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Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is a participant in REPS 3. 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 €6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers since 1...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named did not establish any Single Payment entitlements during the reference period 2000-2002. In 2005 she applied to transfer 10.48 standard entitlements by way of lease for a period of one year from another farmer and received Single Payment on foot of these entitlements. Upon expiry of the lease on 31 December 2005, the entitlements reverted from the person named to the farmer...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (12 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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not provide funding for Marina Developments and therefore I have no function in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: There are no agency workers employed by my Department. With regard to agency workers employed by State agencies under the remit of my Department, this is an organisational matter for the bodies themselves.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, which was agreed at Partnership, there is provision for expenditure of €250 million over the five years of the Suckler Welfare scheme (2008-2012). Payment will be made only where the suckler cow has calved and after the farmer has complied with the various measures of the scheme. Therefore, the timing of the payment will depend on when the...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is a participant in REPS 3. 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 €6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers since 1...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (12 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 €6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers since 1 January 2008. My officials have argued strongly...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Over 37,000 applications have been received so far. It is impossible to predict the number of applications that will be received by the closing date.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: An application for Single Payment 2007 was received from the late husband of the person named on 11 April 2007. My Department has forwarded an Indemnity Form to the person named, which should be completed and returned. When the returned form has been processed, the payments currently held in the amount of €7,991.74 will be released to the legal representative acting on behalf of the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The holder of the herd number referred to is a participant in REPS 3. 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 €6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Table below sets out the number of Department owned disks, laptops and memory storage devices, reported lost or stolen from my Department in recent years: Year Lost/Stolen Recovered/Found 2002 3 Laptops were reported stolen None 2003 None N/A 2004 None N/A 2005 None N/A 2006 1 Laptop reported stolen None 2007 1 Laptop reported stolen None All laptops are protected by use of a...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: As is the case with other local AES offices of my Department, applications received in the AES offices in County Mayo under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 partnership agreement, Towards 2016.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: An application from the person named was received in my Department on 18 December 2007. His contract cannot therefore commence before 1 January 2008. As regards REPS 4 contracts commencing on or after 1 January 2008, my Department is in discussions with the European Commission as to whether the previous practice of paying farmers at the start of each contract year in REPS can continue. I...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: In relation to agencies under the aegis of my Department, the matter of lost or stolen disks, laptops or memory storage devices containing personal information regarding members of the public is an operational matter for the bodies themselves.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (12 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 €6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers since 1 January 2008. My officials have argued strongly...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned has submitted an application for payment (IAS 2) under the Installation Aid Scheme to my Department. Additional information in relation to that application has, however, been requested in writing from the person concerned and the application cannot be further progressed until that information is received.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Grant-aid was paid to the person concerned on 11 February 2008.

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The named person did not submit an application to either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of the 2007/2008 Milk Quota Trading Scheme. Therefore, from the Department's perspective, the question of whether the named person was eligible to participate in the 2007/2008 Scheme was one that never arose. As outlined in my previous reply, the named person ultimately successfully sold his quota in the first stage...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Feb 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named is a participant in REPS 3. 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 €6 million had already been paid to REPS 2 and REPS 3 farmers since 1...