Results 61-80 of 89 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Smith

Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: I am satisfied that I have secured a very good deal for Irish farmers in the recent health check negotiations. The deal is worth €70 million in additional payments to farmers over the coming years. In addition, the increase in milk quota will deliver €100 million worth of additional milk production in 2014. This is enormously positive for the sector and, although there are elements in...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 — 2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years, with €358 million of this in capital grant aid for childcare services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006, and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which...

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...complete approved work in accordance with the terms and conditions of the scheme can be assured they will receive grant aid. Total expenditure in 2008 on this scheme will be approximately €377 million. That follows on expenditure of almost €114 million in 2007 and a provision of €125 million for the scheme next year. That is further evidence of the Government's continuing strong...

Written Answers — Child Care Service: Child Care Service (9 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. The EOCP has both an equal opportunities and a social inclusion focus and aimed to increase the supply of centre based childcare places by 55 per cent (or 31,300 additional places) over the course of the Programme. This target has already been exceeded, with some 35,500 additional places already created under the Programme. The NCIP...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Development Aid (14 Nov 2012)

Brendan Smith: ...a delegation from the Congo during which its representatives told us about their very rich farmland. That is a country where there has been protracted conflict resulting in the deaths of more than 5 million people in a relatively short period. At the same time, its rich resources are not being utilised. There is a huge task ahead and I wish the Minister well in every forum available to...

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (29 Apr 2010)

Brendan Smith: The details requested are contained in a tabular statement which will be circulated to Members. Under EU regulations, the Department is required to carry out controls each year on 5% of participants in REPS. These controls involve a full check of the farm plan as well as an on-farm inspection. Where farmers are found to be in breach of their undertakings, a penalty must be imposed. The...

Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (26 May 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...will support miscanthus and willow cultivation to the end of 2010. Under the terms of the new 2010 Bioenergy Scheme, farmers can avail of establishment grants worth €1,300 per hectare to cover 50% of the cost of establishment. The closing date for receipt of applications under the 2010 Scheme was 31st March 2010. At the closing date, 91 applications had been received, with 53...

Job Protection (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Smith: ...European country in which Aviva has life insurance, general insurance and health insurance operations. Aviva posted positive half-year results in August 2011 and overall, the company reported a 5% increase in its operating profit, up to €1.5 billion, and an increase of 21% in its operating profits in Europe to more than €600 million. In the first six months of the year, general...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Apr 2008)

Brendan Smith: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP) which will invest €575 million over 5 years in developing child care services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006 and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality child care supports and services, which are grounded in an understanding of local...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Brendan Smith: ..., the St. Andrews Agreement and the progress that has been made on this island. Am I correct in my interpretation that following the agreement reached at Stormont Castle, the Department paid €5 million to the International Fund for Ireland at the end of 2014? I presume that money is for work that will be undertaken this year. Some of the officials who are with the Minister would...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (3 Dec 2008)

Brendan Smith: ...our fishing industry, including a proposed closure for the whitefish fleet off the north west. However, not all stocks are subject to decreases in TACs with the mackerel TAC going up by 33% from 456,000 tonnes in 2008 to 605,000 tonnes in 2009. This will result in the net Irish quota (after deductions for the payback for undeclared Scottish landings) going from approx 45,000 tonnes to...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Jun 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...the programmes applicants can apply for capital grants for the building or expansion of childcare facilities. The maximum funding available under the NCIP for community based services is €1.2 million and for private providers there is a maximum of €100,000 per facility and a maximum of €500,000 for multiple services in different catchment areas subject to programme criteria....

Written Answers — Agricultural Exports: Agricultural Exports (27 Jan 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...markets. More than 70 retailers across Europe now stock Irish beef, a position which is unequalled by any other beef exporting nation. Exports to the UK fell in 2009 by an estimated 6% to 245,000 tonnes with trade valued at €660 million. Progress continues to be made in developing the market position of Irish beef, particularly in the multiple retail and higher value foodservice market...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Brendan Smith: ...the water network. Finally, two weeks ago, the Tánaiste acknowledged in this House that there had been substantial investment in the water services programme by the previous Government, investment which exceeded €5 billion over a decade. Every part of the country benefitted from that investment, with a vast amount of new infrastructure put in place and existing infrastructure...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (4 Oct 2007)

Brendan Smith: ..., Deputy Harney, who is unavoidably absent. To address unacceptable delays in processing smear tests, from January this year, the Health Service Executive outsourced the processing of more than 35,000 smear tests to a fully accredited United States laboratory. Quest Diagnostics Corporation in the US is College of Pathologists and clinical laboratory improvement amendment approved. This...

Written Answers — Food Harvest 2020: Food Harvest 2020 (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...recommendations for these valuable sectors. Dairy Sector The development of a strong and vibrant dairy sector is at the heart of the Food Harvest 2020 Plan, which contains an ambitious target of 50% production expansion laid down for the development of the dairy sector. Market forces have a major influence on the returns to the dairy sector which fluctuate in accordance with the...

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Brendan Smith: ...ground in such awful circumstances. The conflict in Syria is now in its seventh year, as the Minister of State indicated. Since the war began in 2011, in excess of 400,000 people have lost their lives, with 5 million people fleeing Syria, 6.5 million people internally displaced and 13.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Syria is one of the world's worst humanitarian...

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Brendan Smith: ...a number of the key points of the report. It argues that all countries will be affected by climate change but the poorest countries will suffer earliest and most. Average temperatures could rise by 5° Celsius from pre-industrial levels if climate change goes unchecked; warming of 3° Celsius or 4° Celsius will result in many millions more people being flooded. By the...

Seanad: Company Closures. (29 Sep 2005)

Brendan Smith: ...available to him to address this issue and to highlight the concerns of the local community. It is clear from the Senator's contribution that he knows this subject exceptionally well. On 5 September 2005 the board of Glanbia plc announced that its Kilmeaden cheese plant would close with the loss of 45 jobs, of which 41 were seasonal jobs. I understand that most of the workers generally...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Dec 2007)

Brendan Smith: ...Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) under the Exchequer funded National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), the successor programme to the EOCP. The CCSS has been allocated €153 million over the next 3 years, representing a 16% increase in funding over the EOCP staffing scheme, and will continue to support community childcare services to provide reduced childcare fees for...