Cattle Identification Scheme: Cattle Identification Scheme (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: The numbers of new and replacement bovine animal identification ear tags issued during the last seven years are set out in the following table. Calendar Year No. of New Tags Sets No. of replacement Pairs of Tags No. of replacement Single Tags 1998 2,560,891 71,197 283,300 1999 3,181,250 83,753 366,694 2000 2,371,142 83,885 329,594 2001 2,435,235 81,596 275,266 2002...
- Written Answers — Animal Numbers: Animal Numbers (26 Jan 2005)
Mary Coughlan: I understand that the question from the Deputy relates to bovine animals only. Going back to 1994, which was prior to the introduction to the CMMS system, the most comprehensive data available to the Department on animal numbers are derived from the number of animals tested annually under the bovine tuberculosis testing scheme. According to statistics from this scheme, the number of bovine...