Results 61-80 of 450 for waste management speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Oct 2009)
Brendan Smith: To date in 2009, 264 applicants have received payment under the Farm Waste Management Scheme in Co. Longford whilst the equivalent figure for Co. Westmeath is 287. Five applicants remain to be approved for payment in Co. Longford and four in Co. Westmeath. These files cannot be further processed until the outstanding issues are resolved.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person named is an applicant under both the Farm Waste Management and the Farm Improvement Schemes. In both cases on completion of the works concerned, grant-aid was calculated in accordance with my Department's Standard Costs or on the total of the eligible receipts/invoices submitted by the applicant, whichever is the lesser.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The first instalment of the 2008 REPS 4 payment issued to the person named on 19 May 2009. The person named is also an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme and payment of the first instalment of 40% was made on 2 June 2009. Payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme will come on a phased basis with 40% being paid this year as claims are approved. A...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (1 Jul 2009)
Brendan Smith: The process of on-farm inspections and approval of payments under the Farm Waste Management Scheme in Counties Cavan and Monaghan is continuing and, to date in 2009, 1,539 payments totalling almost â¬24.7 million have been made to farmers in those counties under the Scheme, whilst a further 348 claims for grant-aid have been inspected and approved for payment. The remaining claims for...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (30 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payments are continuing to be made under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. To date in 2009, 13,381 payments totalling almost â¬185.9 million have been made to farmers under the Scheme, while a further 1,396 claims for grant-aid have been inspected and approved for payment. This compares to 12,847 payments in the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payments are continuing to be made under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. To date in 2009, 13,381 payments totalling almost â¬185.9 million have been made to farmers under the Scheme, while a further 1,396 claims for grant-aid have been inspected and approved for payment. This compares to 12,847 payments in the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: ...under the Scheme and payments will continue to farmers who have satisfactorily completed work under the Scheme until the 2009 allocation for the Scheme has been exhausted. In the case of the Farm Waste Management Scheme, payments are continuing to be made on a phased basis with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. To date in 2009, 13,381 payments totalling almost...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (30 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: A legal basis for the deferment of payments under the Farm Waste Management Scheme is provided for in section 12 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009.
- Written Answers — Value for Money Reviews: Value for Money Reviews (30 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: ...three years. They covered the following areas of expenditure: Title of Review Publication Date Laboratory Facilities (Plant Health, Crops, Research & Development Grants) February 2007 Farm Waste Management November 2007 Public (Exchequer and EU) Supports for Aquaculture June 2007 Food Institutional Research Measure February 2008 Marketing and Processing October 2008 Bovine TB...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (30 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: An applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme who is unhappy with the terms of a decision taken by my Department should firstly request the local office of my Department to carry out a review of the decision concerned. If, following that review, the applicant is still unhappy with the decision concerned, he/she has the option of lodging an appeal with the Agriculture...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: Payments under the Farm Waste Management Scheme have proceeded very satisfactorily this year with over 13,000 payments having been approved to date in 2009 compared to 12,847 payments in the whole of the 2008 calendar year. Additional staff have been employed in certain areas of the country, including some local offices in Cork, to ensure that the remaining payments to be made under the...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (16 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (16 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (16 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Jun 2009)
Brendan Smith: The arrangements for payment of grants under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on a phased basis have been confirmed with 40 per cent being paid this year as claims are approved. A further 40 per cent will be paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred...