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- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Two applications were received on 17 May 2010 requesting the transfer of a total of 28.32 Single Payment entitlements to the person named from the person previously registered as owner of the herd-number. Since the person named did not become the registered owner of the herd-number until 5 October 2010 the requested transfer of entitlements will take place for the 2011 scheme year. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 5 May 2010. The 75% advance payment on the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, which issued on 21 September 2010 and the 50% advance on the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October 2010, were both on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 24 April 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection. The inspection process is completed and the application has now been fully processed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 16...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 11 May 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Full Cross Compliance Inspection. The inspection process is completed and the application has now been fully processed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 23...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application was received on 11 May 2010 requesting the transfer of 10.18 Single Payment entitlements by way of lease from the person named to another farmer. The requested transfer was completed on 25 November 2010 after which the person named holds 4.57 entitlements. Full payment will issue shortly to the person named for 2.18 entitlements based on his declaration of that number of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2010. During the validation of the application, an over-claim was identified in respect of one land parcel, while a number of other parcels required re-digitising. As the matter regarding the over-claim was resolved following correspondence between the person named and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2010. The advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Farm Payment issued to the person named on 22 September and 18 October respectively on the clear eligible area, as some of the land parcels declared required re-digitisation. This process is...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The cost of energy in my Department for 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 is as follows, - â¬3.8m - â¬3.1m - â¬2.4m ( to date ).
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 22 April 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility Inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Payment Scheme all...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2010. The 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme, which issued on 21 September, was on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a parcel listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This process is now...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2010. An advance of the Single Farm Payment issued to the person named on 18 October on the clear eligible area. A number of the land parcels listed on the application required digitisation. The advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Farm...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 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 — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Two applications were received on 17 May 2010 requesting the transfer of 44.37 Single Payment entitlements by way of gift and 9.82 Single Payment entitlements by way of lease respectively to the person named from other farmers. The transfer by way of gift was completed on 9 July 2010. Entitlements being transferred by lease must be accompanied by an equal or greater number of hectares of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. Initial processing of this application revealed a dual-claim of one land parcel, as well as over-claims in respect of two other land parcels. These matters have now been resolved following correspondence between the person named and my Department. A number of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 2010. The 75% advance payment on the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme which issued on 21 September 2010 and the 50% advance on the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October 2010, both on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 27 April 2010. The advance payment which issued on 18 October, was on the basis of land confirmed eligible at that stage, as a number of other parcels listed by the person named required re-digitisation; this process is now complete and the payment due will issue to the person named shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: I understand that the appeal on behalf of the person has been disallowed. Following a further field inspection of the site it has been found that the northern, low lying section of wetland is almost at sea level and was waterlogged at the time of the inspection. As the conditions required to ensure wind-firmness of the crop over the silvicultural rotation are absent, this section of the...
- Written Answers — Sheep Sector: Sheep Sector (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: I am strongly committed to securing a future for the sheep industry in Ireland, which is a valuable part of the overall agri-food sector. In the past two years I have provided a number of key supports to this sector, most notably: â¬7 million from the 2009 Single Farm Payment National Reserve under the Uplands Sheep Payment Scheme; â¬54 million for the three year grassland sheep scheme...
- Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The live export trade complements the processed beef trade by providing alternative market outlets thereby playing an important role in the meat and livestock industry generally. Up to the end of week 45 of 2010, live exports were 23% ahead of the levels achieved during the same period in 2009. While exports to Great Britain are 9% below those for the same period in 2009, those to Northern...
- Written Answers — Beef Quality Assurance Scheme: Beef Quality Assurance Scheme (30 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The breakdown including sub-classes is available for all plants from 1st April 2010 to date. Prior to that the conformation and fat grades were reported to my Department in accordance with EU Regulations using main classes only. The percentage breakdown for steers from the 1st April 2010 to date is as follows: R+ (plus) = 10.2 %; R= (middle) = 15.8%; and R- (minus) = 17.0 %.