Results 11,261-11,280 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (5 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category D. Category D caters for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in respect of that scheme year. The person named did not qualify for this category as he commenced farming...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (5 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payments Scheme National Reserve under category C. Category C caters for farmers who sold the milk quota into the Milk Quota Restructuring Scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia/or Arable Aid Schemes would have been payable during the...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (5 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The Single Payment Appeals Committee examines appeals in relation to the decisions of the Department of Agriculture and Food corresponding to the implementation of the various facets of the Single Payment Scheme. The Agriculture Appeals Office received the appeal from the person named on 2nd October 2006. Appeals are dealt with in the order in which they are received. The case in question...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (5 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The position is that unlike the 2005 National Reserve Scheme, when there was a number of mandatory categories to be catered for, this year there is only one mandatory category â Category A. This category caters for farmers who inherited, leased or otherwise received free of charge, or for a nominal amount (â¬100 per hectare), from a farmer who retired or died before 16 May 2005, a holding...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payments Scheme National Reserve under categories A and D. It should be noted that the rules governing the Single Payment Scheme National Reserve stipulate that an applicant who is found to be eligible under more than one category may only receive an allocation of entitlements under whichever...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (4 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The Joint Oireachtas Committee published its report in February 2005. The report dealt with a range of issues and I responded in detail to it in September 2005. In line with the Joint Committee's recommendations, I have recently increased the off-farm income limit for transferees in the current Scheme from â¬25,400 to â¬40,000 and have abolished the income limit for transferors. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person concerned applied for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on 18 September 2006. The application is being processed in line with the arrangements set out in the Charter of Rights for Farmers 2005/2007.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named received his Single Payment in December 2005 but he had also submitted an application for consideration of Force Majeure /Exceptional Circumstances in relation to the establishment of his entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme. He made the application on the grounds that his farming production in the reference years had been adversely affected by his medical condition....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category B. Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid schemes would have been payable during...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: A valid application from the person named was received on 10 April 2006. The application has been approved and payment of the Early Retirement pension will commence at the end of October 2006. Pension arrears, retrospective to 10 April 2006, will be included with the first payment.
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The current Farm Waste Management Scheme allows for grant-aid of 40% for simple aeration systems in existing buildings including those over ten years old and new buildings. These systems agitate the slurry thereby obviating the need for an agitation point and no change in the current scheme is necessary.
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: An application under the Early Retirement Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 12 May 2006. A number of queries arose in relation to the application; these were communicated to her on 28 July 2006. A reply was received on 6 September 2006 and the person named will be notified of the decision very shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has already amalgamated the entitlements of the person named established under both his Tipperary and Kerry herd numbers. The applicant's 2005 Single Farm Payment was issued following the merging of the entitlements. However, I have arranged for an official of my Department to make direct contact with the person named, with a view to satisfactorily resolving any outstanding issue.
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The disposal of waste materials generally is covered by the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2005, which apply to all sectors of society including the agricultural sector, and is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, manufacturers and importers of farm plastics â that is, silage bale wrap and...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department issued payments to 121 applicants in respect of the 2005 Energy Crops Scheme, representing 1,447.19 eligible hectares. There are currently 248 applicants for the 2006 Energy Crops Scheme, representing 2,402.68 hectares.
- Written Answers — Installation Aid Scheme: Installation Aid Scheme (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person concerned is ineligible for aid under the Installation Aid Scheme as he had not earned the required minimum 20 income units from farming owned/leased land within the first twelve months of setting up in farming. He was advised of this on 3 July 2006. Following consideration of a subsequent appeal by the applicant, the original decision was upheld and he was notified of this...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named has been previously notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for Force Majeure/Exceptional Circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. He appealed this decision to the Independent Single Payment Appeals Committee and the Appeals Committee upheld the decision of my Department. The person named was however...
- Written Answers — National Herd: National Herd (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The most recent figures for the national herd indicate that the live cattle population in Ireland on July 1st 2006 was 7.089 million comprising 2.435 million males and 4.654 million females. These figures are based on an extract from the live cattle population taken from the Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS) database. The information regarding the number of cows in the country at...
- Written Answers — Cattle Identification Scheme: Cattle Identification Scheme (3 Oct 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The number of individual cattle tags that had to be replaced in the past 12 month period, from the 1st of September 2005 to the 31st of August 2006, was 311,936. The number of double tags that were replaced in the same period was 99,089. My Department reviews the methods of identification available for cattle within the terms of the EU requirements and keeps in touch with developments in the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Sep 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The EU Regulations governing the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) stipulate that payment under the scheme can be made only on land parcels declared on the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) and accordingly this requires the land to be declared in an application under the Single Payment Scheme in the first instance. The identification number used for the Single...