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Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (23 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: Some 6,000 letters of approval for participation in the scheme have now issued to applicants under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme, with a start date of Ist September, 2010. Comprehensive administrative and validation checks must be carried out on all applications to ensure eligibility and compliance with the terms and condition of the scheme before letters of approvals can issue,...

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. My Department refused to accept the second page of the amendment form on the grounds that it was not received before the closing date. A formal decision issued to the person named on 28 October 2010. She was advised her of her right to appeal that decision to the...

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 animal identification inspection. During the course of the ground eligibility inspection deductions were made to the following parcels G27805028, G27805026, G27805021 and G27805022. The claimed area 16.11ha...

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 14 May 2010. Payments could not issue as a number of parcels listed on the application required digitisation and following completion of the digitisation a number of the parcels were identified as being over claimed and the person named has been written to by my Department in...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: I have asked that the case concerned be reviewed by an officer from my Department and the outcome of that review will be made known to the person concerned as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (23 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 21 April 2010. While it was necessary to resolve an issue relating to one of the parcels declared by the person named, this was recently resolved, which allowed the full payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme to issue to the person named on 10 November 2010.

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 13 May 2010. A number of parcels listed on the application required re-digitisation and as a result one of the parcels was identified as being over claimed by the applicant. My Department wrote to the person named in this regard and following a request from the person named...

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 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 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: In cases where the conditions of the Afforestation Grant and Premium schemes (including FEPS) have not been complied with, in order to protect public funds the Department will commence recovery of the amounts paid to the applicant. The applicant is notified in writing and given 30 days for repayment. Any amounts outstanding after this time will be deducted from the next scheme payment. In...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on the 10 May 2010. The advance payment, which issued on 18 October, was on the basis of the area cleared at that stage, as a number of the parcels listed on the application required re-digitisation. The balancing payments under the Scheme are scheduled to commence issuing as and from 1 December and, as the...

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 7 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 — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: While my Department does provide money to a number of registered charities none of them is in the category referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: The European Court of Auditors Report on the Sugar Reform package of 2006 was addressed directly to the European Commission. The purpose of this report is to consider whether the reform of the sugar sector had achieved its main objectives. One of the issues commented on by the Court was the Impact Assessment carried out by the Commission. This was a theoretical exercise undertaken prior to...

Written Answers — Oyster Industry: Oyster Industry (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Oyster Herpes Virus (OsHV1-uvar). The prevention and control of the virus is a matter of high priority for my Department. Our current approach to this matter is to take all appropriate steps to minimise the risk of infection while allowing trade in oysters to continue. This approach is supported by the aquaculture industry. The European Commission has...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: County Galway will see its regional office for the time being established at the Dockgate building in the city centre. This will allow time to evaluate the re-configuration requirements of the former Teagasc training facility at Mellows College Athenry to suit the requirements of the enhanced regional office for Galway County.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 30 April 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 application from the person named was submitted with land parcels identified as requiring...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 29 April 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 21 September on the basis of the land cleared at that stage. Parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation; immediately this process is complete, provided no errors are...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 21 September and under the Single Payment Scheme on 18 October, in both cases on the basis of the land cleared at that stage. A parcel listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation; this...

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioner that the Exchequer cost of the tax reliefs outlined by the Deputy are as follows. The estimated cost to the Exchequer of stock relief for 2007, the latest year for which information is available, is two million euro. This figure is the estimated cost of renewing the general 25 percent stock relief for farmers and the special incentive stock relief of...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (18 Nov 2010)

Brendan Smith: Preparation of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill, which gives effect to commitments in the Programme for Government and the Renewed Programme for Government on issues relating to animal health and welfare is ongoing in my Department. The new Bill will consolidate and update a wide range of existing legislation to ensure that the welfare of all animals, including non-farm animals, is properly...