Results 881-900 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The following is the up to date position regarding the processing of force majeure applications received from herdowners in County Cork under the single payment scheme during the initial application period in 2004: number of cases received — 1662; number of successful applicants — 313; number of unsuccessful applicants — 1338; number awaiting decision — 11, of whom eight have already...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The Irish Horse Board Co-operative Society Limited, IHB, is a private body registered with the Registrar of Friendly Societies with a membership in excess of 12,500 people, who are mainly breeders of sport horses. While it is not a State body, and it has not heretofore been considered to be within the ambit of the Freedom of Information Acts, it does receive a significant proportion of its...

Written Answers — Irish Horseracing Authority: Irish Horseracing Authority (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The procedures employed by the Irish Horse Board Co-operative Society Limited, IHB, are solely a matter for the IHB and its members. It would not be appropriate for me to become involved in the day to day operations or decisions of that organisation. My sole role in the activities undertaken by the IHB is, in my capacity as the competent authority, to grant approval to the IHB to maintain the...

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (10 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: A statement of provisional entitlements has not yet issued to the person named. However, it would appear that the circumstances of this case are relevant to the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. My Department has been in contact with the person named and has explained the requirements for completion and submission of the relevant application form. On receipt of the completed...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I am fully committed to the development and implementation of an all-Ireland animal health and welfare strategy. My ultimate target is a policy that facilitates the free movement of animals on the island, subject to EU rules. I believe that such a policy can generate real, practical benefit for the agriculture sectors North and South and for all whose livelihoods are bound up with agriculture...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376, 394, 401, 404, 405 and 408 together. The draft rural development regulation is not just about forestry. It covers a range of rural development measures. Some of the proposals are positive and others, particularly that pertaining to forestry, are not. When the proposed new regulation was published by the European Commission last summer, Ireland was one of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. Following this decision, the person named submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. A full review of the circumstances of the case will be carried out by...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the independent single payment...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by her did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. The findings of the appeals committee were that the original decision taken by my Department should be...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's strategy for developing the potential of small food exporters is implemented by Bord Bia, which has statutory responsibility to promote, assist and develop the marketing of Irish food and drink products. Under the national development plan, Bord Bia operates two company grant schemes, namely the market improvement assistance programme and the market participation programme, to...

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The value of the Irish organic food market as a whole has increased from €23 million to €38 million in the five years up to 2003, an average increase of 13% per year. The market has continued to grow over the past year, but at the slightly lower rate of around 10%. The value of the EU market for organic food reached over €10 billion in 2003, and is currently growing at about 8% per year.

Written Answers — Beef Exports: Beef Exports (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 382 and 383 together. The value of Irish beef exports to all markets in 2004 was €1.5 billion, representing 25% of total Irish agri-food exports. Of this figure the value placed on live cattle exports is €116 million. The EU now comprises 90% of our total beef exports compared with 49% in 2000. The focus of the Irish beef industry is to broaden and expand...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application on 15 October 2004 for consideration of his circumstances under the second tranche of the force majeur-exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment scheme. Long-term incapacity due to ill health was indicated on the application form as giving rise to the circumstances outlined. However, having examined the medical evidence furnished in...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The information requested is as follows: Reference Date of Approval Area (Ha) First instalment grant Second instalment grant â'¬ â'¬ OP2170 December 1989 3.7 3,171 1,056 OP7060 December 1989 12.7 9,675 3,225 OP2169 December 1989 2.0 1,714 Not paid OP3866 April 1990 13.5 10,285 3,428 WP4570 September 1990 7.9 6,018 2,006 OP6029 September 1992...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: An application for grant aid approval in respect of the land referred to by the Deputy was submitted by the person in question in November 1996 and approved in March 1998. The approval was not availed of by the person in question as the land was subsequently transferred to another party.

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387, 396 and 397 together. I am aware that Minch Malt Limited, which is part of the Greencore Malting Group, is to close its malting plant at Banagher, County Offaly, and its two intake points at Tullamore, County Offaly, and Borrisokane, County Tipperary, with effect from September 2005. I am of course concerned about the closure and the impact it will have...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388, 389 and 393 together. I refer the Deputy to the proposed new draft rural development regulation for the period 2007 to 2013, first published by the European Commission last summer and which is the subject of intense ongoing negotiations in Brussels. The issues raised by the Deputy relate to proposals for forestry contained in the draft regulation and I...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named was notified by my Department on 3 November 2004 that her application under the force majeure measure of the single payment scheme was successful resulting in the exclusion of the year 2001 in the calculation of her single payment entitlements. The revised single payment entitlements following the application of the force majeure measure and using the two-year average based...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named received the following payments under the cattle headage scheme for the years 1997 to 2000: Year â'¬ 1997 1,018.08 1998 988.03 1999 988.03 2000 1,018.55 The area-based compensatory allowance scheme replaced the cattle and sheep headage schemes in 2001 and the person named received the following payments under the scheme for the years 2001 to 2002:...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Feb 2005)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure or exceptional circumstances consideration under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. Following this decision the person named submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee. This appeal is listed for examination by the committee on...