Results 9,901-9,920 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 2006. The payments, which issued to the person named on foot of this application, were reduced following the recoupment of overpayments, which had arisen under the Livestock Premia Schemes. While the person named had previously been notified of these overpayments, I have...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I announced last November, that the maximum pension payable under the 1994-1999 Early Retirement Scheme was being increased from €12,075 to €14,075 per annum. This increase was payable to active Scheme participants with effect from 1 November 2006. As the person named finished his participation in the Scheme on 2 September 2004, he will unfortunately not benefit from the increase.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in response to previous enquiries about this case, the records of the animals from the herd number of the person named submitted under the 2001 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme, the 2002 Slaughter Premium Scheme and the 2003 Special Beef Premium Scheme, required to be examined with a view to identifying what animals, if any, might be eligible for payment. Eligibility under these...

Written Answers — Assisted Animal Reproduction: Assisted Animal Reproduction (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The European Commission, following shortcomings identified on an FVO mission to New Zealand, instructed Member States to remove specific bovine semen consignments imported from New Zealand after 9th March 2004 from EU approved semen collection and storage centres and also instructed that these consignments were not to be traded within the Community. My Department took measures to ensure that...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The following is the information requested by the Deputy. Number of applicants paid under the various Installation Aid Schemes 1996-2006 1996 1,167 1997 1,251 1998 607 1999 834 2000 463 2001 357 2002 578 2003 986 2004 767 2005 557 2006 614 The maximum payment allowed under EU Regulation was €25,000. The 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme provides for the continuation of an...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (29 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position in this case has just recently advanced since my answer to Question No. 248 of 7 March 2007, in that the two parties to this matter appear to have reached an agreement which was required to resolve the access problem. My officials will now liaise with the parties and hopefully resolve the title issues in the near future.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category B. Category B caters 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...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's telephone messages are recorded in English. Arrangements are being put in place to provide a version in the Irish language in line with my Departments Scheme 2006-2009 under Section 11 of the Official Language Act 2003.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The Farm Improvement Scheme will be introduced as soon as EU approval is received for the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. It is proposed that this Scheme will provide grant-aid for the construction of slatted sheds and, as in the case of previous Schemes, applicants will be required to have a herd number or other Department identifier in order to apply for grant-aid under the Scheme.

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named above is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Core documentation relating to his application remains outstanding. My Department is not in a position to further process this application until all relevant documentation has been received.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has now been given credit for twenty suckler cows for the year 2002 in the calculation of his Single Payment entitlement. This will lead to an increased Single Payment for 2005 and 2006 and the supplementary payment will be processed without delay.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (28 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I will be making two appointments to the Board of Teagasc in the period specified.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: As I indicated in my reply to a similar question tabled by the Deputy on 19 October 2006, the advancement of legislation to replace the 1845 Act under which the GSI was set up is in abeyance. My Department is, separately, considering whether there is a case for converting the GSI from a division of the Department into a stand-alone agency. I believe that it is important to form conclusions...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is in receipt of such an application and it is being considered in the context of finding a resolution to an outstanding dispute over the property.

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme in 2005 brought the new concept of Payment Entitlements into the direct payments system. Payment entitlements are not attached to land but are the property of the farmer who was farming during the reference period and was in receipt of direct payments under one or more of the Livestock Premium and/or Arable Aid schemes....

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that my Department has no record of having received an application from the person named to sell his entitlements. The Regulations governing the transfer of entitlements allow that Single payment entitlements may be transferred without land only if the transferor has used at least 80% of his entitlements. A person uses entitlements by submitting one hectare of land per...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on 28 December 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was 16 May 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official of my Department to write...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme-Disadvantaged Area Compensatory Allowance Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2006. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was randomly selected for and was the subject of a cross compliance inspection on 4 November 2006. During the course of...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: While the person named established no Single Payment Scheme Entitlements during the reference period in his own name, he has received two sets of entitlements under the entitlements transfer process of the Scheme. The person named has been fully paid in respect of these entitlements, as follows: payment of €16,901.62, issued on 14 December 2006; a second payment, containing Dairy Premium...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application to transfer entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme on 1 December 2006 following the dissolution of a partnership. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was 16 May 2006. The application was fully processed on 6 February 2007. The person named also submitted an...