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Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Where accommodation by way of pens or hutches is provided outdoors for calves, the application of good animal husbandry practices is essential to ensure their good health and welfare. The use of confined individual pens (rebuilt or brought into use after 1 January 1998) for calves after the age of eight weeks is prohibited. Calves up to eight weeks of age, when kept in individual pens, must...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The number of Department-owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from my Department are set out in the following table: 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...

Written Answers — Fishing Fleet Protection: Fishing Fleet Protection (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: This question is a matter for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, which is a statutory body independent of me and my Department.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Payment will be made by my Department in this case shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 21 April 2006. Following initial processing, one parcel claimed by the person named was identified as having also been claimed by another applicant. Having been written to regarding this issue, the person named contacted my Department to confirm that he did have the right to claim this parcel. To confirm...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2006 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories A and B. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May, 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding to a third party during the reference period...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: My Department, in common with other bodies with public facing websites, is subject to continuous attempted malicious cyber attacks and hacking attempts. All traffic including malicious traffic to the Department's website is recorded and stored in log files. My Department has put in place a robust Information Technology infrastructure, at both the hardware and software levels, to ensure that...

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Applications received 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 (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has advised the owner that remedial work is required at each of these sites. When the required improvements have been completed satisfactorily, forestry payments will resume.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: An application was received from the person named requesting the transfer of 15.68 entitlements by way of lease to another farmer. As the person named had successfully applied to consolidate his entitlements in 2005, the entitlements in question acquired the status of 'National Reserve' entitlements. National Reserve Entitlements (including Consolidated entitlements) may not, except in the...

Written Answers — Animal Identification Scheme: Animal Identification Scheme (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I am satisfied that the current system of double tagging bovine animals with plastic tags is the most efficient and practical form of identification available at present. My Department stays abreast of developments in the area and is currently researching the possible future use of electronic and other means of identification for bovine animals. The numbers of new and replacement bovine...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The person named applied to the 2007 National Reserve under Category C which caters for farmers for whom at least 40% of their Single Payment was derived from direct payments associated with sheep production (Ewe Premium/Rural World Premium) during the reference period, the existing Single Payment is less than €6,000 and individual payment entitlements are less than the District Electoral...

Written Answers — Transfer of Entitlements: Transfer of Entitlements (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: An application was received on 9 May 2007 from the person named requesting the transfer of 1.0 standard entitlement by way of sale without land to another farmer. An issue relating to the proposed transferee prevented the immediate processing of this transfer. This issue has now been resolved and the requested transfer of entitlements has been fully processed. In addition, a second...

Written Answers — Transfer of Entitlements: Transfer of Entitlements (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 852 and 879 together. An application was received on 15 May 2007 requesting the transfer of 13.71 standard entitlements to the person named from another farmer by way of sale with land. A Deed of Transfer relating to the land transferred with entitlements was also received. When processing the application, it was noted that there was a discrepancy between...

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Applications received 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. I have no plans to reopen the Farm Improvement Scheme to further applications prior to the review in 2008 of Towards 2016 as provided for in that agreement.

Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme 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 (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The first person named is not the Registered Herdowner of the Herd number quoted. No application to transfer entitlements from the first person named to the second person named has been received by my Department, under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme.

Written Answers — Sheep Industry: Sheep Industry (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Farm Improvement Scheme which was suspended on 31 October 2007 provided grant aid for sheep housing, dipping tanks, spraying equipment, fencing, handling units and related facilities. I have no plans to reopen the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to the review in 2008 of the Partnership agreement, Towards 2016, as provided for in that agreement.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2007 lays down the legislative framework for the financing of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Regulation establishes a European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, from which measures such as the Single Farm Payment, Export Refunds and Market Intervention are funded, and a European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, from which co-funding is provided...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Jan 2008)

Mary Coughlan: REPS 4, which I launched on 8 August 2007, contains a mixed grazing supplementary measure. REPS participants can receive up to €1,000 a year under the supplementary measure, in addition to their basic payments.