Results 9,981-10,000 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for Single Payment to my Department on 15 May 2006. He ceased to be a registered herdowner on 3 June 2006 as the herdnumber was transferred to a third party from that date. Consequently, the 10-month land availability rule of the Scheme was not fulfilled and payment could not issue. To enable the application to be further processed, my Department has...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to confirm that I recently extended the deadline for submission of drawings and other details outstanding from grant applications lodged under the Farm Waste Management Scheme by three months to end-June 2007. Under the terms of the EU state aid approval governing the Farm Waste Management Scheme, investment works must be completed and a payment claim submitted to my Department...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Compilation of statistics by my Department on the production and disposal of meat and bone meal (MBM) commenced in 1999. The amounts produced each year since 1999 (the bulk of which has been exported) and the disposal costs which were incurred by the State during the years 2002 to 2006 are set out in the table below. In the wake of MBM being banned as an animal feed, and in line with the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Single Payment Entitlements were generally established for farmers who were farming during the three Reference years 2000 â 2002 and in receipt of Direct Payments under one or more of the Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid Schemes. In other cases, farmers could obtain entitlements by way of purchase, lease, gift, inheritance or from the National Reserve. There was no provision in EU...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I am pleased to confirm that I recently extended the deadline for submission of drawings and other details outstanding from grant applications lodged under the Farm Waste Management Scheme by three months to end-June 2007. Under the terms of the EU state aid approval governing the Farm Waste Management Scheme, investment works must be completed and a payment claim submitted to my Department...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 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 the 1st February 2007. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was the 16th May 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official of my...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Details of schemes operated by my Department are available in the publication Schemes and Services 2006-2007.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: During the calendar year 2006, my Department paid out car expenses totalling â¬10,100,252.51 and a total of â¬57,735.49 on train and bus ticket expenses. All entitlements are paid in accordance with the relevant Department of Finance regulations.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 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, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, 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...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: There are no clerical officer vacancies in Johnstown Castle, Wexford.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 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 the 30th January 2007. The application was accepted even though the closing date for receipt of completed applications to transfer entitlements was the 16th May 2006. During processing of the Transfer application it was necessary for an official of my...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The total cost of energy for my Department in 2002 was â¬1.57 million. In 2006 the total cost was â¬3.78 million. It has not been possible in the time available to compile the quantity of energy used in these years. My Department is examining the question of renewable fuels and a new woodchip heating system has been installed in my Departments office in Wexford.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is committed to implementing the Civil Service policy on equality of opportunity, including gender equality. This commitment is reflected in my Department's Human Resource Strategy, which sets out specific actions for implementing equality measures in a proactive and progressive manner. The table identifies the gender balance for each grade in my Department. There are seven...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The reopening in full of the Offices in Kells Road in Navan is dependent on the results of tests being carried out at the request of my Department. In the interim temporary offices in Trim have been provided by the Office of Public Works for my staff. Staff have access to all files in the Navan and Trim offices.
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has statutory responsibility for the welfare and protection of farmed animals under the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes Act 1984, and the European Communities (Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes) Regulations 2006 (SI No. 705 of 2006). It does not have statutory responsibility for the care and welfare of other animals such as cats. The Protection of...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The site in question is in an area which the Department of Environmental, Heritage and Local Government has identified as one of a number of areas around the country which are important for the survival of the Hen Harrier, which is a protected species. The European Commission has expressed the gravest concern at any further planting within these areas until it is possible to fully assess the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme from the first person named was submitted on the 31st March 2006. The Regulations governing the transfer of entitlements provide that Single Payment entitlements may be transferred without land only if the transferor has used at least 80% of his payment entitlements in one calendar year....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration of his circumstances under the Force Majeure/Exceptional Circumstances measure of the Single Payment Scheme. Having assessed the application, my Department informed the person named that the circumstances outlined did not fulfill the Force Majeure criteria laid down in Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. The person...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: My Department's records have revealed that the farming enterprise of the person named produced considerably in excess of the REPS upper limit of 170 kgs organic nitrogen per hectare in 2005. This is a serious breach of the Scheme conditions. He was informed of this breach by letter on 4 September 2006 and was asked for an explanation. He provided an unsatisfactory explanation and my...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that Single Payment entitlements were generally established for farmers who were farming and in receipt of direct payments under the Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid Schemes during the reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002 and who continued to farm in 2005. The person named did not receive payments under the Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid Schemes during the reference...