Results 9,101-9,120 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 17 April 2007. Following processing of this application, it was found that some land parcels claimed by the person named were also the subject of a scheme application by another applicant. While the person named has responded to an earlier query concerning two...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receiving an application form in respect of the 2007 Single Payment Scheme from the person named.
- Written Answers — Census of Agriculture: Census of Agriculture (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 360 to 363, inclusive, together. There was no census of agriculture conducted in 1997. The nearest year for which farm data on a county basis is available is the census of agriculture conducted by the CSO in June 2000. These numbers are reflected in table 1 for pigs, table 2 for poultry and table 3 for sheepmeat. The 2007 data tables 1 and 2 have been...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The numbers of farmers involved in mushroom production on a county basis in 1997 and at present are as follows: County Growers in 1997 Growers in 2007 Carlow 9 1 Clare 4 1 Cavan 59 8 Cork 3 0 Donegal 32 4 Dublin 4 0 Galway 17 0 Kildare 27 3 Kerry 1 0 Kilkenny 3 0 Laois 2 1 Leitrim 7 1 Limerick 1 0 Longford 21 1 Louth 21 1 Mayo 40 6 Meath 18 4 Monaghan 174 24 Offaly 7 1...
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: FIRM, the Food Institutional Research Measure funded by my Department, is the primary funding mechanism for competitive public good food research at third level (universities, Institutes of Technology and Teagasc). FIRM and the earlier Non Commissioned Food Research Programme have funded foundation type, pre-commercial research since 1994 with the key aim of establishing a knowledge base and...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The disposal of waste materials generally is covered by the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2005, which apply to all sectors of society including the agricultural sector, and is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, manufacturers and importers of farm plastics, that is silage bale wrap and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person named completed his contract in REPS 1 on 31 March 2001, having received all his full basic REPS payments. He had also undertaken the organic farming supplementary measure, which was paid in arrears. He applied for his fifth payment for this measure on 24 May 2001. So that his application could be processed, he was asked on 25 May 2001 and again on 9 July 2001 to submit his...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 10th 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 a remote satellite eligibility and a cross-compliance inspection. Arising, from the findings of the satellite...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I understand that payment issued in the week ending 16 November and should be with the applicant now. All such projects require a full onsite inspection to ensure that the development carried out accords with the approval given previously. In this case, the length of the road constructed was in excess of the length originally approved for support and, accordingly, the matter required some...
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 will be processed by my Department up to the level of funding available for the Scheme.
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Of the 12,675 applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007, 336 were received in Co. Laois and 282 in Co. Offaly. I have no plans at present to reopen the Scheme as the applications received have reached the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the partnership agreement, Towards 2016. That agreement, however, provides for a...
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Farm Improvement Scheme, grant-aid was available for meal bins at a standard grant-rate of 40% up to a maximum eligible investment ceiling of â¬120,000 in accordance with my Department's Standard Costings.
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The details requested are set out in the following table. The measures covered include direct premium payments to farmers, market supports such as Export Refunds and Intervention, and measures co-funded under the rural development programmes for the period concerned, including The Rural Environment Protection Scheme, The Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, and the Early Retirement and Installation...
- Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: While a cull of deer has not been undertaken, a study has been underway in the south County Dublin area since February 2007 with the objective of seeking to establish what similarities there are between the TB strain types found in cattle, badgers and deer in the area. This is a slow process and the study will not be completed for several months. It is not expected that it will be possible...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Agriculture Appeals Office made a determination on the appeal by the person concerned on 12 November 2007.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: In Budget 2007, â¬8 million was made available over the period 2007-2009 for a new Bioenergy Scheme to incentivise farmers to plant miscanthus and willow for use as a renewable source of energy. The Scheme was launched in February 2007 to provide establishment grants for up to 50% of the costs associated with establishing miscanthus and willow, subject to a maximum grant of â¬1,450 per...
- Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Copy documentation, requested by the Solicitor for the persons named, which is necessary for conversion of title, will be issued on payment of the appropriate statutory fee, which has been requested from the Solicitor.
- Written Answers — Farm Improvement Scheme: Farm Improvement Scheme (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 will be 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 Scheme prior to the review in 2008 of the terms of Towards 2016 as provided for in that agreement.
- Written Answers — Fisheries Fleet Modernisation: Fisheries Fleet Modernisation (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I have now received the approval from the EU Commission of Ireland's state application to restructuring the fishing fleet. This restructuring programme will permanently remove some 35% of the Irish Whitefish Fleet from the sea and is an integral part of the Government's Cawley Strategy to develop a restructured, profitable and sustainable seafood industry. I met with Fisheries Commissioner...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2007)
Mary Coughlan: In 2007, my Department approved the grant aid in question to the following enterprises: SWS Forestry Services, Shinagh House, Bandon Co Cork, Ecowood Energy Systems Ltd, 6 The Meadows, Buncrana, Co Donegal, Greenbelt, Main St, Virginia, Co Cavan, Lumberjack Harvesting Ltd, Killenure, Ballybrittas, Portlaoise, Co Laois, Mr Noel Kelleher, Coolcaum, Kilnamartyra, Macroom, Co. Cork, Forest Link...