Results 11,421-11,440 of 18,461 for speaker:Brendan Smith
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The number of Agri-Environment Options Scheme applications received for County Leitrim is 439. Of these 323 applications have been approved and processing of the remaining 116 applications is ongoing. I expect the administrative and validation process to be completed and all outstanding cases to be notified of the outcome of their application before the end of November, with successful...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named in PQ 394 on 14 May 2010. Payments under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have commenced nationally on 18 October 2010 and 22 September 2010 respectively. All 19 land parcels claimed by the person named have been digitised at this stage. Payments of...
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The number of Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications received for County Roscommon is 458. Of these 348 applications have been approved and processing of the remaining 110 applications is ongoing. I expect the administrative and validation process to be completed and all outstanding cases to be notified of the outcome of their application before the end of November, with successful...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 21 April 2010. The advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Payments Scheme, which issued on 21 September on 18 October 2010 respectively, were both based on land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels listed on the application require...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. The first two instalments of grant-aid have been paid by my Department to the applicant and the final instalment will be paid in January 2011.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 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. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation; following digitisation, issues were revealed regarding over-claims and a dual claim in respect of a number of parcels concerned. My Department has written to the person...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 21 September and under the Single Payment Scheme issued on 18 October, in both cases on the basis on the land cleared at that stage. While a number of parcels listed on the application required...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 7 May 2010. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation and this process has now been completed. An advance payment of â¬21,122.24 was issued on 16 November 2010. Balancing payments under the Single Payment Scheme are due to...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. The first two instalments of grant-aid have been paid by my Department to the applicant and it is intended that the final instalment will be paid in January 2011. In view of the exceptional number of claims received under the Scheme prior to the deadline for completion of work of 31 December 2008, my Department...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Following a review of the land declared by the person named under the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Area Schemes between 2005 and 2009, it was found by my Department that over payments had been made. The person named appealed the decision regarding those over payments and following submission of new information by the person named the appeal was upheld and those over payments have now...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: I understand that a formal application for financial approval on behalf of the person in question has not been received in my Department. I would suggest that the applicant contact his forestry company in this regard.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment scheme/Disadvantaged Areas scheme was received from the person named on 16 April 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 one parcel listed on the application of the person named required digitisation. Immediately this...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment scheme/Disadvantaged Areas scheme was received from the person named on 27 April 2010. However, as all parcels listed on the application of the person named required digitisation, no payments could issue. It is expected that the digitising process will be completed shortly and, immediately thereafter, provided no errors are identified, the application...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under current EU rules there are no provisions available for capping farm payments or for excluding applicants with entitlement to these payments. In the context of discussions on the future of the CAP after 2013, there are suggestions that an upper ceiling be introduced on direct payments received by large individual farms. I am open to considering such a ceiling but before taking a final...
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: Under the provisions of the governing EU Regulations, payments under the Single Farm Payment may be made only in respect of eligible land and applicants under the scheme are obliged annually to declare the land parcels available to them; details of the eligible area of the land parcels are recorded on LPIS the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS), my Department's computer-based land...
- Written Answers — Beef Prices: Beef Prices (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: The determination of prices is a function of demand and supply forces in the marketplace and is a matter for agreement between individual beef processors and their suppliers. My Department has no role to play in these commercial transactions, nor can it intervene to alter the terms of business relationships in a particular industry. In relation to allegations concerning collusion by meat...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 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 scheme is still eligible for co-funding...
- Written Answers — Agricultural Financing: Agricultural Financing (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: My Department is in contact with the main farm organisations concerning the availability of credit to farmers and I meet periodically with the Banking Federation to discuss credit availability to farming and agribusiness sectors. I also note the latest report from the Credit Review Office. To date there are only two cases of farmers being actively dealt with by the Credit Review Office....
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 and 236 together. An application under the single payment scheme/disadvantaged areas scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2010. The advance of the single payment issued on 3 November 2010. I can confirm that payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue shortly. Payment had not issued prior to now as the compliance of the person...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Nov 2010)
Brendan Smith: An application under the single payment scheme/disadvantaged areas scheme was received from the person named on the 27 April 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and animal identification inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. Under EU regulations governing the disadvantaged areas scheme and the...