Results 6,921-6,940 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An application for the Transfer of Entitlements without land under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme to the first named person was submitted on the 3rd April 2007. The Regulations governing the Transfer of Entitlements allow Single payments entitlements to be transferred without land only if the transferor has used at least 80% of his/her entitlements in one calendar year. A person uses...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The relevant information is presently being collated and will be passed to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department currently has responsibility for the transposition of a large number of Directives into national law, none of which is the subject of enforcement proceedings for non-transposition. One Directive, on the Quality of Shellfish Waters, has been the subject of infringement proceedings. Responsibility for this Directive and the associated functions transferred to my Department on 19...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The Forest Service of my Department provides grant aid for the construction of both development and harvesting roads, on the basis that the road construction is compatible with the code of best Forest Practice and Forest Service environmental guidelines. Grants of up to 80% of the cost incurred in the construction of a forest road are available subject to a maximum of €45 per linear meter....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 26th of April 2007. During processing of the Transfer application it was necessary for an official of my Department to write to the person named requesting specific legal documentation. The requested documentation was received and the application is now fully...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I have now received the approval from the EU commission of Ireland's State application restructuring thefishing fleet. This restructuring programme will permanently remove some 35% of the Irish Whitefish Fleet from the sea and is an integral part of the Government's Cawley strategy to develop a restructured, profitable and sustainable seafood industry. I met with Fisheries Commissioner Borg...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Grant-aid is available to the pig sector for the improvement of animal welfare standards in sow housing under the Sow Housing (Animal Welfare) Scheme which was introduced by my Department in July 2007. An allocation of €6 million has been made available for the Scheme under the current Rural Development Programme and 35 applications have to date been received by my Department. The Scheme...

Written Answers — Domestic Abattoirs: Domestic Abattoirs (15 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: According to my Department's records, there were 426 approved local abattoirs in 1997. The Local Authority Veterinary Service (LAVS), reporting to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, is now responsible for such abattoirs and I understand that there are 189 abattoirs approved by the LAVS under new EU regulations collectively known as the Hygiene Package, which came into operation on 1...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I refer the Deputy to my response on 13 November 2007 to Question No. 299. An application was made to my Department by Mayo County Council on 30 May 2007 for a foreshore lease to facilitate construction of a slipway at Kilcummin, Co Mayo. The application was circulated to the Department's consultees for assessment and comment. The Development Applications Unit of the Department of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 17 April 2007. Following processing of this application, it was found that some land parcels claimed by the person named were also the subject of a scheme application by another applicant. While the person named has responded to an earlier query concerning two...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receiving an application form in respect of the 2007 Single Payment Scheme from the person named.

Written Answers — Census of Agriculture: Census of Agriculture (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 360 to 363, inclusive, together. There was no census of agriculture conducted in 1997. The nearest year for which farm data on a county basis is available is the census of agriculture conducted by the CSO in June 2000. These numbers are reflected in table 1 for pigs, table 2 for poultry and table 3 for sheepmeat. The 2007 data tables 1 and 2 have been...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The numbers of farmers involved in mushroom production on a county basis in 1997 and at present are as follows: County Growers in 1997 Growers in 2007 Carlow 9 1 Clare 4 1 Cavan 59 8 Cork 3 0 Donegal 32 4 Dublin 4 0 Galway 17 0 Kildare 27 3 Kerry 1 0 Kilkenny 3 0 Laois 2 1 Leitrim 7 1 Limerick 1 0 Longford 21 1 Louth 21 1 Mayo 40 6 Meath 18 4 Monaghan 174 24 Offaly 7 1...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: FIRM, the Food Institutional Research Measure funded by my Department, is the primary funding mechanism for competitive public good food research at third level (universities, Institutes of Technology and Teagasc). FIRM and the earlier Non Commissioned Food Research Programme have funded foundation type, pre-commercial research since 1994 with the key aim of establishing a knowledge base and...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The disposal of waste materials generally is covered by the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2005, which apply to all sectors of society including the agricultural sector, and is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, manufacturers and importers of farm plastics, that is silage bale wrap and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named completed his contract in REPS 1 on 31 March 2001, having received all his full basic REPS payments. He had also undertaken the organic farming supplementary measure, which was paid in arrears. He applied for his fifth payment for this measure on 24 May 2001. So that his application could be processed, he was asked on 25 May 2001 and again on 9 July 2001 to submit his...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 10th April 2007. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was selected for and was the subject of a remote satellite eligibility and a cross-compliance inspection. Arising, from the findings of the satellite...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I understand that payment issued in the week ending 16 November and should be with the applicant now. All such projects require a full onsite inspection to ensure that the development carried out accords with the approval given previously. In this case, the length of the road constructed was in excess of the length originally approved for support and, accordingly, the matter required some...

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (20 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 — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (20 Nov 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Of the 12,675 applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007, 336 were received in Co. Laois and 282 in Co. Offaly. I have no plans at present to reopen the Scheme as the applications received have reached the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the partnership agreement, Towards 2016. That agreement, however, provides for a...