Results 4,981-5,000 of 5,363 for speaker:Michael Moynihan
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will outline any underspend from his 2011 budget allocation in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7539/12]
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: If I may.
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for this opportunity. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the fishermen. We must thank the people of Union Hall for their good will and camaraderie, in that they built a community almost instantaneously, and commend them on showing the best of Irishness. Our deepest sympathies go to the families of the fishermen who were lost in the tragedy...
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: I wish we had time to go through each of the subheads. In regard to REPS and the agri-environment options scheme, there was an underspend of â¬40 million and â¬19 million, respectively. Of that total underspend of â¬59 million, how much is due to be paid in 2012, based on figures for 2011, and how much is an actual saving?
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: When the Minister reopened the 2011 agri-environment options scheme he was rather sceptical about the money that was available given the underspend of â¬19 million in 2011. Would it not have been possible for him, on the basis of the figures he had and in the context of the overall savings of some â¬220 million budgeted for in the Department, to allow for a maximum grant under the...
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Did the Minister say the funding was not in place in 2011?
- Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Funding is done on an annual basis.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the possible loss of a teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Cork for the year 2012-13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7180/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a resolution will be found with regard to the food projects issue under the Leader Programme; and the progress he has made on the matter. [7207/12]
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when is he going to introduce an agri-environment options 3 scheme. [7203/12]
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he has made in the implementation of the â¬150 per hectare Natura payment which was promised to farmers in agri-environment options scheme 1 and AEOS 2. [7204/12]
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine since the TAMS was reopened at the end of 2011, the number of farmers that have applied under each scheme so far. [7205/12]
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocations under each tranche for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme and for all schemes between now and the end of 2013. [7206/12]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes that he has made to the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7208/12]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that will be affected by the changes in the criteria for the disadvantaged areas in 2012. [7209/12]
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to reduce the compliance costs under the REPS 4 scheme as a result of the decision to reduce payments by 10% in 2012. [7210/12]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were inspected under the single farm payment in 2011; and of that number, the number of them that are still awaiting their single farm payment. [7211/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine as part of a stimulus for the agricultural sector, his plans for the reintroduction of the young farmers' installation aid. [7212/12]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have been paid agri environmental options scheme 1 and AEOS 2 on a county basis. [7213/12]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2012)
Michael Moynihan: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when will all agri environment options scheme payments be made. [7214/12]