Results 11,401-11,420 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories B & D. 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not employ press or public relations consultants from outside the Department nor has it done so since 2002. However, I did appoint a press adviser on a contract basis from 30 September 2004 to 17 February 2005 at an annual salary of €82,066. I am in the process of appointing a press adviser and an employment contract is currently being finalised.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The following tables give the information requested by the Deputy. Appointments since June 2002 Year Post Number 2002 Personal Assistant 3 Personal Secretary 3 2003 Personal Assistant 0 Personal Secretary 0 2004 Personal Assistant 3 Personal Secretary 3 Press Adviser 1 2005 Personal Assistant 0 Personal Secretary 0 2006 Personal Assistant 1 ...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The following tables show the breakdown of staff in my two Ministers of State's private and constituency offices. Minister of State Smith's Constituency Office Grade Number Salary Scale Personal Assistant (Non Civil Servant) 1 €42,180-€53,541 Higher Executive Officer scale Personal Secretary (Non Civil Servant) 1 €21,002-€40,520 — Secretarial Assistants'...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The following table shows the breakdown of the numbers in my private and constituency office. Grade Number of Posts Salary Scale Special Adviser 1 €65,848-€82,338 Assistant Principal Officer scale + 10% Private Secretary 1 €42,180-€53,541 Higher Executive Officer scale + 18,015 allowance Personal Assistant 1 €42,180-€53,541 — Higher...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The details sought by the Deputy in relation to the value of advertising placed by the Department each year since 2002 are set out in the table. Advertising (including display/general advertising and Statutory Notices) 2002-2006 Year € 2002 638,440 2003 442,887 2004 648,543 2005 913,167 2006 646,927 The Department's...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 378 together. I do not intend to comment on newspaper reports concerning the expectations of interested parties in relation to the allocation of the EU aid for restructuring of the sugar industry. The restructuring aid will be implemented strictly in accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU regulations. Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: According to the figures provided to my Department, there are 87 applications to the Central Applications Facility (CAF) for relocation to Macroom across the Civil and Public Service. The Decentralisation Implementation Group (DIG) in its report to the Minister for Finance in June 2005 indicated that construction of my Department's laboratories in Macroom should start by the end of 2007 and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named did not submit a 2005 Single Payment application. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations the entitlements will be surrendered to the National Reserve. With regard to the 2005 Single Payment Scheme the person named applied for consideration for an allocation of entitlements from the National Reserve under category C. Category C caters for...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: A REPS plan must cover all the land which is in the applicant's control. However, payments can be made only on the area recognised as meeting the eligibility criteria at the time the initial application is made. If, at some later stage, land that was deemed ineligible for payment at the outset is found to have met the eligibility criteria all along, then my Department will make backdated...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the provisions of the European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004 (SI No. 399 of 2004) I am empowered to grant approval to organisations seeking to maintain a stud-book subject to the applicant satisfying the criteria for approval. Prior to the introduction of SI No. 399 of 2004, such approvals were granted under the European Communities (Equine Stud-Book...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Sector: Sugar Beet Sector (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 501, 502 and 524 to 526, inclusive, together. The compensation package negotiated as part of the agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime contains three elements. The first element is the compensation to beet growers of up to 64% of the reduction in the minimum price for beet. This compensation, which will be incorporated in the existing Single Payment...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in my reply to the earlier Parliamentary Question regarding this case, given that the slaughter detail initially notified to the Cattle Movement Monitoring System was incorrect, payment of the Slaughter Premium in respect of this animal could not be processed. The person named was advised in writing and requested to have the necessary amendment made. As the required amendment has...

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I am assuming the Deputy is referring to an outbreak of microplasma gallisepticum in a poultry flock in Co. Limerick in November 2005. Following notification to my Department's office in Limerick that some of the poultry in the flock were exhibiting symptoms which might have been associated with avian influenza, inspectors from my Department attended at the premises in question and a clinical...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the new EU Rural Development Policy Framework an advisory service providing advice to farmers on meeting cross-compliance requirements, which are compulsory for those receiving direct payments, must be introduced in Member States by 1 January 2007. The service will provide advice on meeting statutory European requirements in relation to the environment, food safety, animal and plant...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Installation Aid Scheme, deadlines are set down by which the preliminary application (IAS 1) and the payment application (IAS 2) must be received by my Department. As both these applications were submitted outside these deadlines by the person concerned, a penalty of €2,285.52 was applicable.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named was paid in February 2006.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The Single farm payment has been paid in this case. In January 2005 this herd number was transferred to the second person named. However, in May 2005, the Single Payment Scheme application was submitted in the name of the first person resulting in the need to transfer the Single Payment entitlements from that person to the second person named. The application to transfer the entitlements was...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: As indicated in my reply to an earlier Parliamentary Question regarding this case, an application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2005. Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full Single Payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (4 Jul 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 510 and 511 together. The article referred to is inaccurate. In May 2003, the Retired Farmers' Group for Justice lodged a petition with the European Parliament Committee on Petitions, alleging that Ireland had not implemented correctly the Council Regulations governing the 1994 and 2000 Schemes of Early Retirement from Farming. The Committee requested...