Results 7,721-7,740 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: An application was received on 20 April 2007 requesting the transfer of 43.02 standard entitlements from the joint names of the person named and his deceased brother by way of inheritance to the person named. While the person named, as joint owner of the entitlements in question, is automatically entitled to fifty percent, the remaining entitlements form part of the estate of his deceased...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Responsibility has been devolved to the following agencies: Teagasc Responsibility for the procurement or provision of education, training and advisory services in agriculture as well as responsibility to undertake, promote, encourage, assist, co- ordinate, facilitate and review agricultural research and development including research and development in relation to food processing and the...

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Musk Rats Act, 1933 (Application to Mink) Order 1965, the keeping of mink is prohibited except under licence, obtained from my Department. Licences are issued under this legislation only if the applicant, following an inspection, is found to be compliant with a number of key conditions. There are five licensed fur farms in Ireland. There is no legislation requiring the licensing...

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: As with any other farming enterprise, fox farming is subject to the laws of economics. I am not aware of any plans to close the one known fox farm operating in Ireland.

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (6 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: In February 2008, Minister John Browne T.D., officially launched Bord Iascaigh Mhara's (BIM's) mobile Engineering Coastal Training Unit (CTU), at Kilmore Quay Pier, Co. Wexford as part of BIM's response to a recommendation in the Seafood Industry Strategy — Steering A New Course 2007-2013 to increase training to the inshore sector in view of the significantly higher rates of accidents and...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Strategic plan for the Seafood Sector — Steering a New Course Strategy for a Restructured, Sustainable and Profitable Irish Seafood Industry (the Cawley Report) — recognised the need for a targeted decommissioning scheme for vessels less than 18 metres in length. The report recommended that it would first be necessary for a comprehensive analysis of these vessels to be conducted to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 partnership agreement, Towards 2016. The application concerned is, therefore, eligible for consideration and will be processed subject to funding still being available at that time.

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 345 to 347, inclusive, together. The compilation and publication of the annual inventories of greenhouse gas emissions is a matter in the first instance for the Environmental Protection Agency which performs the role of inventory agency in Ireland. The inventories are calculated in accordance with the Revised 1996 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

Written Answers — Suckler Herd Scheme: Suckler Herd Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The National Certificate in Agriculture is equivalent to the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) level 5. It is one level below the NFQ level 6 Agricultural qualification required to get an exemption from the Training measure under the Suckler Welfare Scheme. It is important to bear in mind that the training required for the Suckler Welfare Scheme consists of no more than attending a...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Payment will be made by my Department to the person concerned shortly.

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: There is no legal constraint on the felling of the trees in question.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The imposition of a 50% penalty for exceeding phosphorus limits was applied by the local inspector and confirmed by the regional inspector because the applicant had not notified my Department within 6 weeks, as required, of any necessary changes to his REPS plan based on the results of a soil analysis report.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The AES west region has the highest number REPS participants in the country — 22.4% on average in 2006 and 2007. The number of REPS appeals received by the Agriculture Appeals Office for the region in 2006 and 2007 was 26.5%, on average, of the national total. The percentage of appeals fully allowed from this region, at 9%, was broadly similar for other regions. The percentage of...

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 partnership agreement, Towards 2016. The application concerned is, therefore, eligible for consideration and will be processed subject to funding still being available at that time.

Written Answers — Disposal of Animals: Disposal of Animals (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named had 8 cattle and 34 sheep seized under Court Order. Of these, one of the cattle and 27 sheep were unidentified which rendered them unfit for slaughter for human consumption. Another of the cattle was also deemed unfit for slaughter for human consumption due to immaturity. All of these 29 animals were disposed of as unfit for human consumption and consequently, they did not...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The possible re-introduction of the ewe premium is one of several recommendations made in a report by Liam Aylward, MEP, to the European Parliament on 25th February 2008, addressing issues in the sheep sector. The EU Council of Ministers will, at my request, discuss the development of the sheep sector at its next meeting on 17th March. I am mindful of the challenges facing the sheep sector....

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 and 357 together. My Department is committed to a research programme aimed at the development of a vaccine for use in badgers since the mid 1990's. The programme involves collaboration with various bodies and in particular with the badger vaccine group based in UCD and we have committed significant resources to both staff and funding in this regard. From...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The East Offaly project, undertaken between 1989 and 1994 by my Department, was the first of a number of formal studies which demonstrated that a marked reduction in the levels of tuberculosis and a significant reduction in the risk of a herd experiencing a TB breakdown was observed when the local badger population was maintained at a low level. The total number of badgers culled under the...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The farming organisations were made aware in December 2007 of the fact that the EU Regulations governing REPS 4 were likely to require a departure from the existing practice of paying REPS participants in full at the beginning of each contract year. My officials informed them that they were making every effort to persuade the Commission that the existing practice should continue for REPS 4....

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The farming organisations were made aware in December 2007 of the fact that the EU Regulations governing REPS 4 were likely to require a departure from the existing practice of paying REPS participants in full at the beginning of each contract year. My officials informed them that they were making every effort to persuade the Commission that the existing practice should continue for REPS 4....