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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The revised farm waste management scheme will be introduced as soon as the required EU state aid approval is received from the EU Commission. Subject to receipt of this approval, the scheme will provide for an increase in the current standard grant rate from 40% to 60%, with 70% being available in the four zone C counties; be extended to include horses, deer, goats, pigs and poultry, and...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together. The number of hectares of hardwoods which were harvested and sold by Coillte in the past five years are outlined in the table below. Year Number of Hectares 2001 7 2002 5.7 2003 0 2004 2.1 2005 1.2 Coillte's policy towards the management of broad-leaved trees is to prolong the rotation to a maximum through planned...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application requesting consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. The application of the person named was successful and payment will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: An application for the single farm payment was received from the person named on 14 May 2005. A land parcel claimed by the applicant was the subject of a dual claim and both persons, who claimed that parcel, were contacted by my Department. This matter was resolved in favour of the applicant. A single farm payment amounting to €2,042.18 will issue to this herd owner shortly.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receiving an application for the 2005 single payment scheme from the person named. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category A. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of receipt of an application form for the national reserve measure of the single payment scheme from the person named.

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Following the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) 1782/2003, it was decided that the 2005 dairy premium and all other direct payments under the livestock premia and arable aid schemes in Ireland would be decoupled from production with effect from 2005, to be replaced by the single payment scheme. The decoupled dairy premium was based on the eligible milk quota held by dairy farmers on 31...

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Under the existing arrangements for the disease eradication schemes, individual keepers are normally responsible for arranging annual herd tests, within timescales prescribed by the Department, with an authorised veterinary practitioner, and for payment of fees directly to the practitioner who conducted the test in respect of no more than one test per annum. In the case of a disease...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Mar 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The last grant payment made by my Department in respect of the Roosky plant in County Roscommon was in June 1997. My Department and Enterprise Ireland are examining the position regarding contingent liabilities arising from the plant's closure in the wake of a fire in 2002, and the associated legal issues. The process of recovery of any amounts identified as due will follow upon completion of...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356, 357 and 362 together. My Department has very clear arrangements in place for the reporting, collection and testing of dead wild birds. My Department is responsible for the collection and testing of such birds and last week the avian influenza helpline facility was extended and widely advertised in the national media. As a result there has been a...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: My Department places advertising using an advertising agency. The contract with the agency was awarded following a competitive tender which was advertised at national and EU level in accordance with procedures set out in EU directives. The advertising of Government notices, statutory notices, is also subject to a contract. That contract is also subject to a competitive tendering process which...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme on 21 December 2005. Following processing of his application, he was notified that his application was successful, and payment will issue to him soon.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The installation aid scheme involves a two-stage application process, namely, an initial application, IAS 1, and an application for payment, IAS 2. The person concerned submitted an IAS 1 application on 21 July 2005. However, my Department has no record of having received an application for payment, IAS 2, in this case. A decision will be made as regards payment following receipt of the IAS 2...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme on 3 May 2005. Following initial processing of the application, the person named was requested in August 2005 to submit supporting documentation. The information requested was submitted, and the applicant was notified that the application to transfer entitlements by...

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls. : Bovine Disease Controls. (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: In view of the progress made in the United Kingdom in reducing the incidence of BSE and the controls that are now in place to protect consumers, I am generally in favour of lifting the ban on the export of UK beef. However, we will await the precise proposals tabled and arguments advanced at next week's meeting of the standing committee on the food chain and animal health, before finalising...

Written Answers — Pest Control: Pest Control (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: With regard to my previous reply on this matter I wish to state that the primary source of information regarding the New Zealand flatworm and its impact on the earthworm population was based on a study carried out in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This was a joint study carried out by the Central Science Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK, with the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The person named submitted an application for the transfer entitlements by way of private contract clause under the 2005 single payment scheme. This application was successfully processed and a payment, amounting to €913.99, issued on 1 December 2005. The dairy premium element of the applicant's single payment, which was not included in the initial payment, will be paid shortly.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The nitrates regulations, SI No. 788 of 2005, signed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, specifies that the relevant local authorities shall be the control authorities for the purposes of the regulations and that they shall carry out or cause to be carried out such inspections of farm holdings as are necessary for the purposes of the regulations and shall aim...

Written Answers — Grant Payments. : Grant Payments. (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: Since January 2001, my Department has made payments under several scheme headings to the herdowner in question, details of which appear in the following schedule. With regard to the rural environment protection scheme, REPS, the reference number 16D00818 refers to a person other than the individual named.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Feb 2006)

Mary Coughlan: The objective of the European Council regulation which governs the early retirement scheme is structural reform, through the provision of a financial incentive to older farmers to retire early in order to facilitate their replacement by younger farmers who are considered more likely to improve the economic viability of the holding. The regulation sets down minimum requirements that must be...