Results 11,221-11,240 of 18,325 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: There is no grant-aid available from my Department for the construction of cattle underpasses.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Grant-aid under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was paid by my Department to the person concerned on 18 October 2010.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 20 April 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 29 September and under the Single Payment Scheme on 18 October 2010, both on the basis of the land cleared at that stage. Parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 16 April 2010. As this application is now fully processed, payment will issue to the person named shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The 50% advance payment, which issued on 18 October 2010, on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared required digitising. While balancing payments are scheduled to commence issuing as and from 1 December, such payments would, in normal circumstances, be...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 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. This process is under way and while my objective is to make all payments as soon...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Financial approval for afforestation grant aid issued to the person in question on 16 November 2010.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 April 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 21 September and the Single Payment Scheme on 18 October, in both cases on the basis of the land cleared at that stage. Parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation;...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 April 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 21 September and under the Single Payment Scheme on 18 October 2010, both on the basis of the land cleared at that stage. Parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation;...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the persons named on the 13 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 (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was suspended for new applications on 14 October 2008. 941 applications for grant-aid were received by my Department under the Scheme prior to its suspension and these applications are being processed to payment stage as the claims are approved. An allocation of â¬4.5 million has been provided in this year's Estimates to meet the financial...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was suspended for new applications on 14 October 2008. An allocation of â¬4.5 million has been provided in this year's Estimates to meet the financial commitment involved in processing applications received under the Scheme prior to its suspension and the preceding installation aid schemes. Expenditure under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme is...
- Written Answers — Food Labelling Legislation: Food Labelling Legislation (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: My colleague, the Minister for Health & Children has overall responsibility for food labelling legislation. Under the EU general labelling Directive 2000/13/EC as operated by his Department the place of origin of foodstuffs circulating within the EU is required to be declared only if its absence might mislead the consumer to a material degree. As products, including food products, which are...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Financial approval for afforestation grant aid issued to the person in question on 16th November 2010.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department has completed its review of the situation of the person named in the light of the Court ruling determining that he was entitled to a 1/38 share of the commonage in question. A decision has been made to carry out a re-calculation of the payments made to the applicant for each year since 2006. When the processing work is completed in respect of the re-calculations, payments in...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person named registered 36 animals under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Welfare Scheme, it is necessary in the case of herds with more than 10 animals that calves be weaned in at least two separate groups with each group being removed at a minimum interval of 5 days. As the person named submitted a weaning date of 8 October 2009 for all the animals,...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An initial application for the Early Retirement scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 16 October 2008. This application was not accepted for processing as it was received after the date the scheme was suspended for new applications, i.e. 14 October 2008. My Department's decision to reject this application was upheld by the Agriculture Appeals Office. The scheme was...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 2010. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation; while this process is now complete it was found that the reference areas on a number of parcels had been over-claimed. These errors were raised with the person named and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 15th May 2008. This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. During the course of the ground inspection carried out on 04/12/2008 and 11/12/2008 discrepancies were found with parcel numbers P12610011 and N10521009...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 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 a ground eligibility and full cross compliance inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. During the course of the ground eligibility inspection the following parcels H12901017,...