Results 6,281-6,300 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Proposals for a new Early Retirement Scheme, with a maximum annual pension payment rate of â¬15,000, have been included in the draft Rural Development Programme for the period 2007â2013. The draft Programme was sent to the Commission in late December 2006 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...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid â¬12,992.72 under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme. Entitlements had to be merged as part of a partnership agreement. There is a Dairy Premium top-up that is now being processed and this additional payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The persons named submitted an application under the Single Payment Scheme on 27 April 2006. Outstanding issues relating to the payment have now been resolved and payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The persons named submitted an application under the Consolidation measure of the Single Payment Scheme. This case has now been processed and is accepted for Consolidation. Payment will issue in the coming days.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Additional information in relation to the application for payment, IAS 2, under the Installation Aid Scheme submitted by the person named was sought by my Department by letter of 22 March 2006 and further clarified at a recent meeting between officials of my Department and the person concerned. As no reply has yet been received to the issues raised in this letter, it is not possible to...
- Written Answers — Installation Aid Scheme: Installation Aid Scheme (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme provides for the continuation of the Installation Aid Scheme for eligible young farmers who are set-up in farming for the first time on or after 1 January 2007. The Scheme will be introduced as soon as EU approval is received for the Programme at which time the detailed eligibility criteria will be set down.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 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 25th January 2007. During processing of the application it was necessary for an official of my Department to write to the person named to request specific documentation relating to the application. The requested documentation was received and the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: As indicated to the Deputy in a previous answer the person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories A B and D. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May, 2005 and who had leased out his/her...
- Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (26 Apr 2007)
Mary Coughlan: While the IFA submission has been forwarded to me, it is a pre-election submission addressed to political parties. I have consistently taken a very clear position in relation to the WTO negotiations. As an open economy which is dependent on trade, Ireland has much to gain from the conclusion of a new WTO agreement and I am committed to an ambitious and balanced outcome to the current...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 463 together. Following an inspection of this case by the Forestry Inspectorate of my Department in February of this year it was recommended that prosecution be pursued under the Forestry Act 1946, as the felling took place without a Licence. The matter has now been passed to the Legal Department of my Department to initiate legal proceedings. Under...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: There are no specific targets for afforestation to support climate change strategy in the National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012, published in April 2007. The Strategy does, however, acknowledge the key role played by the forestry sector in addressing climate change through emission reductions, carbon sequestration and the development of renewable energy resources. One of the main...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The proposals for an Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds were originally submitted to the European Commission in December 2006 as part of the Draft Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. In discussions with the Commission on the RDP they requested that nationally funded measures, such as this Scheme, be removed from the Programme. My department therefore prepared...
- Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I am fully committed to reducing unnecessary bureaucracy in the administration of the Common Agriculture Policy and one of my main priorities is to pursue simplification of procedures at farm level. The adoption by Ireland of full decoupling under the Single Payment Scheme, thereby replacing six EU subsidy schemes each with complex application, qualification and implementation procedures,...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Payment in this case issued on 12 June.
- Written Answers — Animal Imports: Animal Imports (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table. The names of the circuses to which the animals were ultimately destined have been withheld due to the commercial nature of the information sought. Date No. & Description of Animals Country of Origin* 9/1/2006 2 Elephants Italy 27/1/2006 1 African Elephant Germany 2/6/2006 1 Rhino Northern Ireland 11/9/2006 1 Elephant Germany...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Payment in this case issued on 14 May.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The records of my Department show the person named having received payments under both the Single Payment Scheme and the Arable Aid Scheme. Under the Single Payment Scheme, the following payments issued to the person named: â¬46.38 issued on 23 March 2007, cashed on 4 April 2007; â¬556.56 issued on 4 December 2006, cashed 13 December 2006; â¬556.56 issued on 16 October 2006, cashed on 7...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Payment of the Early Retirement pension to the person named will begin within the next week. Arrears of pension back to 28 December 2006, the date of valid application, will be included with the first payment.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department's current policy is to inform candidates of their proposed location when offering promotion to the grade of Agricultural Inspector.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jun 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 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 an eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The findings of the inspection of 12 September 2006 was that...