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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 14 May 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The Government recently approved the drafting of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2010. The Bill gives effect to commitments in the Programmes for Government including the updating of existing animal health and welfare legislation and provides for significantly increased penalties for offenders. The Heads of the Bill have now been be submitted for drafting to the Office of the...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (16 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Greencastle Harbour is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for the maintenance and development of the harbour rests with that local authority in the first instance. My Department has, however, in recent years, project managed works on phase one of the Greencastle Harbour development project on behalf of Donegal County Council as well as providing funding. Any application...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The person named submitted a joint Single Payment Scheme application with his since deceased brother. Accordingly a number of issues had to be resolved. The application has now been fully processed with a view to payment issuing shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The person named registered 8 animals under the 2008 and 5 animals under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. By participating in this scheme, each applicant undertook to carry out, and notify to my Department, all the measures provided for in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme on all eligible animals and calves on the holding for the full five years of the scheme. The person named did not...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 4 May 2010.The 50% advance payment, which issued on 18 October 2010, was on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a portion of the land declared required digitising. Balancing payments under the scheme, would, in normal circumstances, be confined to those whose applications are fully processed,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2010. The 50% advance payment, which issued on 18 October was on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared required digitising. Balancing payments under the scheme, would, in normal circumstances, be confined to those whose applications are fully processed,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application was received on 28 April 2010 requesting the transfer of 175.06 Single Payment entitlements to the entity named from another farmer by way of Milk Production Partnership. The herd-number was only transferred into the sole name of the entity named on 6 July 2010. Prior to that it was registered in the multiple names of three persons. Payment for 2010 can only issue to the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The EU Commission has raised some technical questions regarding payments to sheep farmers under EU Pillar 1 and Pillar 11 Schemes, including the Grassland Sheep Scheme. My officials have responded in detail to the Commission and there are ongoing discussions between both parties. I am seeking an early conclusion to these discussions. In addition, it is a fundamental requirement under the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 209 and 210 together. My Department is involved in a pilot project which presented the 2011 Estimate in a new format with the focus on a small number of key strategic programmes. The proposed expenditure in 2011 includes estimates of the associated administration costs for each programme. The material for the Department which was published on Budget Day also...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The total grant in aid allocation to Teagasc for 2010 was €126.165m in respect of pay, non-pay, superannuation and training expenses. In addition to grant in aid, Teagasc receives other state funding for research purposes etc. No allocation was made in respect of capital expenditure in 2010.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 7 May 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on the 20 April 2010. This application was selected for a Ground Eligibility and Full Cross Compliance inspection. During the course of the Ground Eligibility inspection, discrepancies were found with some of the parcels applied on, and deductions were made accordingly. The claimed area for the Single Payment...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: I understand that an application on behalf of the person in question for financial approval has been received by my Department. It should be noted that the funding for the 1,500 hectares, which the Government approved in October, has now been allocated and further financial approvals will not issue this year. Arrangements are currently in train in relation to issuing financial approvals for...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Each year my Department is required to carry out controls on 5% of scheme participants under the EU Regulations governing the REPS 4. These controls involve a full check of the farm plan submitted by scheme applicants as well as an on-farm inspection. The person named was selected for this control procedure and the REPS 4 application cannot be processed for payment until these checks are...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2010. On processing the application over- claims and dual claims were identified on a number of the parcels declared by the applicant. The person named was written to in this regard on the 22 and 23 September 2010 respectively. This issues have now been resolved and payment due in respect of the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2010. A number of the land parcels listed on the application required re-digitisation, following which dual claims were identified on a number of parcels. This issue was resolved, following correspondence with the person named, which allowed payments under both Schemes...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: I have arranged for an official of my Department to make direct contact with the person named regarding the matter of the alleged over-payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The person named submitted an application under REPS 3 and payment issued on 29th November 2010.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: One of the primary provisions of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is that applicants must maintain a minimum stocking density of their holding of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for at least three consecutive months. While an application under the 2010 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 April 2010, as it was established that the holding of the person...