Results 6,901-6,920 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 25 April 2007. The case was selected for satellite inspection, which is now complete. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme and the full payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 5 and 8 November 2007 respectively.
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Farm Improvement Scheme was launched by my Department in July 2007 with a funding provision of â¬79 million as agreed under the partnership agreement, Towards 2016. As applications under the Scheme have reached this level of funding, I have announced that the Scheme will close to new applications for now. As applications received under the Scheme are being processed by my Department,...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: A major marketing initiative is underway at present, which aims to identify opportunities to attract new business for Killybegs Harbour from a number of perspectives including, fishing, local industry, offshore, commercial traffic and tourism. In addition to this, five-year Business Plans for each of the six Fishery Harbour Centres around the country are currently being developed. The...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Border Inspection Posts are the official portals for foods of Third Country origin into the European Community. On taking over responsibility for Fisheries, I asked the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) to set out for me the requirements that would have to be met to establish a Border Inspection Post at Killybegs. The SFPA have now given me an overview of the infrastructural and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme/ Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on the 11th April 2007. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation, governing these Schemes the application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross-compliance inspection. The inspection commenced on the 30/10/2007. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme/ Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 27th April 2007. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation, governing these Schemes, the application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross-compliance inspection. The details of the inspection are still being considered and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Areas Compensatory Allowance Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2007. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation, governing these Schemes, the application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross-compliance inspection. The details of the inspection are still being...
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (13 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The number of applications received in each county under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension for new applications on 31 October 2007 is shown in the table. County Number of Applications Carlow 176 Cavan 675 Clare 510 Cork 1,863 Donegal 931 Dublin 29 Galway 850 Kerry 875 Kildare 133 Kilkenny 519 Laois 336 Leitrim 375 Limerick 368 Longford 218 Louth 209 Mayo...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Installation Aid Scheme. His application is currently being examined within my Department and the outcome will be notified to the person concerned shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department wrote to the applicant, to whom the Deputy refers, on 14th May 2007, informing him that his application for grant aid under The Quality Purchase Incentive Scheme (QSPIS) was unsuccessful as it did not comply with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme. The applicant was also informed in this letter that if he was dissatisfied with the decision he could appeal (by 14th August...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: REPS is a voluntary scheme which has delivered over â¬2 billion in direct payments to farmers since its introduction in 1994. For the period 2007 to 2013, provision of almost â¬3 billion has been made for the scheme as part of the Rural Development Programme. There are currently some 55,400 participants. REPS 4, which currently has over 100 applications being processed for payment,...
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department indicated in the newspaper report referred to, that the Farm Improvement Scheme was open for applications at that particular time. It had been indicated on many occasions including in the terms and conditions of the Scheme that it would be suspended when the financial ceiling had been reached.
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 will be processed by my Department up to the level of funding available for the Scheme.
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is currently accepting applications to the Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal for additional quota on the grounds of Hardship or Animal Disease. The closing dates for receipt of these applications are Friday 16th November 2007 in the case of Hardship applications and Friday 7th December 2007 in the case of Animal Disease applications. As of yesterday, November 13th, no application had...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: As of Friday last, 9 November, payments of over â¬240 million had issued to participants in REPS. Some 5,000 annual payment applications are currently being processed. Spending for the remainder of the year will be determined by the number of farmers who send in their annual payment applications. There are 3,000 such applications due by the end of November and some 6,500 more must be...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person named began his current REPS contract in January 2004. In his REPS plan he was required to undertake certain pollution control measures before the first winter. Following an inspection in February 2005, a penalty was applied for failure to carry out these pollution control measures. Following further inspections in February 2006 and February 2007, increased penalties were applied...
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Farm Improvement Scheme, which was suspended on 31 October 2007, provided grant-aid for certain types of on-farm investments in the equine sector, including stabling, waste storage facilities, fencing and unroofed lunging/exercise areas.
- Written Answers — Pesticide Controls: Pesticide Controls (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The 2006 pesticide residue monitoring report is being finalised at present and will, when completed, be available on the DAFF website where all of the detailed results of the 2006 monitoring programme can be accessed. The annual Irish residue monitoring programme is agreed between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) and is...
- Written Answers — Animal Breeding Regulations: Animal Breeding Regulations (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is very aware of the need to conserve rare indigenous breeds of cattle and actively participates in conservation programmes at National, EU and International levels. Conservation of rare breeds of farm animals is crucial in achieving sustainability of livestock production. There are three native rare breeds of cattle in Ireland, namely the Kerry Cattle, Irish Moiled and Dexter....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 27 April 2007. Following processing of the application, issues arose regarding the area of land being claimed, the outcome of which was that the person named was deemed to have over-claimed in respect of the forage area available to him. While this over-claim did not affect...