Results 9,581-9,600 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: That is an inappropriate remark.
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Look at the dairy industry. Last year, Deputy Crawford was roaring at me that it had been decimated and people were leaving in their droves. What is the situation now?
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I reformed the quota allocation system and now there is an invigorated industry that wants to drive on. That is what we should do instead of putting agriculture down.
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: That is not to say there will not be difficulties but I have invested a huge amount in the national development plan to drive the industry forward and prepare it for the next reform, giving it the necessary tools to compete.
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Beating him around the head.
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy should get a star for that.
- Common Agricultural Policy. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is right. I am concerned that we support the diversification that is taking place within the European Union, particularly here in Ireland, when it comes to discussions at WTO level. I have expressed and will continue to express grave concerns about the impact of an unbalanced agreement and have pursued this vigorously. The Deputy is right that an unbalanced agreement would have...
- Animal Diseases. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The first case of bluetongue ever to be recorded in Britain was confirmed on Saturday, 22 September on a farm near Ipswich in Suffolk. Since then several further cases have been detected on a number of other premises in England. The strain has been confirmed as serotype 8, the same strain as has been circulating in northern Europe since August 2006. On 28 September, the Department of the...
- Animal Diseases. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Under the programme for Government we will introduce a separate division to establish Bio-Security Ireland and we will proceed on that basis. The Deputy is right in saying that over the next few years there will be considerably more new diseases, but expertise is being provided to deal with them. Accordingly, in due course, we will have to equip ourselves on a scientific basis, in...
- Animal Diseases. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Deputy is correct that the synergies North and South have been beneficial and an all-island approach is the most appropriate way to go. I will meet my Northern Executive colleague in the next two or three weeks. Meanwhile, senior officials have been meeting on this matter in preparation for an all-island animal health approach, which is the best way forward. There is a vaccine for type...
- Animal Diseases. (3 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I do not anticipate legislation.
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The particular matter raised by the Deputy arises from a recent television programme about dog fighting in Northern Ireland following which the matter was discussed between An Taoiseach and the Northern Ireland First Minister. Under the provisions of the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965 dog fighting is among those activities that is illegal. The enforcement of the legislation and the...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The particular matter raised by the Deputy arises from a recent television programme about dog fighting in Northern Ireland following which the matter was discussed between An Taoiseach and the Northern Ireland First Minister. Under the provisions of the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965 dog fighting is among those activities that is illegal. The enforcement of the legislation and the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Payments under the 2007 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 21 September, with payments issuing to all applicants whose applications were clear on that date. Payments continue to issue as individual cases are confirmed eligible for payment. Payment in full issued to the person named on 28 September, in the amount of â¬4,456.75. There was no delay in making the payment in question to...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: An amount of â¬3.2 million was made available in 2006 for animal welfare activities in my Department. These activities included, for example, measures to deal with compromised on-farm animal welfare, research, the payment of ex-gratia monies to assist organisations involved in the direct delivery of animal welfare services as well as costs associated with the implementation of the Control of...
- Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The principal test used in the TB programme is the Single Intradermal Comparative Test (skin test) as specified in Council Directive 64/432 EEC. There is no confirmatory test and thus no provision in legislation for such a test. Indeed, Article 17 of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order 1989, (S.I. No. 308 of 1989), as amended, provides that, where...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The issues referred to are now regulated under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002 which replaced Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC in its entirety and thus superseded any previous amendments to that Annex, including those provided for in Council Directive 80/219/EEC. The conduct of the intradermal comparative test is governed by Directive 64/432/EEC, the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: As indicated in my reply to Questions 39881/06 and 39882/06 on 23 November 2006, the holding relating to the herdnumber referred was restricted in October 2005 because of the repeated failure of the herdowner to have the herd tested for TB and Brucellosis as required by EU and national legislation. The herd was eventually tested on 3 January 2007 for Brucellosis and on 6 January 2007 for...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department's inspection checklist on cross-compliance is an internal checklist for use by Department Inspectors and it is not a document for completion by the farmer. This checklist has been reviewed as part of the full review my Department carried out on the inspection arrangements for the Single Payment Scheme with a view to simplification of the arrangements (including paperwork) where...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Oct 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Last week, the Council of Agriculture Ministers reached political agreement on an amendment to the current restructuring aid Regulation, one effect of which is to increase the allocation to the Irish beet growers to â¬52.8m. The allocation to the processor would also increase but the final allocation for the processor depends on the outcome of the legal proceedings instituted by the processor.