Results 12,041-12,060 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The implementation of the nitrates directive is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, who has made regulations last December giving legal effect to the provisions of Ireland's action programme. The regulations, which came into legal effect on 1 February 2006, specify the minimum storage capacities for livestock manure required on...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted a 2005 single payment application declaring 27.31 hectares of forage land and received payment for 27.31 entitlements on 1 December 2005. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 single payment scheme national reserve under Category C. Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003,...

Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Feed additives are regulated at EU level under Regulation (EC) 1831/2004. Formaldehyde is authorised for use as a preservative in skim milk for use in pig nutrition. Following an application for authorisation, the European Food Safety Authority published an opinion in September 2004 concerning the use of formaldehyde in feed for fattening chickens. Despite this opinion, which was mostly...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 551 and 599 together. 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 be completed by early 2009. My Department has forwarded an accommodation brief to the Office of Public Works for Macroom. The...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 13 May 2005 in respect of 67.10 entitlements. However, payment in the amount of €22,074.77 issued in respect of only 56.66 entitlements on 1 December 2005 as the applicant declared a total forage area of 56.66 hectares on his 2005 single payment application. The person named submitted an application on 3 March 2006...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I understand from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform that applications from officers wishing to transfer to the Garda information service centre in Castlebar will be dealt with in the normal way provided they have vacancies in the particular grade. However, officers wishing to transfer will be required to work on a shift basis at the Castlebar centre.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: This holding was chosen for a full plan check and on-farm inspection. Arising from this inspection, my Department notified the person named, in mid-December last, that he would have to submit an amended agri-environmental plan. This plan has not been received to date, and the payment cannot be released until it has been submitted and deemed acceptable.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The EU Council regulation covering the current early retirement scheme will expire in December 2006. The Council regulation on rural development for the period from 2007 to 2013 includes provision for member states to operate several schemes, including an early retirement scheme, and lays down the maximum pension which may be paid under any such early retirement scheme. No decisions have yet...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Forestry is promoted through the provision of a comprehensive package of incentives and supports, through funding for Teagasc and COFORD, and through focused promotional campaigns. The current package of incentives and supports combines 100% grants for planting and attractive premiums of up to €500 per hectare, payable for 20 years for farmers and 15 years for non-farmers. Farmers can plant...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 595 together. As the person named did not submit an application form for the transfer of entitlements by way of inheritance, an official of my Department has been in direct contact with him and advised him as to the documentation which must be submitted to my Department to allow the transfer of the entitlements in question. The case will be processed...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned applied for grant-aid under the farm waste management scheme on 30 August 2005. Under the conditions of the scheme, the standard costings at the time of issue of my Department's approval are applicable. As the grant eventually paid to the applicant was calculated on the basis of these standard costings, there are no grounds for revision of the grant concerned.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The application under the 2005 single payment scheme in this case has now been fully processed and the final payment has issued.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named applied to the single payment scheme national reserve 2005 under categories B and 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 payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002....

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I visited Prague in the Czech Republic from 16 to 19 March where I was the guest of honour at the ambassador's St. Patrick's Day reception for senior representatives from the business, trade and tourism and cultural sectors, and the Irish community. I also participated in a number of Bord Bia sponsored events to market Irish products in the growing Czech market, including an in-store...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payment scheme national reserve under category B which 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 the...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I am aware of the correspondence to which the Deputy refers. Under the provisions of The European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004, SI 399 of 2004, I am empowered to grant approval to a person, an international association or organisation for the purposes of maintaining a stud book subject to compliance with the requirements of the relevant legislation in force....

Written Answers — On-farm Inspections: On-farm Inspections (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 564 to 566, inclusive, together. In so far as inspections under the single payment scheme are concerned, the regulations state that notification may be given where the purpose of the inspection is not jeopardised, but such notification must be limited to a maximum 48 hours where eligibility checking or cross-compliance checking on the identification and...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration of her circumstances under the force majeure-exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment scheme. This application and subsequent appeal were both deemed unsuccessful as the medical evidence furnished related to circumstances that commenced in the mid-1990's and were not considered to have resulted in a drop in production...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The 2006 milk quota restructuring scheme is the second year of a two-year restructuring programme. The public notice announcing the 2006 scheme was published in four national newspapers and the direct cost of this amounted to €13,708.23 including VAT. In March I announced my intention to move to a more open market system for transferring milk quotas, which will come into effect on 1 April...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (25 Apr 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application, he was notified that his application was successful and payment will issue shortly.