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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 17 May 2010. Payments under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have commenced nationally on 18 October 2010 and 22 September 2010 respectively. The person named submitted an application with 22 land parcels, seven of which required re-digitisation,...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Coillte Teoranta was established as a private company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and came into operation on 1 January 1989. Section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1988 provides that "On the vesting day all land (other than land designated by the Minister) which, immediately before that day, was vested in the Minister and was used or had been acquired for the purposes of functions assigned by...

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

Brendan Smith: The EU Regulations governing REPS 4 and other area-based schemes provide that payments issue in two instalments. The first instalment of 75% may be paid once all administrative checks on all applications, as well as cross-checks against areas declared on Single Payment Scheme applications, have been completed. These checks have now been completed and payment will issue to the person named...

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

Brendan Smith: The EU Regulations governing REPS 4 and other area-based schemes provide that payments issue in two instalments. The first instalment of 75% may be paid once all administrative checks on all applications, as well as cross-checks against areas declared on Single Payment Scheme applications, have been completed. These checks have now been completed and payment will issue to the person named...

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Early this morning, the Council of fisheries Ministers in Brussels agreed the fishing opportunities for 2011. Included in this agreement was the adoption of an interim management plan for the boarfish fishery as proposed jointly by Ireland and Denmark. This follows a series of discussions and submissions between the Commission and concerned Member States over recent months and consultations...

Written Answers — Intervention Stocks: Intervention Stocks (15 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The supply of the cheese is funded by the European Commission under a scheme which was designed to release products that were available in Community intervention stocks to charitable organizations for free distribution to people in need. The Commission publishes an annual plan, including for each Member State applying the measure, and stating the quantity of each agricultural product to be...

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

Brendan Smith: The person named registered fifteen animals under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme, four of which were deleted as ineligible, while the remaining eleven have been processed for payment, which will issue shortly. The person named had registered twenty animals under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Under the Term and Conditions of the Scheme, the prescribed measures must be completed for all...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2010. However a number of the land parcels listed on the application required digitisation. An advance payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued to the person named on 21 September and an advance payment under Single Payment Scheme issued on 18 October in...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 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 a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results have now been processed. During the course of the Ground Eligibility inspection discrepancies were found with the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 17 May 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Full Cross Compliance 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 — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Due to the volume of the information requested by the Deputy, it was not possible to provide it in the required time. I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: The person named had seven animals for consideration under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. While payment has already been made in respect of six of these, an error was identified in respect of the remaining animal, which has been notified to the person named. Immediately this matter is satisfactorily resolved, the further payment due will issue.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 4 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October and the further 30% payment under the same Scheme, which issued on 1 December, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the application...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2010. During the validation of the application, an over-claim was identified in respect of one land parcel. This matter has now been resolved following correspondence between the person named and my Department. A number of parcels listed on the application of the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October and the further 30% payment under the same Scheme, which issued on 1 December, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2010. The 50% advance payment, which issued on 18 October and the further 30% payment, which issued on 1 December, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment 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 and the further 30% payment under the same Scheme, which issued on 1 December, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2010. During the processing of the application a number of queries arose, in addition to the necessary re-digitising of a number of parcels. The initial queries were resolved and the re-digitising of parcels completed, thereby allowing payments to issue to the person named on 16 November and 1...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare Bodies: Animal Welfare Bodies (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: My Department is currently finalising arrangements to provide ex gratia payments to a number of animal welfare bodies and the payments will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2010)

Brendan Smith: Agreement was reached with the company in question for a full and final settlement of €10,000 of the original grant-aid amount of €65,280. The settlement amount recovered reflected the fact that the equipment was in use for its intended purpose for a significant part of the four year period on restriction on change of use and was not disposed of during the four year period.