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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 27th April 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official of my Department to write to the person named to seek clarification on certain matters relating to the application. The requested documentation was...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: This is an operational matter for Teagasc.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 13th April 2006. During processing of the Transfer application, it was necessary for an official of my Department to contact the person named directly to seek further documentation relating to the application. Upon receipt of the documentation my...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The above named submitted an application under the Consolidation measure of the 2006 Single Farm Payment Scheme. The Consolidation application has been processed and the outstanding payment will issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Twenty-eight cases of Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA) have been confirmed in Ireland, the most recent on 10 December 2006. Most of the cases were concentrated, with some exceptions, in the Meath/Kildare/Dublin area with all but three of the cases in thoroughbred horses. 73 days have now elapsed since the last case, significantly longer than the interval between any two other cases. A...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The 15% increase in forestry premium rates is being applied from a current date forward to all those currently in receipt of a forestry premium under the Afforestation Grant and Premium Schemes. The main premium payments for this year will be made in April. Forest-owners are paid an annual premium per hectare for up to 20 years at a rate notified to them at time of planting. This rate can...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I understand that the decision to refuse grant-aid in this case has been appealed by the person in question. The appeal was received on 22 January 2007 and is currently being processed. A decision will be given as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Alleged Overpayments: Alleged Overpayments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that the overpayment in this case was originally established in January 2003. A letter issued to the applicant on 13 February 2003 setting out details of the overpayment. The overpayment was recorded under the name of the person who was the registered herdowner up until 13 April 2001 following which the persons named became the registered herdowners. The overpayment was not...

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The site in question is in an area which the Department of the Environment, 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on 1 November 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for receipt of 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on 18 December 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for receipt of 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...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Market Exchange element of the Milk Quota Trading Scheme, a mechanism exists to exclude bids that are 40% and more above the initial equilibrium price. In this case, computer rounding of the prices resulted in the 40% cut-off being applied at 15 cent, the nearest whole cent price to the actual computed cut-off of 15.4 cent. This was a technical issue and my Department is making...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on 24 April 2006. The application was examined and further documentation is required. The person named was written to and an official from my Department also made direct contact with him requesting the specific documentation. Upon receipt of the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in my previous reply to the Deputy on this matter, 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, are being examined with a view to identifying those that may be eligible for payment. Eligibility under these Schemes required, inter...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under Category C of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve which caters for farmers who sold their milk quota into the Milk Quota Restructuring Scheme and converted their enterprise to 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 to 2002....

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations came into operation on 5 January 2007. It sets down the conditions for the transport of all vertebrate animals, including greyhounds, throughout the European Community. The Regulation has been given legal effect by the European Communities (Animal Transport and Control Post) Regulations...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The requirement that all bovine animals over 30 months of age, slaughtered for human consumption, must be tested for BSE is provided for in Regulation (EC) No.999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (The TSE Regulation). Accordingly, I do not have the discretion...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The term "ringfencing" has been used in the context of the co-op based operation of Milk Quota schemes. The Milk Quota Regime in Ireland is operated at Milk Purchaser/Co-operative level in accordance with the Regulations set by my Department. The new Milk Quota Trading Scheme, which has replaced the Restructuring Scheme from the 2007-08 quota year, continues to operate at co-op level....

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: I have met farmers from the NephinBeg area on a number of occasions in thepast. Generous financial arrangements were put in place by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for those farmers participating in the NPWS scheme and the REP scheme in the Nephin Beg area to compensate them for meeting increased environmental standards.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has received all payments due to him under the Single Payment Scheme. The balance of payment that was due to him issued recently.