Results 12,321-12,340 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I will attend the following events in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising on Sunday, 16 April: the Easter Rising 90th anniversary military parade at the GPO and the Easter Rising 90th anniversary State reception in Dublin Castle.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: An application for the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2005 and payment in respect of the transferred entitlements issued on 1 December 2005. Arrangements are being made to have the dairy premium element of the single payment paid to the person named shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receipt of an application under the 2005 single payment scheme from the person named. The person named recently submitted evidence to my Department to support a claim that the person had submitted an application under the scheme before the closing date for receipt of applications. Following consideration of the evidence submitted, my Department has now decided...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category D, which 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. Our records indicate that the person named did not apply under category B, which...
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: This situation pertains to the implementation of the wild birds directive and, as such, is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The Owenduff and Nephin Beg complex, which includes the area in question, have been designated by that Department under both the wild birds and habitats directives. The European Commission secured a...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Mar 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. In December, the Minister made regulations giving legal effect to Ireland's national action programme under the nitrates directive. These regulations were finalised following difficult negotiations between the European Commission and officials of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: I presume the Deputy is referring to the installation aid scheme, which provides a grant to farmers under the age of 35 establishing themselves for the first time in farming. By virtue of the terms of the scheme, the initial application, IAS 1, must be submitted to the Department within six months of the date of establishment. The application for payment, IAS 2, must then be submitted within...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 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 the application was successful and payment will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: In 2005 a total of â¬1,658.95 was paid by my Department to Laois County Council in respect of water rates for my Department's office at Old Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 16 May 2005 in respect of the herd number supplied. Payment amounting to â¬19,979.66 in respect of 44.01 entitlements issued on 1 December 2005. An application to transfer 14.11 entitlements, with a net value of â¬5981.38, to the person named from his spouse has been processed. This brought the total...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question submitted a private contract clause application to have land and entitlements transferred to him by way of a lease agreement. This application was successfully processed and a payment of â¬999.07 issued on the 1 December 2005. Arrangements are being made to have the dairy premium element of the single payment issued to the person shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question submitted a private contract clause application to have land and entitlements transferred to him by way of a lease agreement. This application was successfully processed and a payment of â¬7,878.66 issued to the person on 1 December 2005. Arrangements are being made to have the dairy premium element of the single payment issued shortly.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person in question submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 13 May 2005 and also applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the scheme. The person established 120.64 entitlements with a net value of â¬40,647.82 and declared a forage area of 91.30 hectares in 2005. Payment issued on 1 December 2005 in respect of 91.30 entitlements with a net value of...
- Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: Following the introduction of the single payment scheme last year, farmers now have the freedom to choose whatever farming enterprise is most appropriate to their circumstances. Under the agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime, the single payment scheme is being extended to cover sugar beet. The sugar reform agreement also provides for the introduction of aid for diversification measures...
- Irish Sugar. (28 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The political agreement on reform of the EU sugar regime reached by the Council of Agriculture Ministers in November 2005 was the culmination of protracted and difficult negotiations. For some time past there was general acceptance that reform of the EU sugar regime, which had remained largely unchanged for almost 40 years, was inevitable. It became acutely urgent last year due mainly to...
- Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (23 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: It is a requirement of EU Council Regulation 2079/92, under which the 1994 early retirement scheme was introduced, that the early retirement pension can be paid only as a supplement to any national retirement pension that the participant and his or her spouse, or partner in a joint management arrangement, receive. This means that the value of any national retirement pension payable must be...
- Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (23 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department did not place or pay for the notice referred to by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (23 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: My Department is satisfied that the person holding the lease on the inherited land is entitled to make application for REPS in her own right on the lands in question. This application, like all REPS applications, will be subject to normal REPS approval procedures.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of her application, she was notified on 5 March 2005 that her inheritance application was successful and advised of the need to procure a herd number in her own name to facilitate the transfer of entitlements and payment of the single payment. The...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Mar 2006)
Mary Coughlan: The person submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments 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 the...