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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 7 May 2010. A land parcel listed on the application required re-digitisation. Payments on clear parcels were made to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme on 18 October 2010 and 1 December 2010. My Department has now completed the re-digitisation process and a final...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The person named commenced REPS 4 on 1 August 2008. REPS 4 payments have issued to the person named for 2008 and 2009. The REPS 4 2010 application from the person named has now been processed and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October, the interim balancing payment which issued on 1 December and the 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme which issued on 21 September, were on the basis of those...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (27 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The person named submitted an application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) on 10 May 2010. One of the eligibility conditions for the AEOS is that applicants who have land designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service as a Special Protection Area or a Special Area of Conservation must submit a sustainable management plan prepared by a planner with their application. As...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on the 26 October 2010. It was refused by the Visa Officer on the 25 January 2011 for the following reasons: 1. Relationship History - The applicant had not provided evidence of a relationship being in existence prior to the visa application/marriage; 2. General Policy - It is not the general policy to...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The issuing of fixed charge notices for relevant offences is a matter for An Garda Síochána. Payment of a fixed charge is a discretionary option for the recipient of a fixed charge notice. The relevant road traffic legislation, which is a matter for the Department of Transport, provides that, during the initial period of 28 days from the date of the notice, payment is accepted at the fixed...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Prison Service: Prison Service (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that 20 full-time and 8 part-time Chaplains are currently employed in prisons across the country. This amounts to 23.69 whole time equivalent positions. I understand also that Chaplains are employed by the Prison Service to work in particular prisons on the nomination of their local Bishop. The current payscale for the position of full-time Chaplain...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in May 2008. The application is being processed in the normal way with a view to establishing whether the applicants meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision in...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 24 January 2002, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 16 February 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 17 July 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in 2000 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. The permission was renewed on a regular basis, and I am informed that it is currently valid until 23 September 2015. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Based on the information supplied by the Deputy, I am informed by Officials in my Department that they can find no record of a current visa application for the person referred to. When completing an on-line visa application the applicant is assigned a unique visa transaction number. This detail must be provided where a query on the status or other enquiry regarding a visa application arises....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2010. The person named submitted an application with 41 land parcels, 14 of which required re-digitisation. Payments issued to the person named on the basis of the land parcels clear for payment on 18 October 2010 and 1 December 2010 respectively. My Department has now completed the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2010. The person named submitted an application with 33 land parcels, 12 of which required re-digitisation. Payments issued to the person named on the basis of the land parcels clear for payment on 18 October 2010 and 1 December 2010 respectively. My Department has now completed the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: My Department produces over 70 pieces of legislation in any year almost all of which are secondary legislation and as such do not require a general scheme. However, my Department is proposing or contemplating 4 pieces of primary legislation at the present time, including the Greyhound Welfare Bill which has passed its second stage in the Seanad. There are 3 other Bills for which the...

Written Answers — Horticulture Sector: Horticulture Sector (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: In the face of ever-greater concentration of demand, the grouping of supply through producer organisations (POs) is an economic necessity in order to strengthen the position of producers in the market. Accordingly, in its 2007 reform of the common organisation of the market for fruit and vegetables, the EU made further provision for financial assistance to producers grouping, on a voluntary...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The deputy will no doubt appreciate that the primary responsibility for avoiding super levy lies with each individual milk producer, and it is a responsibility that all dairy farmers should take very seriously in the lead-up to milk quota abolition in 2015. My priority is, firstly, to secure as much quota as possible at a national level, and, then, to ensure that as much quota as possible...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The person named commenced REPS 4 on 1 July 2009. The 2009 payment issued in 2010. The REPS 4 2010 application from the person named has now been processed and payment will issue shortly.