Results 281-300 of 354 for speaker:Joe Walsh
- Written Answers — Veterinary Laboratory: Veterinary Laboratory (30 Mar 2004)
Joe Walsh: The regional veterinary laboratory in Athlone continues to provide services for the examination of samples of blood, milk and faeces, using the appropriate disciplines of biochemistry, microbiology and parasitology. The laboratory will again provide a full range of services including the post mortem examination of carcases of farm animals for cause of death, and badgers for evidence of...
- Written Answers — Animal Dealing: Animal Dealing (30 Mar 2004)
Joe Walsh: The named person is registered as a dealer under the provisions of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1966 to 2001 (Approval and Registration of Dealers and Dealers' Premises) Order 2001, SI 79 of 2001, and, in this regard, was allocated a special herd number for his activities as a dealer. My Department is considering whether animals slaughtered and registered in the dealer's herd number are...
- Written Answers — Departmental Budget: Departmental Budget (30 Mar 2004)
Joe Walsh: The following table sets out the amount of gross and net national Exchequer funds received by my Department in each of the past 10 years. Year Gross Outturn â¬m Net Outturn â¬m 1994 622.3 330.3 1995 663.3 351.1 1996 901.6 536.1 1997* 968.2 520.5 1998 961.2 518.3 1999 1,005.3 625.6 2000 1,050.1 733.9 2001 1,429.8 1,071.0 2002**...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The person named submitted two applications under the 2003 special beef premium scheme. The first application was received on 28 May 2003 in respect of 12 male animals. Advance payment of 80% of â¬1440 for these animals issued on 29 January 2004. A second application was received on 15 September 2003 in respect of 17 male animals. Following computer validation of this application, one of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: There have been no cost overruns on contracts or procurements in the strict sense during the past seven years. However on occasion my Department has approved some additional costs mainly arising from changes in specifications. These relate in particular to IT projects and the Punchestown event and exhibition centre. In relation to IT projects, it is the practice when outsourcing bespoke...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The information requested is being forwarded to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: Allocations of milk quota from the national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal is a body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The person named submitted an application for additional quota on...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: Allocations of milk quota from the national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal is a body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system. The person named last applied to the tribunal in the 2001/2002...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219, 224 and 228 together. The recent reform of the CAP will be of benefit to developing countries. Decoupled payments will replace production-related supports, thereby reducing the potential distortion impact of these measures. The Council of Agriculture Ministers and the European Union generally are acutely aware of the needs of developing countries and of...
- Written Answers — Potato Disease: Potato Disease (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: I presume the Deputy is referring to an outbreak of ring rot on a farm in Wales, which occurred in November 2003. Ring rot is a bacterial disease that only affects potatoes. It is not airborne and does not survive in soil without a host crop, but it can survive for some time on machinery, handling equipment and stores. Ring rot is primarily introduced by the planting of infected seed...
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The position is that on one occasion in 2002 and on three occasions in 2003 of my Department raised the issues of extension and reclassification of Ireland's disadvantaged areas at meetings with the EU Commission. On all four occasions the Commission services strongly made the point that a review request for reclassification of any area could lead to a demand for justification of the current...
- Written Answers — Control of Horses Legislation: Control of Horses Legislation (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: Under section 17(1) of the Act a local authority may by-laws declare all or any part of its functional area to be a control area where it is satisfied that horses in that area should be licensed having regard to the need to control the keeping of horses, the need to prevent nuisance, annoyance or injury to persons or damage to property by horses and such other matters as it considers...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The Council of Agriculture Ministers is acutely aware of the needs of developing countries and of the implications for them of policy decisions taken at EU level. I am satisfied that the recent reform of the CAP will be of benefit to developing countries, including ACP countries. Decoupled payments will replace production-related supports, thereby reducing the potential distortion impact of...
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The reform of the Common Agriculture Policy as agreed last year in Luxembourg has resulted in a continuation of the move from product support to producer support. The key for Ireland, due to my decision to go for full decoupling at the earliest date, is that the single farm payment will no longer be linked to the production of individual agricultural commodities. This complies with the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: I am not aware of any application for grant aid under the native woodland scheme from the person in question.
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The position is that on one occasion in 2002 and on three occasions in 2003 of my Department raised the issues of extension and reclassification of Ireland's disadvantaged areas at meetings with the EU Commission. On all four occasions the Commission services strongly made the point that a review request for reclassification of any area could lead to a demand for justification of the current...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: Following my decision that all direct payments under the livestock premia and arable aid schemes will be decoupled from production with effect from 1 January 2005 and replaced by the single payment scheme, I decided that farmers who feel that their farming enterprise was adversely affected by force majeure/exceptional circumstances could apply to my Department to have their case considered....
- Written Answers — GATT Licences: GATT Licences (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: My Department is not conducting an investigation into any aspect of GATT licences. The Deputy may be referring to correspondence between the European Commission dated 7 July 2003 and some member states concerning the number of approved operators under Regulation (EC) No 780/2003 (GATT frozen beef). The Commission asked member states to proceed to a further examination of the applications and...
- Written Answers — Badger Numbers: Badger Numbers (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: The following table sets out the information requested for the years 1995-2002. The figures for 2003 are not yet available. County 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Carlow 0 108 72 116 157 114 41 142 Cavan 176 146 63 87 81 240 98 186 Clare 239 219 159 151 338 286 134 183 Cork 92 138 209 500 423 323 379 525 Donegal 36 65 171 134...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (10 Feb 2004)
Joe Walsh: Since the decision to decentralise part of my Department to Macroom an internal decentralisation implementation committee has been established. This committee is liaising with the central implementation committee as necessary and other relevant bodies, for example, the Office of Public Works, on all aspects of the decentralisation programme. A preliminary survey of officers serving in my...