Results 8,561-8,580 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The person named applied for his REPS payment on 30 November 2007. Further information was requested and was received in my Department on 30 January 2008. However, I understand that additional information, related to the compulsory purchase of some of his land, is still required by my officials before processing of the application can be completed. If the application is found to be...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The company in question was approved a total of â¬18.25m in grant assistance in respect of three separate projects on investments totalling â¬45.6m under the 2007 Dairy Investment Fund. The primary consideration for establishing the Dairy Fund was to support capital investment in the dairy sector to ensure that Irish dairy products could be produced efficiently and competitively for export...
- Written Answers — Coastal Erosion: Coastal Erosion (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I refer to my reply of 6th February 2008 to Parliamentary Question No. 254, which set out the current position regarding Coast Protection at Quilty, Co. Clare. However, having consulted with my Department's Engineers, I understand that in this case the Deputy's question relates to a specific structure (a sluice valve) owned by the Office of Public Works. Therefore, I would advise the Deputy...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The position regarding my Department's progress is as follows. Location Posts due to decentralise Moved to the new location Assigned but not moved New recruits Portlaoise 600 253 85 16 Fermoy 100 0 24 0 Macroom 100 0 25 0 Clonakilty 91 81 0 7 To the end of 2007, 15 staff from the Department were assigned to posts under the 'Dublin Arrangements'.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: In the course of the ongoing discussions on the payment arrangements for REPS 4, the European Commission raised questions early in January 2008 about the established practice of paying REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers at the beginning of each contract year. At that stage, some â¬6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers since 1 January 2008. My officials have argued strongly...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: RELAY, established in 2001, is the national dissemination service charged with communicating the results of publicly funded food research to the Irish food industry. Its primary responsibility is to disseminate the research outputs from the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM), funded by my Department. RELAY has established itself as the main source of food research information in...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Food Agency Co-operation Council (FACC) was established under the aegis of my Department in 2000 to promote the fullest possible practical co-operation between the State Agencies involved in the food industry in the interests of the optimum development of the industry. The Council, which was comprised of senior executives of the various state agencies involved in the food industry, met on...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council (FAWAC) was established in February 2002 on a non-statutory basis. It has been instrumental in promoting animal welfare in a practical way and providing a forum for different interest groups to meet, exchange views and reach consensus on the broad mandate of challenges facing farm animal welfare. Its terms of reference are: To identify ways in which...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Consumer Liaison Panel was established in January 2002 to strengthen communication between the consumer and my Department. It is a Standing Panel which operates independently of the Department and meets as it considers necessary to liaise on general consumer issues in relation to the activities of the Department and to comment on the flow of information both to and from the public. It...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Animal Remedies Consultative Committee was originally provided for under the Animal Remedies Act 1956 to advise and assist the Minister for Agriculture in the making of regulations under that Act. With the replacement of the 1956 Act by the Animal Remedies Act 1993, the Committee, as currently constituted, came into being on 15 June 1994. The nine member Committee is appointed by the...
- Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I am not a party to the proceedings referred to in the question. Resolution of those proceedings is a private law matter for the parties to the proceedings. I am advised that an appeal is pending and consequently it would not be appropriate for me to comment further in relation to litigation in which I am not involved.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: 4,376 REPS 2 contracts have terminated since REPS 3 closed for new applications in October, 2006 . The statistical breakdown requested is provided in the table below: Year Month REPS 2 plans ended 2006 November 361 2006 December 8 2007 January 312 2007 February 308 2007 March 121 2007 April 281 2007 May 572 2007 June 215 2007 July 211 2007 August 157 2007 September 258 2007...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: An application was made to my Department by Mayo County Council on 30 May 2007 for a foreshore lease to facilitate construction of a slipway at Kilcummin, Co Mayo. The application was circulated to the Department's consultees for assessment and comment. The Development Applications Unit of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has requested that a full underwater...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Purteen Harbour is owned by Mayo County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the Local Authority in the first instance. In December 2007 my Department invited Mayo County Council to submit its proposals for inclusion in the Fishery Harbours & Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme for 2008. An application for funding for the assessment of development...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The person named is a participant in REPS 3 but I understand that processing of her most recent payment application has not yet been finalised in my Department's local office. In the course of the ongoing discussions on the payment arrangements for REPS 4, the European Commission raised questions early in January 2008 about the established practice of paying REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers at the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on the 14th April 2007. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was selected for and was the subject of satellite eligibility and on the spot animal identification and registration inspections. All outstanding issues are now resolved and full...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 March 2007. The application has been fully processed and payments have issued as follows: Single Payment Scheme (Advance): â¬2,258.07, dated 16 October 2007; Single Payment Scheme (Balance): â¬2,258.07, dated 3 December 2007; Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: â¬4,456.75,...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The person named applied for Category B of the 2005 National Reserve which catered for farmers who made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000-2002. Investments can include purchase or long-term lease of land, purchase of suckler and/or ewe...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The person named and his brother established entitlements during the reference period 2000-2002 and in 2005 they applied to transfer by way of lease 6.69 entitlements to the son of the person named. The person named and his brother received full payment on the remaining entitlements for 2005. In May 2006 an application was received to transfer a further 5.67 entitlements by way of lease...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Feb 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Up to 10 February 2008, 4,895 payments to farmers in REPS 2 and REPS 3 were approved. A number of payments to farmers with contracts commencing in 2007 had also been processed. The total amount provided for REPS under Ireland`s Rural Development Programme during the period 2007-2013 is â¬2.968 billion. In relation to REPS 2 and REPS 3 the information requested is set out in tabular form....