Results 6,501-6,520 of 18,482 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 27 April 2010. The application for the person named has been fully processed, with the 75% advance payment under Disadvantaged Area Scheme due to issue shortly. The 50% advance payments under the Single Payment Scheme will commence issuing on 18 October 2010. Balancing payments...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2010. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September, with an advance payment of 75% issuing in respect of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage; the application of the person named is now processed and the advance payment has issued....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes was received from the person named on 7 May 2010. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September, with an advance payment of 75% issuing in respect of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage. The person named declared amendments to parcels listed on his application which require...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on 15 April 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection. The inspection process is completed and the application has now been fully processed. The 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2010. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September, with an advance payment of 75% issuing in respect of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage; the application of the person named is now processed and the advance payment has issued....
- Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: I thank the House for affording me the opportunity to address it regarding the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. The agri-food sector is very important to the Irish economy and to our rural society. It will play a vital role in our national economic recovery. The Government has recently published Food Harvest 2020 which is an ambitious but realistic strategy for smart, green growth...
- Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: I flatly rejected the flat rate payment from the word go.
- Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: I did so last May. The document to which the Deputy referred which was aired in the public media was the leaked draft communication. A draft document has been sent to the college, or the Commission, for consideration. I do not know how accurate the information in the media is; I am sure there are some accuracies. I do not mean to interrupt the Senator, but-----
- Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: We could not give credence to the leaked draft document that has not been endorsed by the college. When the Commissioner brings the document to the college, as a meeting of Commissioners is termed, it will not be finalised until the meeting of the Commission on 17 November and that afternoon it will be presented to the European Parliament. That is the reason I am reluctant to comment on the...
- Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: There is a further point to be made in regard to the flat rate. We expressed a very strong view against a flat rate payment. The Commissioner was constrained in what he was able to say to us when he was with us last Friday week, but he ruled out a flat rate payment in as much as he was able to do. We cannot say he did because it all has to go before the college; therefore, to a certain...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority is an independent statutory authority and hence the internal financial management is a matter for the Authority in which the Minister does not have a role. However, the Department has forwarded the request to the SFPA for its consideration and for a direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 23 February 2010. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September, with an advance payment of 75% issuing in respect of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage. The application of the person named is now processed and payment will issue shortly....
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: There are 1,083 herds in the Wicklow East region, 75% of which has been tested to date this year. The number of new herd restrictions is 127 compared with 77 at the same time last year. The number of reactors disclosed since 1 January is 641, compared with 365 for the same period last year. The average number of reactors per thousand tests in Wicklow East is, at 8 reactors per thousand tests,...
- Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department's Laboratory Service provides a range of diagnostic services for the tuberculosis eradication programme, including culture and/or histopathological examination of samples, tests on blood samples to aid the diagnosis to TB and Spoligotyping, to determine the strain type for M. bovis isolates. This latter service is used in particular for research and investigation of TB outbreaks...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: All payments for 2009 have issued except in cases where there are outstanding matters to be resolved. The EU Regulations governing the Organic Farming Schemes provide that payments issue in two instalments, the first of which, amounting to 75% of the payment, may be released once all administrative checks have been completed. The remaining 25% may be paid once all on-farm checks have taken...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: In accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002, poultry offal is classified as a Category 3 animal by-product (ABP). This is the lowest risk category of animal by-product. Poultry offal is not generally regarded as hazardous waste. The normal method of disposal of poultry offal is by rendering. The above mentioned regulation provides for a number of other approved methods of disposal of...
- Written Answers — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: The agreement concluded with pig processors in December 2008 involved making available a facility of up to â¬180 million to assist processors in funding the recall and destruction of certain pork products from the market. The closing date for the Pigmeat Recall scheme was 16th April 2010. A total of â¬100m has been paid out under the Scheme to date: â¬35m in 2008, â¬55m in 2009 and...
- Written Answers — Domestic Abattoirs: Domestic Abattoirs (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Local Authority Veterinary Service (LVAS) supervises low-throughput slaughterhouses under service contract with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The number of slaughterhouses supervised by the LVAS from 2005 â 2010 at year end is outlined below. Oct 2010 = 232 As I do not have a role in relation to local slaughterhouses, I do not have plans to carry out a review. Small meat...
- Written Answers — Installation Aid Scheme: Installation Aid Scheme (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was suspended for new applications with effect from 14 October 2008 as part of the decisions taken within the context of the 2009 Budget. I have no plans at present to reintroduce this Scheme although I have provided a sum of â¬4.5 million in this year's Estimates in order to meet outstanding commitments under this and preceding installation aid schemes.
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (13 Oct 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application for afforestation grant aid on behalf of the person in question is currently being processed. I understand that the application is one of a number which is being held pending completion of discussions between the Forestry Division of my Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service in relation to the effects of afforestation and windfarms on the habitat of the Hen Harrier.