Results 10,461-10,480 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme from the person named was submitted on the 6th April 2006. The application has now been fully processed and payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Tree Felling Licences: Tree Felling Licences (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: A Felling Notice was received by my Department in September 2006 in respect of 81 trees on the lands in question, comprising a mixture of conifers and broadleafs. In accordance with normal practice the felling site was inspected by the Forest Inspector for the area. His recommendation was that the trees concerned were over-mature and a felling licence should issue. His report provides the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme make provision for force majeure or exceptional circumstances, which are described as factors outside the producer's control that have an adverse effect on production and are sudden and unforeseen. The reference period for the Single Payment Scheme is the three years 2000-2002. My Department will contact the Deputy's Office to get...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 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 24th 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 — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The draft Rural Development Programme together with the Ex Ante Evaluation and the Strategic Environmental Assessment was sent to the EU Commission in December and awaits its approval. The programme points out that the Department of Agriculture and Food â as managing authority â and the Programme Monitoring Committee will have responsibility for the monitoring and evaluation system. That...
- Written Answers — Sheepmeat Industry: Sheepmeat Industry (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Sheep Industry Development Strategy Group issued its report in June 2006. This is a comprehensive study of the sheep industry which sets out a Development Plan for the sector contained in 37 recommendations. I decided that the best way to implement these recommendations was to set up an implementation body comprised of representatives of all sectors in the industry, including the...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Under the Milk Quota Regulations a producer who has delivered some milk quota in the current quota year can offer the undelivered part of a milk quota into the Temporary Leasing Scheme. Up until the 2005/06 quota year a rule applied whereby, if a producer delivered less than 70% of their quota in two consecutive years, the undelivered part could be added to the National Reserve. This rule...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 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 25th April 2006. During processing of the Transfer application it was necessary for an official from my Department to request further documentation. Further documentation was received and the application has now been fully processed. An application...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: While baseline data on the pollution control facilities on Irish farms has been compiled for 2002, I am informed that there is little detailed historical data which could be used for comparison. However the level of investment over that period, taken together with other developments, is likely to have given rise to a considerable improvement. Over the past ten years my Department has...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The legislative priorities for my Department are as set out in the Government Legislation Programme, published on 30th January, namely the Animal Health Bill and the Forestry Amendment Bill.
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Payments are currently being made under two Schemes of Early Retirement from Farming. A total of 10,278 farmers entered the 1994-1999 Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming, which closed to new applicants on 31 December 1999. Under the 2000-2006 Scheme, which was introduced in November 2000 and closed at the end of December 2006, 2,958 cases have been approved for payment to date....
- Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I expect that there will be major benefits for producers and consumers in 2007 arising out of the on-going implementation of reformed CAP and the wide range of measures envisaged under the National Development Plan. The introduction of the full decoupling of direct payments under the Single Payment Scheme ensures that farmers now have the 'freedom to farm' and that the CAP will be geared...
- Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The following table details annual levels of live cattle exports since 2002. The live export trade is an important competitive element in the livestock and meat industry and, as such, has my full support as an integral part of the sector. Following the abolition of Export Refunds on live animals, other than for breeding, this trade is now almost exclusively with other EU Member States. ...
- Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: Following the introduction of new mapping technology, my Department became aware that the area of some forest plantations currently in receipt of premium payment had been incorrectly calculated. In many cases, the difference is negligible, but there are other cases where more significant over-claims have occurred. This type of discrepancy can happen when different mapping technologies are...
- Written Answers — Sheepmeat Industry: Sheepmeat Industry (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The Sheep Industry Development Strategy Group issued its report in June 2006. This is a comprehensive study of the sheep industry which sets out a Development Plan for the sector contained in 37 recommendations. I decided that the best way to implement these recommendations was to set up an implementation body comprised of representatives of all sectors in the industry, including the...
- Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The information will be forwarded directly to the Deputy on this matter in due course.
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (6 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 — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The 30-day pre-movement test was introduced in 1998 to curtail the spread of Brucellosis following an upsurge in the disease. The veterinary advice at the time, which continues to apply, was that the movement/buying-in of cattle was deemed to be a major contributory factor in the spread of the disease and the 30 day test has contributed significantly to the effort in reducing the incidence...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: The revised Farm Waste Management Scheme, which was launched by my Department in March 2006, closed for applications at the end of December 2006. A total of 48,580 applications have been received by my Department under the Scheme and these applications are currently being processed. It is my intention to process these applications as soon as possible and I am currently examining various...
- Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (6 Feb 2007)
Mary Coughlan: I was very pleased with the results of the first milk quota Trading Scheme, which I announced last Wednesday. As the Deputy will be aware the scheme has two elements â a Priority Pool and a Market Pool, the latter functioning through an exchange mechanism. The Trading scheme allocates some 70% of the total quota offered for sale to the Exchange at which a market-clearing price is computed...