Results 11,641-11,660 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 to 371, inclusive, together. Community rules have been established to ensure the protection of animal and public health in the importation of animal products into the EU. These harmonized controls are applied at the main points of entry into the EU at approved Border Inspection Posts (BIP). Importers are required to demonstrate compliance with the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 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, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The persons named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payments Scheme National Reserve under Category B and Category C. 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's current standard costings are being used in the calculation of grant aid under the revised Farm Waste Management Scheme. These costings, introduced in 2004, are under review to take account of price adjustments in the interim period. Revised standard costings will be introduced as soon as possible, following completion of the review.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, has been examining the position regarding contingent liabilities arising from the closure of the plant at Rooskey, Co. Roscommon. Discussions are on-going between Enterprise Ireland and the Company on the possible level of liability arising from the decision to discontinue the slaughtering and boning activities at Rooskey, while retaining...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Work on drafting the Animal Health Bill is proceeding in my Department. There is still a significant body of preparatory work to be completed and it is not possible at this stage to indicate a date for publication.

Written Answers — Land Purchase Annuities: Land Purchase Annuities (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The current discounted buy out scheme for Land Purchase Annuities is governed by the Land Purchase Annuities Redemption Scheme Regulations 2005 (SI No 830 of 2005). These regulations provide that the scheme commences on 1 January 2006 and terminates on 30 June 2006. I have no plans to extend the closing date.

Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 379 together. EU legislation governing intra-community trade in sheep prescribes the conditions for trade which vary by reference to the category of sheep involved. For all categories it is a requirement that a veterinary inspector must be satisfied, inter alia, that the sheep were resident on the holding of origin for 30 days (21 days for slaughter...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has 24.03 Single Payment entitlements. An eligible hectare of land must be declared for each entitlement held to receive maximum payment. The person declared 22.58 hectares of eligible land on his 2005 Single Payment application and was paid on 22.58 entitlements. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the Single Payments Scheme...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 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 — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The premium due in this case required to be adjusted and the correct amount has now been paid. My Department will write to the forestry owner shortly to provide details of the adjustment made.

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (15 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The land in question is in an area that has been identified by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as a proposed special protection area for the hen harrier. That Department has set up a working group to establish the most appropriate management regime for these areas in so far as forestry is concerned. Representatives of this Department, along with...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The records of the animals submitted by the person named under the suckler cow premium and special beef premium schemes and those animals slaughtered from the herd number of the person named under the slaughter premium scheme are being examined with a view to identifying those that may be eligible for payment. Eligibility under the livestock premia schemes required, inter alia, that the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named declared 30.34 hectares on his 2005 Single Payment Scheme application. In processing the application, it was found that the person named was not entitled to declare 11.47 of these hectares. As this overclaim was greater than 20% of his total application, a 100% penalty was applied in accordance with EU Regulations. Accordingly no payment is due to the person named in respect...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 11 May 2005. However, as the entitlements in question were established in the name of the husband of the person named, a transfer is required to be completed in order to allow payment to issue. An official of my Department, having tried unsuccessfully to contact the person named on numerous occasions,...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The views expressed in the correspondence referred to represent one of a range of perspectives put forward by stakeholders to my Department concerning regulation of the veterinary medicines market in Ireland. Some stakeholders would prefer a more restrictive approach to that outlined in the document while others have urged a more liberal regime. I do not accept that the Animal Remedies...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 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, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, 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...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named lodged four applications under the 2004 EU Special Beef Premium Scheme dated 27 January 2004, 12 October 2004, 15 December 2004 and 29 December 2004 in respect of fourteen animals, two animals, twenty-two animals and two animals respectively. Following computer validation it was found that one of the animals applied for on 12 October 2004 had been sold before expiry of the...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The compensation package forms part of the agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime reached by the Council of Agricultural Ministers last November and subsequently adopted by Council Regulations on 20 February 2006. There are three elements to the compensation package. The first element is the compensation to beet growers of up to 64% of the reduction in the minimum price for beet. This...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department was aware, from an early stage in the negotiations leading to the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme, of the possible implications for retired farmers who had leased their holdings. In so far as it proved possible in the context of the EU Regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme, and following lengthy discussions with the European Commission, provision was made...