Results 22,061-22,080 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: REPS4 and AEOS are measures under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and are subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. There were a total of 1,456 eligible applications for the 2014 REPS4 Scheme Year payments in County Galway. To date a total of 1,441 have been paid in full, leaving 15 cases...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 382, 418 and 419 together. My Department is responsible for the regulatory (licensing) system for pesticide products in Ireland. This system is entirely based on European legislation and is designed to ensure a very high level of protection for humans and the environment. As part of the product authorisation system under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person concerned is an applicant under the Dairy Equipment Scheme. An application for payment was received on 28 April 2015 and is under consideration at present.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the proposal to locate a Maritime Museum in Howth; my Department has met with the Committee in relation to this issue. Properties located at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre are, when appropriate, offered for tenancy under lease agreement by means of an open competitive tendering process in accordance with good practice and public procurement guidelines. I am pleased to inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: The first person named was granted full REPS payments following a decision of the Agriculture Appeals Office on 27 June 2014 regarding a dispute whether a valid REPS application was submitted to the Department or not. Full payments were then made on foot of this decision which covered the period 1 June 2008 to the 31 December 2013. Payments in this case commenced on 27 November 2014 with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I understand that the correspondent in question referred to a range of issues in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Staff (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is a commercial state body, established in 1958, under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Accordingly, the matter raised by the Deputy is the responsibility of Bord na gCon. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. The question of works on tracks is a matter for Bord na gCon. Bord na gCon has informed me that tracks are regularly upgraded and improved to enhance the standard and spectacle of racing. These are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 389 to 392, inclusive, together. The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is responsible for the identification and registration of greyhounds in the Irish Greyhound Studbook. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon (BnG) under Section 26 (2) of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (the Act). BnG is the statutory body with responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is a statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958. BNG operates the hospitality service at each of the greyhound stadia, and the purchase of goods and services in that regard is an operational matter for it. Bord nag Con is bound by the code of Governance for State Bodies and is required to adhere to national and EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Indecon International Consultants were commissioned to review certain matters relating to Bord na gCon, including legislation, governance structures, funding and management of Bord na gCon and the wider greyhound industry. The terms of reference were as follows: - Assessment of the appropriateness of the existing legislation in the current operating environment, particularly with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 395 and 396 together. Bord na gCon is the statutory body responsible for the regulation and development of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Act, 1958. Bord na gCon is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The issues to which the Deputy refers are an operational matter for Bord na gCon.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. This is an operational matter for Bord Na gCon. Bord na gCon has informed me that the money owed to it by the sponsor is reflected in its 2013 Annual Accounts.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is a commercial State body, established in 1958 under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. The provision of support to greyhound tracks is an operational matter for Bord na gCon, whose accounts are published and audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application to participate in the Beef Genomics Scheme was received from the person named on 25 March 2014. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, applicants were required to genotype test at least 15% of the animals on their herd based on the number of animals born in their herd in 2014, and return them to a Department approved laboratory. As all of the genotype samples were not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: Rosses Point is in the ownership of Sligo County Council and responsibility for its development, repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. That said, under the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme this Department has in previous years provided funding for the development and repair of Local Authority owned harbours, piers and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 7 May 2014. A remote sensing inspection following by a subsequent field visit identified discrepancies between the area declared and the area determined resulting in an over-declaration in area of greater than 50%. This resulted in no payment being due under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: This matter is being considered and I will contact the Deputy as soon as it is concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: An application under the 2014 Grassland Sheep Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2014. Payment has not issued to the person named as the holding concerned has not satisfied the Scheme minimum eligibility requirements namely, the submission of the annual Sheep Census form prior to the extended closing date of 14 February 2014. The person named unsuccessfully applied for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (14 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: The early removal of PI animals is essential for the success of the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme. Earlier this year, my Department wrote to farmers who had retained PI animals stating that it was expected that some movement controls aimed at protecting the vast majority of clear herds would be introduced in the course of 2015. In June 2015, Restriction Notices were...